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Pico Iyer is an author, journalist, and travel writer.

Faith Education September 11, 2024

Author Pico Iyer on Finding Peace in Our Divided World

In an exclusive interview, the renowned writer Pico Iyer reflects on his quest to hold onto hope in even the most difficult times. Iyer will open the 2024-25 season of Trinity Talks on September 22.

Press Releases September 3, 2024

Trinity Church Announces 2024–2025 Music Season

Trinity Church announces its 2024-2025 season, featuring programming encompassing social, political, personal, and spiritual themes, and music from the medieval era to the modern day.

Featured September 3, 2024

A Letter from Father Phil

How our downtown community is making a difference for children and families in District 1 schools.

Parish Life July 25, 2024

The Rev. Kristin Miles Reflects on 50 Years of Women’s Ordination

Fifty years ago, on July 29, 1974, eleven women were ordained as Episcopal priests at Philadelphia’s Church of the Advocate. The “Philadelphia Eleven” paved the way for The Episcopal Church’s approval of women’s ordination two years later. The Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles, Trinity Church’s director of Parish Life, reflects on what this anniversary means to her.

Residential apartment building in Accra, Ghana.

Grants and PartnersApril 28, 2021

Grantee Update: Church of the Province of West Africa

Our partners in the Church of the Province of West Africa (CPWA) dedicated their new residential apartment building in Accra, Ghana, on January 25.

A statue of John Watts Jr. in the south churchyard of Trinity Church Wall Street

FeaturedApril 28, 2021

Rising Ground: The Legacy of John Watts, Jr. | Ask Trinity Archives

Rising Ground, which began as the Leake & Watts Orphan House, celebrates its 190th year of service.

The Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles preaching

FeaturedApril 25, 2021

Sunday Sermon, The Rev. Kristin Kaulbach Miles: "We, the Good Enough Shepherds"

Abiding –how we act and rest in God’s love– is what Jesus, the Good Shepherd calls us, the “good enough shepherds” to do.

FeaturedApril 25, 2021

Family Service Sermon, The Rev. Matthew A. Welsch: "A Shepherd and His Flock"

The Rev. Matthew A. Welsch preaches on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at our weekly Family Worship service.

Yuetying Lee (right) and Sing Lam in the garden at St. Margaret’s House.

FeaturedQiuxuan LuApril 23, 2021

A 99-year-old’s Post-COVID Plan

A 99-year-old St. Margaret's House resident has taken the vaccine. Her wish is to have dim sum with her family in Chinatown after the pandemic.

ClassesLisa JaycoxApril 21, 2021

Reflecting on Our New Normal

“Take a moment of silence together to really reflect on the impact that COVID 19 has had on all of us,” offered facilitator Blerim Cukovic of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) as he began our COVID-19 Community Conversation on April 20.

A mosaic of a lamb made up of white, gold, and red tiles on an altar

Faith EducationSummerlee StatenApril 21, 2021

When the Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want.

And here in Psalm 23, we are reminded that when the Lord is our shepherd, we shall not want. The word for want, haser, is closer in Hebrew to the word “lack.” The Psalmist impresses on us that, while we may not always have everything we want, God, in God’s tenderness, provides for our needs.

Statue in Trinity Church in marble and plaster, a saint holding a book.

FeaturedThe Rev. Phillip A. JacksonApril 20, 2021