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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.

FeaturedMarch 30, 2021

Family Worship Returns: Watch Video

On Easter Day, families are invited to a joyful, warm, welcoming, and engaging 30-minute online Episcopal church service designed for children of all ages. We'll meet at 10am Sundays at trinitywallstreet.org.

FeaturedMarch 29, 2021

Holy Week: Walk with Us from Palm Sunday to Easter Day

Walk with us from Palm Sunday to Easter Day, with a variety of online Holy Week services.

Tenebrae hearse candleholder arranged in a triangle, with 15 taper candles and the nave of Trinity Church in the background.

FeaturedMarch 28, 2021

Tenebrae Explained: Holy Week in the Shadows

Tenebrae is a Holy Week liturgy that, notably, has no direct connection to the scriptural accounts of Jesus' final days in Jerusalem.

The Rev. Michael A. Bird preaches on Palm Sunday

FeaturedMarch 28, 2021

The Liberating Pain of the Passion

We may celebrate Palm Sunday as the triumphant return of Jesus to Jerusalem, but the liturgy also involves pain, despair, and utter heartbreak. “God came as human to the bone,” preaches the Rev. Michael A. Bird, “which means human enough to experience human doubts, bone-deep despair, and betrayal.”

Jose Gonzalez looks straight into camera with his lips pursed. The caption reads "God must have heard her prayers."

FeaturedStephanie ChrispinMarch 26, 2021

The NYCHA Family Reunification Pilot Works

FeaturedMarch 25, 2021

Episcopal Explained: Palms and Passion

Palm Sunday, which Christians mark as the start of the holiest week of their church calendar, is a feast with a dual identity.

An archival sketch of Trinity Church in the foreground, with a yellow stripe across the background. Text in the upper righthand side reads "2021 Trinity Youth History Fellowship"

FeaturedJennifer Chinn and The Rev. Matthew WelschMarch 24, 2021

Introducing the 2021 Trinity Youth History Fellows

The Rev. Winnie Varghese greets a child during a family service at St. Paul's Chapel

WorshipFr. Matt WelschMarch 24, 2021

Family Worship: Home Edition #47

Each week, we’re offering a simple family-style service for you and your family to follow together at home. We hope these resources will help you find time to worship together at whatever time and in whatever way feels most comfortable and authentic for you.

Signs of spring: a close-up of several bright purple crocuses in sunlight

Kathy Bozzuti-JonesMarch 24, 2021

Hosanna in the Highest!

It is an astonishing insight into the nature of God that the Kingdom be built on the selfless love and suffering of God’s son.

The Rev Phil Jackson preaching on March 21, 2021

FeaturedMarch 21, 2021