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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.

Plastic bags with small non perishable food and care items like masks

Trinity TalksLisa JaycoxFebruary 12, 2021

Acts of Compassion

There’s no doubt the pandemic has made life harder for most and lonely for many. Reaching out with a random act of kindness can make a huge difference in someone’s life.

Red and yellow giant puppets of lions for Lunar New Year

FeaturedQiuxuan LuFebruary 12, 2021

Everyone Needs to Be an Ox this Year

Red lights and paper cutouts have been taken out of the closet at St. Margaret’s House, the subsidized apartment community for older and disabled adults sponsored by Trinity Church Wall Street, as decorations to welcome the Year of the Ox.

Dr. Kathy Bozzuti-Jones, Kathryn Carroll, Ruth Frey, Summerlee StatenFebruary 11, 2021

As we prepare for Lent, how will we listen to Jesus?

COVID-tide has made it difficult to track time.

Parish LifeFebruary 8, 2021

Nominees to the 2021-2024 Congregational Council

The Congregational Nominating & Leadership Development Committee is pleased to place on the ballot the persons listed below for election to five positions on the Congregational Council.

2020 Trinity Grant Highlights Abbreviated

Grants and PartnersNeill ColemanFebruary 3, 2021

A Peek Behind the Numbers

2020 was a significant year for Trinity’s Grants and Mission Investing (GMI) team. We more than doubled our grantmaking to meet the challenges of the global COVID-19 pandemic, a severe recession, and a reckoning with racial injustice.

Angels carved out of wood lined up in Trinity Church

Parish Lifethe Rev. Phillip A. JacksonJanuary 29, 2021

An Update from Phil about Church Closing

I have seen your resilience and deep love and support for one another over these past 10 months, and I know that this beloved community can and will persevere.

Colorful stars over a dark blue sky, overlayed by line-drawings of human figures and text reading, "Re-creating/Re-imagining: Transitions, Resilience, & Healing through the Holidays"

Parish LifeJames MelchiorreJanuary 23, 2021

Re-Creating & Re-Imagining: Wisdom Revealed

James Melchiorre reviews the key lessons Re-Creating/Re-Imagining Ourselves, an online series presented by Trinity Commons.

A photo of the Rt. Rev. Ellinah Wamukoya

FeaturedJames MelchiorreJanuary 22, 2021

"A Great Tree Has Fallen"

The Rt. Rev. Ellinah Wamukoya, 69, bishop of Swaziland in eSwatini, passed away because of COVID-19.

FeaturedJanuary 21, 2021

Congregational Council Nominations