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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.

MusicAugust 21, 2023

Trinity Church Wall Street Announces 2023-2024 Music Season

Trinity's 2023-2024 music season offers an expansive programming vision that grapples with some of today’s most pressing social, political, and environmental issues, along with world premieres, Concerts at One, and collaborations with the new Perelman Performing Arts Center, TENET Vocal Artists, JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, and Beth Morrison Projects.

View of the southern side of the churchyard and Trinity Church at night

History and ArchivesJames MelchiorreAugust 17, 2023

10 Fast Facts about Trinity Church

There's a lot to know about a 324-year-old church, but here are 10 things to remember about Trinity Church

History and ArchivesJames MelchiorreAugust 11, 2023

Angelica Schuyler Church and Trinity

A description of the life of Angelica Schuyler Church, sister-in-law of Alexander Hamilton, whose final resting place is in the Trinity Churchyard.

A smiling father holds his two children outside an Enterprise Community Partners property.

FeaturedAugust 7, 2023

Grantee Spotlight: Enterprise Community Partners

Since August 2020, Trinity has supported Enterprise New York's work through six grants totaling $4,505,000. Trinity’s partnership across key initiatives has helped Enterprise accelerate its work to end the New York housing crisis and profoundly impact individuals and families who are housing unstable or at risk of eviction on multiple levels.

Receiving books at the Wade in the Water: Celebrating Blackness retreat

Faith EducationJim MelchiorreAugust 4, 2023

Black Lives and the Psalms at Trinity Retreat Center

An interview with the Rev. Gabby Cudjoe-Wilkes about the "Wade in the Water: Celebrating Blackness" retreat at the Trinity Retreat Center.

FeaturedJames MelchiorreJuly 28, 2023

William Bradford and Trinity

A story about William Bradford, sometimes called the "Father of American Printing" who is buried in the churchyard of Trinity Church Wall Street.

Children in the Trinity Commons gym raise their hands in front of an inflatable globe as part of a science lesson during the 2023 Children's Summer Program

Faith EducationJuly 26, 2023

Rising and Shining Together: Children’s Summer Program Recap

How are we all connected to each other, the earth, and the cosmos? This year, kindergartners through fifth-graders taking part in the Children’s Summer Program explored these big questions through making artwork, exploring science, cooking, singing, and physical expression.

FeaturedJames MelchiorreJuly 25, 2023

John Watts, Jr. and Trinity

A summary of the life of John Watts, Jr. whose monument stands in the south churchyard of Trinity Church Wall Street

A gloved volunteer hands a Compassion Meal to a guest in Trinity Churchyard.

FeaturedStephanie ChrispinJuly 20, 2023

One Million Meals, Needed Now More Than Ever

On July 18, 2023, Trinity Church Wall Street served its one-millionth meal in Lower Manhattan so far this year — a milestone that puts the church on a path to serving more than double the number of meals it served to food-insecure people last year and a measure of the impact of immigrant families who have been arriving since April 2022.

Albert Gallatin painting by Gilbert Stuart, c. 1803, oil on canvas

FeaturedLisa JaycoxJuly 12, 2023

Albert Gallatin and Trinity Church

Albert Gallatin, born Abraham Alphonse Albert Gallatin and buried in the north churchyard at Trinity Church, spent nearly 70 years shaping America.