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Dear Parish Community,
As you are aware, St. Paul’s Chapel is undergoing an extensive restoration to the historic, 250-year-old building. Understanding the importance of St. Paul’s to our worshipping community and visitors alike, we have worked to keep the chapel open during this process. However, after extensive conversations with our contractors about safety, we now have decided to close the Chapel temporarily until restoration is finished. Read more
Due to heat and the high likelihood of inclement weather, the 8am and 9:15am services will be held across the street from St. Pauls' Chapel at 14 Vesey Street on Sunday, August 14.
The entrance is located directly north of St. Paul’s Churchyard, on Vesey Street between Broadway and Church Street.Read more
August is recognized as National Inventor’s Month—a time to honor our nation’s great thinkers, creators, and inventors. One such inventor is Robert Fulton, interred in Trinity Churchyard. Though he is best known for his steamboat, Fulton was an accomplished inventor and engineer, creating the first practical submarine, some of the first naval torpedoes, and the first steam-powered war ship. The Clermont, Fulton’s steamship, traveled between New York and Albany and was the first successful Read more
What’s under the floors of St. Paul’s Chapel? Well, mostly mud and tile, but also some stairs to nowhere.
As the chapel is undergoing restoration, parts of the floor are being removed to be fixed or to checked to see what’ is under the carpet and marble. Installed in 1831, the current marble floors were repaired or partially Read more
As primer goes up on the roof and on the chapel walls, the chandeliers are temporarily coming down.
The chandeliers were purchased in 1802 and originally held candles. In 1856, St. Paul’s Chapel was converted to gaslight and the chandeliers were given to upstate churches. Sometime between 1913 and 1925, the chandeliers were purchased back from these churches Read more
Computers, and programming in particular, can be intimidating to beginners. Women, especially women of color, can feel even more out of place in an industry dominated by men.
For six months this year, Trinity hosted a Girls Who Code club, during which volunteers helped freshmen and sophomore women from Leadership and Public Service High School overcome that feeling.
What do you do when your parish’s frontals and vestments begin to show signs of wear and tear? They can be replaced—or repaired.
When it came to Trinity’s Rector’s cope, it was an easy decision for
Read moreTrinity's 2016 Summer Camp took the campers "Around the World in 5 Days." They made art, danced, sang, and more. Here are a few more photos and videso from the week. Read more
The Parish of Trinity Church, founded in 1697, is quite old—but did you know that Trinity’s north churchyard is even older? Used as a public burial ground dating back to the Dutch period, the north churchyard was probably being used as early as the 1660s. Read more
Networking isn’t easy for most of us. Promoting yourself in an appropriate way and making connections with strangers can be nerve-wracking, not to mention holding your drink while you try to fish your business card out of your pocket. Now imagine doing all that as a formerly-incarcerated person.