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3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: A Time to Bloom
June 9, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education
The Season after Pentecost is the period between the Day of Pentecost and the First Sunday of Advent. This season makes up half of the calendar year, and its liturgical color is green. It is a time to focus on the life and growth of the Church in the world, empowered by the gift of the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton: Almost a Century of Service
June 9, 2023 | By James Melchiorre
A short account of the life of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, wife of Alexander Hamilton who, along with her husband, is buried in the Trinity Churchyard.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: The Miracle of Mercy
June 8, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
Grantee Spotlight: City University of New York (CUNY)
June 6, 2023
Since 2019, Trinity has supported and accelerated a network of CUNY programs and initiatives that provide mentorship and support services developed specifically for students whose lives have been impacted by the criminal legal system and engage in research and advocacy around rights historically denied to justice-involved people.
Robert Fulton: More than the Steamboat
June 2, 2023 | By James Melchiorre
Robert Fulton, an engineer, technologist, and businessman known for his commercial steamboat business, is one of the famous persons whose final resting place is the Trinity Churchyard.
The Mindful Practice of Birdwatching
June 2, 2023 | By Lisa Jaycox
Spending time at the Trinity Retreat Center for a birdwatching retreat, with our eyes, binoculars, and Merlin apps fixated on the skies above, bird songs and questions swirled: What do birds tell us about the world? How many species will we spot? What can we learn?
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Enhancing the Sacredness of Everyone
June 1, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
What matters about the Trinity is that God is a relationship. God is a relationship within Godself: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (or Creator, Redeemer, and Sustainer). Just as God is relational within Godself, we are called to be in loving relationship with God and one another.
The Philippine Madrigal Singers at St. Paul's Chapel
May 28, 2023 | By Jim Melchiorre
The Philippine Madrigal Singers will perform at St. Paul's Chapel on May 30, 2023. Get a preview of the event from Leo Paolo Leal, manager of the ensemble, and Enrico Lagasca of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street.
Five Ways Into Sunday’s Scripture: Our Shared Spiritual Memory
May 25, 2023 | By Faith Formation and Education
Perhaps our shared spiritual memory is what endures beyond death. The evidence that was both indescribable in human terms and undeniably real was the presence of the inexhaustible Holy Spirit which transcended all barriers and boundaries, including time, place, language, and human condition, and continues to animate the breath, voice, and body of Christ, the Church.
3 Ways Into Sunday’s Stories for Children: Pentecost
May 25, 2023 | By Faith Formation & Education
This Sunday is Pentecost, which is celebrated 50 days after Easter every year. The story of the events of the day is just as dramatic as the accounts of the nativity and the resurrection.