Office of Chaplaincy
The Episcopal school tradition, whose mission is to honor the dignity of every human being, provides the framework for Trinity’s chapel service that often engages with other world religions and cultures. Trinity’s Chapel program is a place where we can reflect upon our interior lives as well as express ourselves to the wider community and the world.
The lighting of candles and the bowl tone, markers of a sacred time, begin and conclude each chapel service, and each service has a message conveyed through readings of literature, reflections, musical offerings, meditations, and prayers, considering the cares and needs of the school community, the city, and the world.
In Grades Five through Twelve, students play a significant role imagining and crafting the weekly Chapel services, offering their own personal contributions with the support of the Chaplains and Chapel Team’s faculty and staff. Students have the opportunity to share with the community their unique voices and stories that touch on a universal, common good. While weekly divisional services take place in Trinity’s Hawley Chapel, chapels are expansive in their capacity and extend beyond the chapel walls. The Office of Chaplaincy is committed to cultivating good will and gratitude, inspiring students to do the same and shine their light.
Chaplaincy services:
Weekly
Lower School Chapel
Middle School Chapel
Upper School Chapel
Unity Prayer Circle
Episcopal Morning Prayer Service and Eucharist
Monthly
Parent Listening Circle
Faculty/Staff Listening Circle
Unity Prayer Circle
All-School Chapels
Opening All-School Chapel
Thanksgiving All-School Chapel
Christmas All-School Chapel
Closing All-School Chapel
FEATURED PODCAST
Cyrus R. K. Patell ’79
This podcast features alumnus author Cyrus R. K. Patell, class of 1979. Cyrus is professor of English at New York University in New York. He received his AB, AM, and PhD in English and American literature and language from Harvard University. His scholarship and teaching centers on the theory and practice of world literature; cosmopolitanism; Global Shakespeare; Star Wars; minority discourse theory; literary historiography; and US literary history.
His most recent book is Lucasfilm: Filmmaking, Philosophy, and the Star Wars Universe
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FEATURED VIDEO
Déa Julien ’08
Alumni Focus profile of alumna Déa Julien ’08. Déa made her Broadway debut in The Kite Runner and was one of the first women to understudy a male lead on Broadway.
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Alexis Mulvihill and Faith Salie: A Conversation
Trinity’s thirtieth Head of School Alexis Mulvihill in conversation with Faith Salie, the Emmy-winning contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning and a regular panelist on NPR’s Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Faith is also the parent of a student in fifth grade.
Alexis and Faith met in Trinity’s Lower School Library to talk about Alexis’s childhood, her education, Trinity, her hopes and plans for the future…and countless other topics. In an expansive conversation to be released over multiple episodes, Alexis and Faith explore the essential questions about K-12 education today and how Trinity continues to do an exemplary job of preparing students for the future.
EPISODE FOUR: ROOTED
“This is a school that has profoundly deep roots. It’s been in this city for 300 years…I’m so drawn to the idea of a school that knows itself.”
In episode four, Alexis and Faith explore this year’s Chapel theme, “Rooted,” and its connection to Trinity. They discuss two powerful truths that arise from Trinity’s motto, Labore et Virtute, and the ways in which Trinity depends on a deep root system that has been growing for generations. Alexis also shares one of her first experiences at Trinity—a story about a tree.
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From the Archives
2017 - Trinity opens a 65,000 square foot addition to the campus, adding new science labs, classrooms, and a performing arts center.
color, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, national or ethnic origin, disability, or sexual orientation in administration of its employment policies, educational policies, admissions policies, financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
EPISODE FIVE: ORIGIN STORIES
“The more a child understands themselves as part of a lineage… the more rooted they feel in the world.”
In episode five, Alexis and Faith engage in a fascinating conversation about the importance of lineage and Trinity’s origins as a Charity School. They discuss significant aspects of the Trinity experience, including the Chapel program and Office of Public Service, and how Trinity inspires students to learn about themselves, their community, and the world.
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EPISODE SIX: ACHIEVEMENT CULTURE
“What we can do is try to make ‘Hamlet’ as beautiful as we possibly can...to draw them into the music so they can experience it, hear it, and feel it.”
In episode six, Alexis and Faith discuss how expectations for perfection are set for students and how important it is to push back against those expectations, especially when the college process appears to reward such flawless high achievers. They talk about achievement culture and how it is at odds with taking risks and learning and the other essential elements of growing up.
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