The Culture of the Parisian Salon, Proust and La Fontaine

Debussy, Ravel, Proust, and Renoir were besotted with the legacy of Rameau, Couperin, Watteau and Fragonard. With our inspiring guests Mark Steinberg and Anton Nel and the exquisite tenor Aaron Sheehan, we create mirror images from the Salons of the early 18th and the late 19th century with harpsichord and piano works of Debussy and Rameau, songs of Rinaldo Hahn and Henri Duparc, and the passionate Sonata for violin and piano of Cesar Franck.

The Performers
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Mark Steinberg, violin
Anton Nel, piano
Andrew Appel, harpsichord

The Program
Songs of Hahn, Duparc, Debussy & Lambert
Keyboard evocations of Debussy, Ravel, Couperin & Rameau
Franck, Sonata for violin & piano 

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2024 marks the 125th Anniversary of the Church of the Holy Trinity and to begin our celebrations we will offer a service of Choral Evensong.

Join us at 4:00 PM for Choral Evensong, a sung form of Anglican Evening Prayer that includes scriptures, choral anthems, hymns, and prayers. Fr. Beddingfield will officiate and The Rev. Zachary Thompson, Rector of St. James Episcopal Church, will offer the homily. A reception following the service will be held in Draesel Hall.

Music for the service will include Preces and Responses by Richard Ayleward, Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis by Carson P. Cooman, and Come, Renew Us by Eleanor Daley.

As we move towards the 125th Anniversary of the Church of the Holy Trinity, we’ll look at how The Episcopal Church has changed since our church began in 1899.

Join us 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM in Draesel Hall or online at https://zoom.us/j/8753617165 (for the password, type the numbers for eighteen ninety-nine, two thousand nineteen. No comma or space.)

8:00 AM Simple Service
We celebrate a simple, spoken service of Holy Communion (no music), using the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II.

11:00 AM Choral Service
Our worship includes prayer, scripture, song, sermon, and Holy Communion, (using the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II) The service includes music for choir, congregation, and organ.
The worship leaflet may be downloaded HERE.
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

4:00 PM Festive Evensong
Featuring the Choir of the Church of the Holy Trinity
Sermon by the Rev. Zachary Thompson, Rector of St. James Church, Madison Avenue
(Holy Trinity was a mission parish of St. James from 1899 until 1950.)
Reception to follow.

6:00 PM Evening Service
Includes Holy Communion and our worship aims for fresh language and imagery. The music is with guitar, percussion, and vocals.
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

Paired with tasty morsels, great company, conversation, and a bagpiper on the front steps, this evening is one of the favorite fundraising and community-building events of Holy Trinity Neighborhood Center.   The event takes place in the Holy Trinity Rectory, a French Gothic landmark built in 1899 giving (with the church) by Serena Rhinelander and designed by J. Stewart Barney. Tickets are $100 in advance and $125 at the door, though capacity is limited. Purchase tickets or make a donation HERE.

Sister Monica Clare will be the preaching at our 11:00 AM Choral Eucharist and will be with us for a lunch conversation in Draesel Hall after the service. Please welcome her to Holy Trinity. You can learn more about her HERE.

Sister Monica Clare is a nun at the Community of St. John Baptist, an Episcopal religious order based in Mendham, New Jersey. She is the Superior of the convent and will soon be an ordained priest. She is a trained spiritual counselor specializing in religious trauma, mental illness, and addiction.

Before becoming a nun in 2012, she worked as a photo editor in Los Angeles and was a member of the Groundlings Sunday Company. She started her TikTok account, @nunsenseforthepeople, in June 2021, to make people laugh and to demystify life as an Episcopal nun. To her great surprise, the popularity of her TikTok channel has continued to grow and she now has over 179K followers and 1.7M likes.

Her forthcoming memoir, A Change of Habit, will be released in September 2024 by Crown and Sugar23 Books at Penguin Random House.

On this Third Sunday of Easter, we’ll explore the history of monasticism since the Dissolution of the Monasteries by King Henry VIII in England, the subsequent rise of Anglican religious communities in the 19th century, and monastic life in the 21st century.

Join us 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM in Draesel Hall or online at https://zoom.us/j/8753617165 (for the password, type the numbers for eighteen ninety-nine, two thousand nineteen. No comma or space.)

8:00 AM Simple Service
We celebrate a simple, spoken service of Holy Communion (no music), using the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II.

11:00 AM Choral Service
Our preacher at the 11:00 AM Eucharist is Sister Monica Clare, CSJB.
Our worship includes prayer, scripture, song, sermon, and Holy Communion, (using the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II) The service includes music for choir, congregation, and organ.
The worship leaflet may be downloaded HERE.
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

6:00 PM Evening Service
Includes Holy Communion and our worship aims for fresh language and imagery. The music is with guitar, percussion, and vocals.
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

On this Second Sunday of Easter, we’ll look at various poems that offer images about Resurrection and new life. Feel free to bring a favorite to share, if you have one.

We’ll be discussing some of the following: Handout and “Death shall have no dominion.”

Join us 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM in Draesel Hall or online at https://zoom.us/j/8753617165 (for the password, type the numbers for eighteen ninety-nine, two thousand nineteen. No comma or space.)

8:00 AM Simple Service
We celebrate a simple, spoken service of Holy Communion (no music), using the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II.

11:00 AM Choral Service
Our worship includes prayer, scripture, song, sermon, and Holy Communion, (using the Book of Common Prayer, Rite II) The service includes music for choir, congregation, and organ.
The worship leaflet may be downloaded HERE.
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

6:00 PM Evening Service
Includes Holy Communion and our worship aims for fresh language and imagery. The music is with guitar, percussion, and vocals.
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

6:30 AM Easter Sunrise Holy Communion (in person only)
Look for us on the Promenade at Carl Schurz Park at John Finley Walk, where East 86th Street would meet the East River.
We’ll sing “Jesus Christ is Risen Today,” hear the Gospel, a short homily, have prayers and celebrate Holy Communion.

8:00 AM Holy Eucharist (in person only)
A simple spoken service (with one Easter Hymn) that lasts under an hour.

9:30 AM (No Adult Christian Education on Easter Sunday)

11:00 AM Choral Eucharist
Our Easter Day worship includes trumpet, strings, organ music, choral anthems, and congregational hymns. A service leaflet may be downloaded HERE .
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.
An Easter Hunt in the garden, for the children, follows the 11:00 AM service.

6:00 PM Community Eucharist
Our worship includes guitar and vocal music sung by our musician. A service leaflet may be downloaded HERE (when available).
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

Easter Eve Garden Communion

Saturday night counts for Sunday! Though the word "vigil," in popular usage, sometimes means a sad waiting period, the Easter Vigil is really just a worship service the night before Easter. Easter Eve, we offer an extremely simple service of Holy Communion. We will light the Paschal Candle, sing “Jesus Christ is Risen Today,” hear scripture and a short sermon, and share in Holy Communion. The service will last under one hour.

Join us for the full Good Friday Liturgy. The choir leads the service and chants the Passion. The service includes special prayers and readings, Veneration of the Cross, and Holy Communion from the Reserved Sacrament.

The Service Leaflet may be downloaded HERE (when available).

Reflections on the Way of the Cross & Veneration of the Cross

The Service Leaflet may be downloaded HERE .

Feel free to come and go, as your schedule allows during the Three Great Hours.  Though the traditional Fourteen Stations of the Cross are throughout the church during Lent, this service will reflect on each Station with prayers, hymns, and a short reflection offered by one of several preachers. After the Fourteenth Station, the congregation will be invited to venerate the cross, in gratitude that through the Cross of Christ, we are freed from sin and death and led to eternal life.   (This midday service does not include Holy Communion.)

7 PM: Maundy Thursday Liturgy

The Service Leaflet may be downloaded HERE.

"Maundy" is an English, shortened word from the Latin, "mandatum," referring to the "mandate" Jesus gives to his disciples (and us): "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you, says the Lord" (John 13:14).  Jesus said this as he washed his disciples' feet just before they celebrated the Passover meal.  In remembrance, we invite all those who feel comfortable to wash the feet of another (though if this is not your practice or piety, you should not feel pressured to come forward.) After the Washing of Feet, the service continues with the Celebration of the Holy Eucharist and after Communion, the Reserved Sacrament is transferred to the Memorial Chapel, and the church is stripped of all decoration and ornament.

Wednesday in Holy Week
7 PM Service of Tenebrae

The service leaflet may be downloaded HERE .

"Tenebrae" is from the Latin for "shadows," and is the name of this traditional service of readings and prayers. As the service proceeds, candles are extinguished until the church is in darkness, remembering the disciples' desertion of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and also foreshadowing the darkness of the clouds at the Crucifixion. Tenebrae at Holy Trinity is a simple and spare service, the only music being a final chanting of a psalm. 

Join us each Sunday in Lent in Draesel Hall or online at https://zoom.us/j/8753617165 (for the password, type the numbers for eighteen ninety-nine, two thousand nineteen. No comma or space.)

We conclude our discussion this Sunday with Chapter 6 and the Conclusion, which can be read HERE.

This Lent, we’ll be reading joining our link parish, St. Stephen’s, Rochester Row, London, to read a book the Archbishop of Canterbury chose especially for the Season of Lent several years ago.

Saying Yes to Life lifts our focus from every day (and perfectly natural) concerns to issues that are impacting millions of lives around the world. As people made in the image of God, we are entrusted to look after what God has made – to share in the joy and creativity of God in making a difference for good. Ruth Valerio imaginatively draws on the Days of Creation (Genesis 1 - 2.2) in relating themes of light, water, land, the seasons, other creatures, humankind, Sabbath rest and resurrection hope to matters of environmental, ethical and social concern. Foundational to the book are what it means to be human and, in particular, to be a follower of Jesus during Lent. Voices from other continents are heard throughout, and each chapter ends with discussion questions, a prayer, and specially commissioned art to aid action and contemplation.

8:00 AM Holy Eucharist (in person only)
A simple spoken service (no music) that lasts under an hour.

9:30 AM Adult Christian Education

11:00 AM Choral Eucharist
Our worship includes organ music, choral anthems, and congregational hymns. A service leaflet may be downloaded HERE.
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

6:00 PM Community Eucharist
Our worship includes guitar and vocal music sung by our musician. A service leaflet may be downloaded HERE.
Join us online through https://facebook.com/holytrinitynyc.

Join us on Friday nights in Lent as we walk the Stations of the Cross, a simple service, lasting about 40 minutes.

The devotion known as Stations of the Cross, or the Way of the Cross, is thought to have begun in 4th-century Jerusalem, as pilgrims sought to be close to the places where Jesus walked. The number of stations, or places where Jesus paused on his way to be crucified, has varied with tradition and time. Monks and nuns who visited the Holy Land took the idea of the Way of the Cross back to their monasteries, and so, by the 16th century, a number of monasteries and convents began to have small artistic representations of the Stations of the Cross in their chapels. Prayers would be said at each representation and this practice eventually spread to churches. The number of stations finally became fixed at fourteen. Of these, eight are based directly on events recorded in the Gospels and six (stations three, four, six, seven, nine, and thirteen) are based upon tradition.

Participating in the Stations of the Cross allows us to pray with our imagination. We imagine what it must have been like for Jesus to walk through the city of Jerusalem carrying his cross. We imagine how we might have reacted or not reacted. And perhaps most of all, we can imagine where God must have been in the midst of that struggle. To recognize God in such times is at the heart of Lent.

Join us in person or online as we look at “The Procession to Calvary” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1564). The painting is in Vienna, but we will join our friends at St. Stephen’s, Rochester Row and be guided by Art Historian Marc Woodhead.

The link to join us through Zoom is https://zoom.us/j/3593039474 (Password: 979721)

For New Yorkers, this will be Sunday afternoon, but for those in London it will be Sunday evening. Wherever you are, bring your tea and scones and help us look more deeply into this great painting.

Join us each Sunday in Lent in Draesel Hall or online at https://zoom.us/j/8753617165 (for the password, type the numbers for eighteen ninety-nine, two thousand nineteen. No comma or space.)

On March 17, we’ll discuss Chapter 5, “Let the waters teem with living creatures and let birds fly,” which can be read HERE.

This Lent, we’ll be reading joining our link parish, St. Stephen’s, Rochester Row, London, to read a book the Archbishop of Canterbury chose especially for the Season of Lent several years ago.

Saying Yes to Life lifts our focus from every day (and perfectly natural) concerns to issues that are impacting millions of lives around the world. As people made in the image of God, we are entrusted to look after what God has made – to share in the joy and creativity of God in making a difference for good. Ruth Valerio imaginatively draws on the Days of Creation (Genesis 1 - 2.2) in relating themes of light, water, land, the seasons, other creatures, humankind, Sabbath rest and resurrection hope to matters of environmental, ethical and social concern. Foundational to the book are what it means to be human and, in particular, to be a follower of Jesus during Lent. Voices from other continents are heard throughout, and each chapter ends with discussion questions, a prayer, and specially commissioned art to aid action and contemplation.

Join us on Friday nights in Lent as we walk the Stations of the Cross, a simple service, lasting about 40 minutes.

The devotion known as Stations of the Cross, or the Way of the Cross, is thought to have begun in 4th-century Jerusalem, as pilgrims sought to be close to the places where Jesus walked. The number of stations, or places where Jesus paused on his way to be crucified, has varied with tradition and time. Monks and nuns who visited the Holy Land took the idea of the Way of the Cross back to their monasteries, and so, by the 16th century, a number of monasteries and convents began to have small artistic representations of the Stations of the Cross in their chapels. Prayers would be said at each representation and this practice eventually spread to churches. The number of stations finally became fixed at fourteen. Of these, eight are based directly on events recorded in the Gospels and six (stations three, four, six, seven, nine, and thirteen) are based upon tradition.

Participating in the Stations of the Cross allows us to pray with our imagination. We imagine what it must have been like for Jesus to walk through the city of Jerusalem carrying his cross. We imagine how we might have reacted or not reacted. And perhaps most of all, we can imagine where God must have been in the midst of that struggle. To recognize God in such times is at the heart of Lent.

Join us each Sunday in Lent in Draesel Hall or online at https://zoom.us/j/8753617165 (for the password, type the numbers for eighteen ninety-nine, two thousand nineteen. No comma or space.)

On March 10, we’ll discuss Chapter 4, “Let there be lights in the sky,” which can be read HERE.
In addition, this handout will be discussed.

This Lent, we’ll be reading joining our link parish, St. Stephen’s, Rochester Row, London, to read a book the Archbishop of Canterbury chose especially for the Season of Lent several years ago.

Saying Yes to Life lifts our focus from every day (and perfectly natural) concerns to issues that are impacting millions of lives around the world. As people made in the image of God, we are entrusted to look after what God has made – to share in the joy and creativity of God in making a difference for good. Ruth Valerio imaginatively draws on the Days of Creation (Genesis 1 - 2.2) in relating themes of light, water, land, the seasons, other creatures, humankind, Sabbath rest and resurrection hope to matters of environmental, ethical and social concern. Foundational to the book are what it means to be human and, in particular, to be a follower of Jesus during Lent. Voices from other continents are heard throughout, and each chapter ends with discussion questions, a prayer, and specially commissioned art to aid action and contemplation.

Join us on Friday nights in Lent as we walk the Stations of the Cross, a simple service, lasting about 40 minutes.

The devotion known as Stations of the Cross, or the Way of the Cross, is thought to have begun in 4th-century Jerusalem, as pilgrims sought to be close to the places where Jesus walked. The number of stations, or places where Jesus paused on his way to be crucified, has varied with tradition and time. Monks and nuns who visited the Holy Land took the idea of the Way of the Cross back to their monasteries, and so, by the 16th century, a number of monasteries and convents began to have small artistic representations of the Stations of the Cross in their chapels. Prayers would be said at each representation and this practice eventually spread to churches. The number of stations finally became fixed at fourteen. Of these, eight are based directly on events recorded in the Gospels and six (stations three, four, six, seven, nine, and thirteen) are based upon tradition.

Participating in the Stations of the Cross allows us to pray with our imagination. We imagine what it must have been like for Jesus to walk through the city of Jerusalem carrying his cross. We imagine how we might have reacted or not reacted. And perhaps most of all, we can imagine where God must have been in the midst of that struggle. To recognize God in such times is at the heart of Lent.

Join us each Sunday in Lent in Draesel Hall or online at https://zoom.us/j/8753617165 (for the password, type the numbers for eighteen ninety-nine, two thousand nineteen. No comma or space.)

On March 3, we’ll be discussing Chapter 3, “Let the land produce vegetation.,” which can be read HERE.

This Lent, we’ll be reading joining our link parish, St. Stephen’s, Rochester Row, London, to read a book the Archbishop of Canterbury chose especially for the Season of Lent several years ago.

Saying Yes to Life lifts our focus from every day (and perfectly natural) concerns to issues that are impacting millions of lives around the world. As people made in the image of God, we are entrusted to look after what God has made – to share in the joy and creativity of God in making a difference for good. Ruth Valerio imaginatively draws on the Days of Creation (Genesis 1 - 2.2) in relating themes of light, water, land, the seasons, other creatures, humankind, Sabbath rest and resurrection hope to matters of environmental, ethical and social concern. Foundational to the book are what it means to be human and, in particular, to be a follower of Jesus during Lent. Voices from other continents are heard throughout, and each chapter ends with discussion questions, a prayer, and specially commissioned art to aid action and contemplation.

Join us on Friday nights in Lent as we walk the Stations of the Cross, a simple service, lasting about 40 minutes.

The devotion known as Stations of the Cross, or the Way of the Cross, is thought to have begun in 4th-century Jerusalem, as pilgrims sought to be close to the places where Jesus walked. The number of stations, or places where Jesus paused on his way to be crucified, has varied with tradition and time. Monks and nuns who visited the Holy Land took the idea of the Way of the Cross back to their monasteries, and so, by the 16th century, a number of monasteries and convents began to have small artistic representations of the Stations of the Cross in their chapels. Prayers would be said at each representation and this practice eventually spread to churches. The number of stations finally became fixed at fourteen. Of these, eight are based directly on events recorded in the Gospels and six (stations three, four, six, seven, nine, and thirteen) are based upon tradition.

Participating in the Stations of the Cross allows us to pray with our imagination. We imagine what it must have been like for Jesus to walk through the city of Jerusalem carrying his cross. We imagine how we might have reacted or not reacted. And perhaps most of all, we can imagine where God must have been in the midst of that struggle. To recognize God in such times is at the heart of Lent.

Join us each Sunday in Lent in Draesel Hall or online at https://zoom.us/j/8753617165 (for the password, type the numbers for eighteen ninety-nine, two thousand nineteen. No comma or space.)

On February 25, we’ll discuss Chapter 2: “Let the Waters be Separated,” which can be read HERE.

This Lent, we’ll be reading joining our link parish, St. Stephen’s, Rochester Row, London, to read a book the Archbishop of Canterbury chose especially for the Season of Lent several years ago.

Saying Yes to Life lifts our focus from every day (and perfectly natural) concerns to issues that are impacting millions of lives around the world. As people made in the image of God, we are entrusted to look after what God has made – to share in the joy and creativity of God in making a difference for good. Ruth Valerio imaginatively draws on the Days of Creation (Genesis 1 - 2.2) in relating themes of light, water, land, the seasons, other creatures, humankind, Sabbath rest and resurrection hope to matters of environmental, ethical and social concern. Foundational to the book are what it means to be human and, in particular, to be a follower of Jesus during Lent. Voices from other continents are heard throughout, and each chapter ends with discussion questions, a prayer, and specially commissioned art to aid action and contemplation.

Join us on Friday nights in Lent as we walk the Stations of the Cross, a simple service, lasting about 40 minutes.

The devotion known as Stations of the Cross, or the Way of the Cross, is thought to have begun in 4th-century Jerusalem, as pilgrims sought to be close to the places where Jesus walked. The number of stations, or places where Jesus paused on his way to be crucified, has varied with tradition and time. Monks and nuns who visited the Holy Land took the idea of the Way of the Cross back to their monasteries, and so, by the 16th century, a number of monasteries and convents began to have small artistic representations of the Stations of the Cross in their chapels. Prayers would be said at each representation and this practice eventually spread to churches. The number of stations finally became fixed at fourteen. Of these, eight are based directly on events recorded in the Gospels and six (stations three, four, six, seven, nine, and thirteen) are based upon tradition.

Participating in the Stations of the Cross allows us to pray with our imagination. We imagine what it must have been like for Jesus to walk through the city of Jerusalem carrying his cross. We imagine how we might have reacted or not reacted. And perhaps most of all, we can imagine where God must have been in the midst of that struggle. To recognize God in such times is at the heart of Lent.