Events
Season of Creation
September 1 - October 4
The annual celebration of the Season of Creation invites the world’s 2.6 billion Christians to prayer and action to protect Earth, our common home and to discern the guidance it offers us for bringing about the New Creation of which Jesus spoke. The Green Team in collaboration with other campus ministries invites you to celebrate throughout the month.
Self- Guided Pilgrimage. We invite you to walk through the Holy Trinity gardens to pray for the grace to encounter Christ in Creation and renew your relationships with God, the Earth, and one another. Pilgrimage begins at the Upper School entrance and ends in the Chapel Gardens. Concludes October 4. Additional events are hosted on Sundays throughout September.
New this year:
September 2o, Sound bath with Little Raven
October 4, Blessing of the Animals
Fall Speakers
September 27: Thirst for Living Water: The Cry of the Earth, the Courage of its Defenders: Forced Displacement in Central America. Guest Lecture by Elizabeth Ferris, Institute for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University | 10:15am | Trinity Hall
Learn about the realities that environmental defenders are facing in Central America while Prof. Elizabeth Ferris explores the human face of climate disaster—the drought, environmental harm, and loss of land that force families from their homes. Grounded in Laudato Si’s “cry of the earth and cry of the poor” the lecture connects this season’s theme of living water to the dignity of migrants and our call to welcome the stranger. A powerful bridge between faith and the realities of climate mobility.
September 28: Ava Benach, Founding Partner, Benach, Pitney Riley, LLP, Register
The Enforcement Landscape: Steering Immigrants Through Shifts in Policy
For 25 years, Ava Benach has steered clients through the ever-shifting landscape of immigration law, concentrating her practice on defending those in removal proceedings.
Ava represents immigrants throughout the country, addressing cutting edge issues in asylum, and bringing action in federal court to challenge state laws, and unreasonable or delayed government decision-making. She is also active in immigration non-profits, taking a lead role in representing transgender asylum seekers before both the asylum office and the immigration courts and, through a pioneering collaboration with DC's Whitman-Walker Clinic, training the next generation of lawyers in this field.
October 1
Reframing Public Safety: From Punishment to Prevention and Beyond, 6:30pm, McKenna Hall, RSVP to [email protected]
The forum is designed to foster honest, thoughtful dialogue. Panelists will draw on both a lived experience and community wisdom to lead a discussion that confronts the root causes of violence, debunks harmful myths, and facilitates a collective vision of public safety that benefits every neighborhood and resident. Hosted by the Returning Citizens Team
October 7
Only the Native Born: The Know Nothing Party in DC, 6:30pm, McKenna Hall, RSVP to [email protected]
Continuing our reflection on the anniversary of the main church and the politics of the time, historian Tyler Anbinder will discuss his book Nativism and Slavery, focused on the role of the Know Nothing party in the years leading to the Civil War. Hosted by the HT History Team
Accompanying Returning Citizens
Over the past year, a group of parishioners has been exploring relationships with the Frederick Douglass Project, Freedom house and Friends of Guest House. We will continue to develop these relationships in 2026. Through the Frederick Douglass Project parishioners are invited to visit the DC Jail in person for a conversation with the incarcerated men and women.
If you would like to join the email list for updates on this work, please email [email protected]
Ways to Help
Direct service allows parishioners a chance to help, which is how St. Ignatius described service – nothing lofty, simply helping and working side-by-side with others. This kind of service allows us to form relationships, show solidarity, and learn and work with others, particularly the poor and vulnerable. It also allows us to share the life that God has given us.
Visit "Do Something Good for Your Neighbor" for current opportunities