October 19, 2025

Pentecost 19 ~ Proper 24

8:30 AM - Holy Eucharist, Rite I
10:00 AM - Holy Eucharist, Rite II
The Very Reverend Rene R. John

Weekly Announcements

 

The Lectors for the 10:00 am Mass on 10/26 are:
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Chalice bearer: Bobbie Powell

The Ushers/Greeters for Sunday, 10/26 (4th Sunday) are:
Edward Greenfield (Greeter/Usher) & Samuel Richards (alternate)

 

We Believe: A Choral Evensong
Friday, November 7 – 7:00 PM

at Trinity Cathedral
Featuring the Seminary Singers of Princeton Theological Seminary, Martin Tel and Mina Choi, conductors, and the Absalom Jones Inspirational Choir of Trinity Cathedral, Kerry Heimann, conductor
 
All are welcome to join in this liturgical concert of choral music celebrating 1700 years of the Council of Nicaea. The Nicene Creed, formulated in 325, will frame hymns and choral anthems, including works by Felix Mendelssohn, Samuel Wesley, Margaret Douroux, William Dawson, Keith and Kristyn Getty, Sally Morris, and Carlos Colón. Open to all, free of charge. Come join us.

 

This week we will be bagging food for the Food Pantry. Please join us on Thursday, October 23rd at 4:45pm.

 

Have you checked out our new volunteer bulletin board? It’s just inside the parking lot doors. Here you will find posted opportunities to volunteer at the Cathedral, with our partner organizations, and in the community. Projects big and small will be posted here. If you would like to advertise a volunteer opportunity, you can create your own flyer or use the form on the literature table in the main hallway.

 

ONLY A FEW SLOTS LEFT FOR THE OCTOBER 26TH CATHEDRAL TOUR – Join us for a tour of Trinity Cathedral on Sunday, October 26th conducted by Bernard McMullan, informal Cathedral historian and former chair of the Cathedral’s Property, Maintenance and Improvement Commission. The tour concludes with hors d’oeuvres, sweets, wine and conversation in Synod Hall. Just a few slots are available on each of the days. A donation to Trinity Cathedral of $25 per person is requested. Sign up on the poster in the main hallway outside the Cathedral offices.

 

The next Food Pantry distribution date is – Saturday, October 25th (2nd & 4th Saturdays this month) from 9-11:00 am. Each Thursday, we distribute hot dinners “to go” from 4:15–5:30pm at the Overbrook Avenue entrance as a satellite location for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.

 

 In Memoriam

His Grace, the Most Reverend Drexel Wellington Gomez, former Archbishop and Primate of the Church in the Province of the West Indies and one of the Caribbean’s most respected Anglican leaders, died on Tuesday at the age of 88 after a period of illness.

Commending The Most Rev. Drexel Wellington Gomez to God’s eternal keeping. 

January 24, 1937 – October 14, 2025

Bishop of Barbados (1972-1992)

Bishop Co-Adjutor of Nassau and the Bahamas (1995-1996)

Bishop of Nassau and the Bahamas (1997-2008)

Archbishop, Primate and Metropolitan of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (1999–2008)

Our deepest condolences are extended to his dear wife, Carol, children, Damian, Dominique, Dennis and Deborah, and to his biological and ecclesiastical families.