9/11 Remembrances at St. Paul's Chapel and Trinity Church

The 15th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks will be commemorated at St. Paul’s Chapel (Broadway and Fulton Street) and Trinity Church (Broadway and Wall Street) on Sunday, September 11, from 8 am to 8 pm. St. Paul’s Chapel, part of the Episcopal parish of Trinity Church Wall Street, served as a relief mission for recovery workers at Ground Zero for nearly a year after the buildings fell.  

Precisely at 8:46 am, the time when the first plane crashed into 1 WTC (North Tower), the Rev. Dr. William Lupfer, rector, will ring the Bell of Hope in St. Paul’s churchyard in a pattern of “four fives,” (five strikes, repeated four times), the traditional firefighters’ salute to the fallen.  The bell, a gift from London to New York City a year after the attacks, is rung on 9/11 anniversaries and to remember victims of terrorism. 

Prayer ribbons will be distributed to the public throughout the day at St. Paul’s Chapel.

Those walking by St. Paul’s gates from 7-7:45 pm will see and hear an outdoor multimedia presentation that reflects the chapel’s ongoing witness to mass violence worldwide.

In addition to worship services throughout the day at Trinity Church, at 2 pm there will be a patriotic concert performance by the West Point Band.

The full schedule follows. All events are free and open to the public. Visitors are advised to check www.trinitywallstreet.org [1] for any schedule changes. 

AT ST. PAUL’S CHAPEL:

8 am         Holy Eucharist  

8:46 am    Ringing of the Bell of Hope  (The change-bells of Trinity Church will toll at the same time.)

9:15 am   Holy Eucharist

3:30 pm   Ground Zero Fellowship “Calling of the Names” Ceremony      

The Fellowship consists of first responders, volunteers, and family members of those who died on 9/11 and later due to related injury or illness.

7 pm    Words and Music: The chapel bears witness to 9/11 and to mass violence worldwide in an outdoor multimedia presentation.

Note: All events at St. Paul’s Chapel will take place out-of-doors.  The interior of the chapel is undergoing restoration in preparation for its 250th anniversary on October 30, 2016.

AT TRINITY CHURCH:

8:46 am   Tolling of the change-bells.

The Bell of Hope will be tolled at St. Paul’s Chapel at the same time.

9:00 am   Holy Eucharist      

11:15 am Holy Eucharist featuring the Choir of Trinity Wall Street

2:00 pm   Concert by the West Point Band 

8 pm       Compline by Candlelight