Church of the Holy Trinity

Photo of doors and towers of a gothic church and adjescent hotel taken from ground level looking up. Clouds pass the towers in a blue sky.
collage of people in black and white photos preparing food, hanging art and speaking. In the centre foreground is the word "UNITY" in blue surrounded by hand-drawn flowers.
A group of people are gathered in a room lit with multi-coloured lights for a concert. The windows behind are arched glass and suggest this room was once a chapel.
a close up of a stained glass window in blues and yellows.

about us

We are a community who express faith through lives of integrity, justice and compassion. We celebrate the arts, foster lay leadership, include the doubter and marginalized, and challenge oppression wherever it may be found.

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loving justice in the heart of the city

A man in a red cope has his back to the camera. He faces a congregation of people gathered to celebrate Pentecost. The image is taken through a bouquet of red flowers.

Spirituality

Our Sunday worship at 10:30am is dynamic and leadership is shared—In person and also via Zoom.

Our spirituality is not just about Sunday, from time to time we hold workshops, discussion groups and retreats.

On Wed at 5pm we have an informal coffee hour on Zoom. We hope to restart our Lifting Spirits events soon.

A group of people march through the snow with a banner which reads "Shelter and Housing Justice Network"

Justice

Early in the pandemic Unity Kitchen launched to meet the loss of other supports. Since 1991, our Refugee Committee has brought more than 130 refugees to Canada.

The HT community has engaged in work in many different areas over our long history in this place: LGBTQ+, war resistance, housing, Toronto Homeless Memorial, hospice care, ableism, Indigenous rights and more.

A group of singers gathered on the stage at Holy Trinity for Echo Women's Choir Winter Concert Dec 2017

Arts

We have a long history of engagement in the arts. Two ongoing programs are Music Mondays and The Christmas Story. We're also home to the Echo Women's Choir.

Our windows, altar frontals, and ceiling are lasting expressions of art in this place, but we have also hosted exhibits of many kinds from single artist shows to concerts , recording sessions and book launches.

In 1977 members of Holy Trinity gather at the eastern end of the church to give thanks that it wasn't completely destroyed by fire.

History

We were founded in 1847 as the first "free pew" church in Toronto. In our early days we were very much part of "The Ward" and developed a thirst for justice, art and community that continues to this day

A short history of Holy Trinity from 1847 to the recent past.

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April 23 worship online only

While the church building is closed for electrical upgrades we will meet online only. Regular in person worship resumes April 30.
Join us at 10:30 am on Zoom