DEP inspection letter, Trinity Church properties, Feb 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

MAR-14-2002 14:43 DEP COMM OUTREACH 71Q 595,6582 P.03Z03

"Bemdes acrrfng Ground Zero workers more than 300,000 meals, the Rev. Lyndon Harris, bis emeiw^ ocora® of vohixiteers also provided them with rest, physical therapy and, moat of ah, the solace of open ears and open hearts/ The Rev. Lyndon Harris, the associate responsible for ministry at St. Paui’a, said: **111086 whom the volunteers have helped at St Paulh have responded with stirring expressions of We axe committed to continuing ministries to rescue workers as well as to the wider puhEc.* After Easter, St, Paul’s volunteers wfil be cmcouroged to work at other nearly emergency centers or Chundt-styonaored programs in the area, he said. St. Paul's itself will donate any rcroeioing feed and supplies to other continuing programs, he added. Trinity said Chat during the anticipated closure of fit Paul's ter the environmental clcan-^p, its staff and Vestry wdl closely review the spiritual and community needs in order to resume a public mxnistry that will be best structured to meet them. Father Howard ^d: *We have yet to work out predse details of our post-* S^tember II soiniscxy to the public, but it wQl fodude worship, dvtc aad reUgiotJa progroaxa, counseling, prayer arid meditation.’' The E^piacopal Bishop of New Yodc, the Hight Rey. Maric Sisk, said; ”We arc proud of the role St. Paul’s has played in the fife of the city and nation since September 1X, and are deeply grateful tn the volunteers from every walk of life who ministered to rescue worimrs. We look forward to its future mteistiy to this city, the nation, and all those who come here for solace and teopiration.* St. Paul a Chapel, located at Broadway and Fulton Street, was built in 1766 and attended by hundrods of Colonial and Revolutionary figures, including George Washington. It U one of two historic churches in lower Manhattan owxied, operated and atafied by the Parish of Trinity Church in New Yozk City, Manhattan’s oldest Episcopal Church. Its mother church, Trinity, est^H^hed in 1697, is located fUrtixer south on lower Broadway at the head of Wall Street.

For ftixlhw infiormation call: John Allan* Director of Conununjeations Pariah of Trinity Church in the C^of New York (312) 602-0708

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