Following the example of Jesus, we work to right the injustices and relieve the suffering that afflict so many of God’s beloved ones in our neighborhood, our city, and our world.
Victory Apartments
No one who has served our country should ever be living on the street, and Victory Apartments is committed to ending homelessness among Veterans. Located one mile from the Durham Museum and Henry Doorly Zoo (825 Dorcas St.), Victory Apartments houses insecure Veterans in a living community that provides residents with beautiful apartments, amenities, and camaraderie with each other.
Trinity Cathedral has partnered with Victory Apartments to provide support to our Veterans through food and spiritual community. We deliver approximately 100 dozen eggs for the community’s food pantry, and hold a worship service at Victory at 3 PM on the first Sunday of every month. If you’d like to attend the worship service to build relationships with the community, please email Dean Clark at vclark@trinityepiscopal.org.
Downtown Episcopal Outreach (DEO)
Every Wednesday, volunteers from the cathedral and nearby Episcopal churches prepare a delicious lunch to distribute downtown. It's our small way of offering good food and fellowship to our neighbors, especially those who don't always have access to food.
Meals are prepared and distributed to various encampments downtown on Wednesday mornings. Food prep begins at 7 AM, and meal delivery begins at 10:30 AM. Contact Kathleen Elliot at kathleenlelliot@gmail.com for more information about purchasing food or volunteering as an individual or a group. You can donate to DEO here (enter DEO in the comment field under ‘other donations’).
Bus Tickets
One of the ways in which Trinity aids our community is by providing a limited number of 10-ride bus tickets each week, which community members can use to get to work, to medical appointments, and for transportation to other community resources. If you or your community group would like to contribute, please make your check out to “Trinity Episcopal Cathedral” memo line “bus tickets.” If you prefer to give online, enter your donation in the “Other Donations” category, and type “bus tickets” in the box to the right.
A.A. Meetings
There are two Alcoholics Anonymous groups that meet at Trinity:
Every Thursday, 12-1 PM in the Undercroft.
Every Friday, 5:30 PM in the Clarkson Conference Room.
All are welcome to join us as we walk the steps to freedom together. To attend meetings in the Undercroft, enter through the red chapel door on Capitol Avenue. To attend meetings in the Clarkson Center, enter through the glass door on 18th Street.
Courtyard Garden
Trinity’s members have donated, planned, rearranged, and planted the garden around the cathedral. Our garden is rooted in creation care, using Nebraska-friendly perennials to attract pollinators and require less water, and designed to provide a beautiful public space for our downtown neighbors. From the varieties of grasses swaying in the wind, to small pink salvia splashing color, to a carpet of chocolate chip ajuga, our garden is a riot of brightness.
We invite you to experience peace and spiritual renewal in our garden. Do yoga by the fountain or relax in the shade of our trees. Enjoy the beauty of God’s world and give thanks for His gifts. If you’d like to donate a plant next year, or want to volunteer to help care for the garden, please contact our office at office@trinityepiscopal.org and ask for Norm Melichar.
Tamar’s Pantry
Founded in 2014, The Friends of Tamar are a community of survivors of sexual and domestic violence and the volunteers who have helped them make a new beginning. Since 2022, their focus has been supporting Tamar's Pantry and other outreach activities conducted by Magdalene Omaha.
Tamar's Pantry is a personal items pantry for survivors of sexual violence in all its forms, located at Magdalene Omaha. Volunteers ensure it remains stocked with items survivors identify they need, and also assist with distribution of these items to other organizations supporting survivors. For more information on how you can help, contact info@magdaleneomaha.org or call (402) 934-8599.