Clergy
Our Bishop of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut is the Rt. Rev. Jeffrey W. Mello, seen here during his Consecration and Ordination in October 2022.
Our priest in charge (below) is the Rev. James G. Bradley.
The Rev. James G (Jim) Bradley is a native of West Virginia who has been an Episcopal priest since 1975. A graduate of Harvard Divinity School and Virginia Theological Seminary, he has served as Rector of St. Paul’s Church in New Haven and Rector of St. John’s in Waterbury. Before coming to Trinity he was serving as a supply priest for the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut. He is married and lives in Cheshire. He may be reached at (203) 272-2005 and Padrejgb@aol.com.
We are very fortunate to welcome Steve McGrath (below), who leads us in Morning Prayer on Sundays when Jim Bradley cannot be with us. Steve and his wife Christine lived in Milton from 1998 to 2016. Steve has had a long career in secondary and university-level education, where he won awards for teaching and published a book. He retired in 2020 from teaching American history and European revolutions at Central Connecticut State University. He served as an ordained deacon in the Catholic Church and joined the Episcopal Church in 2019, where he has been a student in the four-year Education for Ministry program.
Our service schedule is:
Sundays- Holy Eucharist, Rite II
Rite I will be used in Advent and Lent
The vestry normally meets after services on the second Sunday of each month.
On the fourth Sunday we bless the food collected that month for the food bank in Torrington, CT, “Friends in Service Here” (FISH).
Trinity Parish is a true community of believers, or as Peter put it in his 1st Epistle, a royal priesthood. As a result, the community has chosen to take up the many ministries that a parish needs. We are a small, but vibrant commmunity, and we know that this energy comes from our willingness to do outreach to those in need, both near and far.