Join us for a casual gathering at College Woods: East Rock Park. We will meet at the pavilion near the playground. All ages are welcome. RSVP is appreciated, not required. Contact: Angela Arpino (family@trinitynewhaven.org)

Join in a West Haven tradition: West Haven’s Holy Spirit Church sale of spring plants to help us feed people.

We offer high-quality annuals, vegetables, herbs, and hanging plants at good prices.

We are open on Friday, May 8, from 3 to 5:30 p.m., and on Saturday, May 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Our church is at 28 Church Street in West Haven.

Proceeds go to help us feed hungry people at Columbus House and collect food for WHEAT, our local food bank. We are the brown stone church across from the West Haven Green, and we have been this neighborhood’s Episcopal Church since 1723.

Christ and The Epiphany Church, 39 Park Place, East Haven, CT presents our Annual Christmas Fair featuring baked and canned goods, handcrafted items, raffles, hot lunch counter, largest Christmas decoration room on the shoreline.

A Change of Habit is the funny, heartfelt story of Monica Clare, who shocked everyone—herself included—by leaving behind a high-stress advertising career fast tracked toward the cast of Saturday Night Live and a life of celebrity parties. Her epiphany came at Jimmy Fallon’s Birthday Party and realized she yearned for a more meaningful life. Growing up watching movies like The Sound of Music and The Nun’s Story, Monica traded red carpets for robes, joining an Episcopal convent where silence, simplicity, and sisterhood reshaped her life.

In her book, Sister Monica Clare, shares her surprising journey with honesty and humor—how she found healing, challenged old rules, and helped create a more compassionate community. Part spiritual memoir, part reminder that it’s never too late to change your life, this book invites readers to let go of perfection, embrace authenticity, and reconnect with what really matters. Co-hosted by the Women’s Ministry at Christ Church Greenwich. Reception to follow in the Parish Hall

Homemade baked and canned goods will be available for purchase. The Garage and The Good Shepherd Thrift Store will be open for business.

Margins and Movements is a new community book group for the New Haven area, hosted by St. PJ’s Episcopal Church. Monthly discussions of social-justice titles will be held in our parish hall (usually the last Tuesday of the month), free and open to all, with light refreshment.

Come if you’ve read the whole book, come if you listened to a few chapters as an audio book, and come if you didn’t get a chance to read at all but would still like to sit in community and hear from those who did!

• Tuesday, August 26, 7pm: “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder
• Tuesday, September 30, 7pm: “The Serviceberry” by Robin Wall Kimmerer
• Tuesday, October 28, 7pm: “Queer and Christian” by Brandon Robertson
• Tuesday, December 9, 7pm: “The Undocumented Americans” by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

We will occasionally be joined by local community organizers representing organizations related to the theme of the month’s book, who can tell us about their work and how we can get involved.

Purchase titles at St. PJ’s Bookshop affiliate page here, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the parish and independent booksellers.