Each week, guest speakers from a variety of backgrounds and disciplines join the Reverend Peter Thompson and other St. Bart's clergy for deep and insightful conversations about topics that matter to our lives as responsible citizens and people of faith. Speakers in recent years have included winners of the Tony Award, the Emmy Award, the MacArthur Fellowship, and the Pulitzer Prize, professors from prominent universities like Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia, and journalists from New York, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.
Sunday, September 21, 2025
A Masterpiece Hiding in Plain Sight: The Triple Portal Entrance to St. Bart’s Church
Carole Bailey French, President of St. Bartholomew’s Conservancy, discusses the majestic Triple Portal entrance to St. Bart's and efforts currently underway to preserve it for future generations
Upcoming Speakers at The Forum
September 28 The Reverend Dr. Duncan Dormor, General Secretary, United Society Partners in the Gospel
October 5 The Reverend Ryan Kuratko, PhD, Chaplain to Canterbury Uptown, and the Reverend Megan Sanders, Chaplain to Canterbury Downtown, The Episcopal Diocese of New York
October 12 Dante Tipiani, Senior Navigator & Community Builder, CaringKind
October 19 The Reverend Frederick A. Davie, Senior Executive Vice President for Public Theology and Civic Engagement, Union Theological Seminary
Watch or listen to The Forum from previous weeks below.
The following individuals were fully welcomed into the life of St. Bart's during Welcome Sunday on February 12, 2023. We invite you to send them messages of congratulations.
Ackeem Duggan
I am 31 years old and I am from Jamaica, West Indies. My...