National Public Radio on the economic crisis and the church's response. (Print piece)Trinity Church on Wall Street sits smack dab at the epicenter of the financial cosmos. Brokers, traders and "masters of the universe" fill its pews. The Rev. Anne Mallonee says the Episcopal church — with a 900-household membership — is seeing a definite increase in attendance.
Especially on weekdays, when people from the financial district drift in for services, for solace and for solitude. The church is offering a number of different programs — including extra prayer sessions and career counseling — to help people cope with the great unease. The first wave included support staff, such as secretaries and administrative staffers. "This week we are seeing more executives," she says. "Someone who was here for 9/11 says this is the closest thing she has seen to that time," Mallonee says.
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