10/22/2026
Trinity Trivia: What unexpected activity first led Trinity's former Dean George Werner to the Episcopal Church?
Answer: Playing basketball.
When George Werner was just 16 years old, he wasn't looking for a career in ministry. He was looking for a good basketball team.
Growing up in Queens, New York, Werner realized that his best opportunity to play on a competitive team was through nearby All Saints Episcopal Church. He began attending the church to play basketball, where he met a young priest named the Rev. Douglas Pimm. That connection helped set him on a path that would eventually lead to seminary, the priesthood, and, in 1979, to Trinity Cathedral as our fourth dean.
In a 1979 interview with The Pittsburgh Press, Werner recalled feeling that "a voice kept guiding me toward the seminary."
Werner's story is a wonderful reminder that we never know what might bring someone through the doors of a church or how that first encounter might change their life. Today, Trinity continues to welcome our Pittsburgh neighbors through concerts, historical tours, community gatherings, and other special events. By supporting these programs and inviting friends, family, and neighbors to join us, we help create opportunities for new connections, unexpected discoveries, and perhaps even the beginnings of someone's own journey of faith.
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