The church is located at 109 East 60th Street, New York, NY 10022 (between Park and Lexington Avenues), with offices at 111 East 60th. Parking is difficult, but taxis are plentiful and subways and buses stop nearby.

By Subway

N/Q/R to Lexington Avenue

4/5/6 to 59th Street

By Bus

M57 or M31 to Park Avenue

M1, 2, 3 or 4 to East 61st Street and Fifth or Madison Avenues

M101, 102, 103 to East 61st Street and Lexington Avenue

Q32 to East 60th Street or East 59th Street

Our church office is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, and on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.. The office is located at 111 East 60th Street, next door to the church sanctuary, in apartment 3F. All correspondence for the church should be directed to the church office. You can reach the Parish Administrator, Mrs. Pascale Pine, by telephone at (212) 838-5680, fax (212) 702-0809 or email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Our main Sunday service is at 11:15 am, with celebration of Holy Communion on the first, second and fourth Sundays of the month, and Morning Prayer on the third Sunday. The church offers a mid-week service on Wednesdays at 12:00 pm. Please visit our Calendar page for all event listings.

Saint Esprit also hosts Taizé-style contemplative prayers at 6:30 p.m. on Thursdays in the sanctuary, and four times a year on Sunday mornings.

You can be assured of a friendly welcome, whatever language you speak. The sermon, prayers, and hymns are in French, and an English translation of the sermon is provided. The service, which lasts about 75 minutes, will be either traditional Holy Communion or Morning Prayer. After the service, everyone is invited to stay for coffee and conversation. If it is a special occasion, we will share a festive vin d’honneur during a reception.

Our membership is drawn from more than twenty different nationalities. It includes descendants of the original Huguenots, modern immigrants, visitors from Europe, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa, and a wide variety of other New Yorkers.

Not at all! Our parishioners have a wide range of facility in French, including the most basic. Some are native speakers, while others have studied French as a second language. And as part of our service to the City, we offer free French lessons for every level of competence. Worship and learn with us!

The classes really are free! We ask only that you purchase your textbook, which we provide for you. French classes are held every Sunday from 10:00 – 11:00 am at classrooms in 111 East 60th Street, from September through June. There are three groups – beginners, intermediates and conversation level – and we’ll be happy to place you.

The church hosts many activities, including a bilingual play-reading group and Taizé prayer group, and occasionally hosts forums, concerts and other cultural events. Saint Esprit offers many ways for you to be involved. You can join our choir or help decorate the church for special occasions such as Christmas, Easter, Bastille Day and Afrique Fête. You can bring a dish or help serve at our receptions; you can be an usher or join the altar guild. We welcome readers for our church services and volunteers to teach the French lessons.

Saint Esprit occasionally grants the use of its space for outside activities that are in keeping with its mission. For any gathering not sponsored by the church and using its premises, a small fee may be requested, and certificate of insurance for $1,000,000 general liability is required, with French Church du Saint Esprit as additional named insured as its interests may appear. Contact the Parish Administrator at (212) 838-5680 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for further details.

No, you don’t. The church is diverse and inclusive. Saint Esprit has been part of the Episcopal Diocese of New York since 1804, but its charter allows for Christians from all traditions to participate. Parishioners hail from many different denominations, united in their love of Jesus Christ, their worship of God, and their interest in the French language and Francophone cultures. All are welcome.

In the United States, the Anglican Communion is called the Protestant Episcopal Church. The third-largest Christian denomination in the world, it has more than ninety million members, four million of whom speak French. Its liturgy combines elements found the Roman Catholic Church with theology that was shaped by the Protestant Reformation. Saint Esprit is a part of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, headquartered at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine at 111th Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Manhattan.