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 The Missionary Society was a lay religious student organization in existence on the Trinity campus during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
-Founded circa 1831, the Missionary Society replaced what was known as the "Auxiliary." Initially, the group met weekly "for religious exercises, serious reading, and the discussion of theological subjects," ((Weaver, p. 56)) and raised money to be donated for missionary causes within the [[episcopal|Episcopal Church]]. The Society was fostered by Episcopal clergy in the [[hartford|Hartford]] area who served as chaplains and advisors during its existence. Unlike other early student organizations which appeared in the first decades of the College, the Missionary Society remained active through the 1850s and 1860s, continuing to meet twice per month to participate in religious services and to hear essays delivered by both students and faculty, including the College president. In addition, the Society established a library--which comprised a reading room stocked with books and periodicals about mission work--in one of the College dormitories.
+Founded circa 1831, the Missionary Society replaced what was known as the "Auxiliary." Initially, the group met weekly "for religious exercises, serious reading, and the discussion of theological subjects," ((Weaver, p. 56)) and raised money to be donated for missionary causes within the [[episcopal|Episcopal Church]]. The Society was fostered by Episcopal clergy in the [[hartford|Hartford]] area who served as chaplains and advisors during its existence. Unlike other early student organizations which appeared in the first decades of the College, the Missionary Society remained active through the 1850s and 1860s, continuing to meet twice per month to participate in religious services and to hear essays delivered by both students and faculty, including the College [[presidents|president]]. In addition, the Society established a library--which comprised a reading room stocked with books and periodicals about mission work--in one of the College dormitories.
 Even after the College had severed its ties to the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut in the 1890s, the Society continued to hold regular meetings and to raise money to be donated to missionary causes of the Episcopal Church. Society members volunteered as Sunday School teachers in Hartford parishes and provided leadership for a boys' club at Grace Church. In 1897, a Lenten lecture series attracted as many as 40 attending members.