Be doers of the word and not hearers only

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1 2 2 N D S U N D A Y O F O R D I N A R Y T I M E S E P T E M B E R 2, Be doers of the word and not hearers only James 1: Beaver Avenue Des Moines, IA Parish parishoffice@holytrinitydm.org School holytrinity@htschool.org

2 W E E K L Y T H O U G H T S S E P T E M B E R 2, 2018 Greetings. On August 30th, we celebrated the funeral of Ken Yamen. Ken passed away Saturday, August 25, 2018 at his home. Ken was born April 13, 1932 in Des Moines, IA, He graduated from Dowling High School in In 1951, he entered the United State Air Force serving his country in Germany until his discharge in Ken returned to Des Moines and worked as a mechanic at John Cline Auto Service and as a Service Manager for Wright Chevrolet. On March 3, 1962, he was married to Mary Ann Fontanini at Visitation Church in Des Moines. Ken became employed by General Motors and they made their home in Lenexa, KS, Memphis, TN, Detroit, MI, Los Angeles, CA, and San Diego, CA where he retired. In his free time, Ken enjoyed restoring cars and had finished restoring a 1957 Chevy. Ken is survived by his wife Mary Ann, a son, Robert (Kazuyo) Yamen of Osaka, Japan and two grandsons; Ken and Rick Yamen, a sister Shirley Aiken of Des Moines and many nieces and nephews. Please keep Ken and his family in prayer during this time. Looking ahead, make sure to mark your calendars and join me for our Parish Mission with Jesse Manibusan on Sunday, September 9th through Tuesday, September 11th. Our sessions will run from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m. each evening. This will be a great opportunity for our Parish to come together and celebrate who we are as a Parish Community. We will have a time of fellowship & refreshments after each evening session. Gather your family & friends All are Welcome. This coming Monday, we celebrate the Labor Day holiday. For many, this will be a day off work to rest and recharge. Nevertheless, for all of us, it is a reminder of the importance of work in our lives. Work is one of God s many gifts to us. Work gives us the opportunity to share our gifts for the good of others while providing support for ourselves and our families. On Labor Day, we give thanks for the gift of work in our lives whether that be in our own home or outside. Have a good week. RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation) CLASSES TO BEGIN Are you or someone you know interested in learning more about b e c o m i n g Catholic? Join us as we begin our journey. This year s Rite of Christian Initiation (RCIA) process is kicking off on Tuesday, September 18th. This process is designed to help folks answer the question Am I being called to join the Catholic Church? The process involves several aspects; Period of Inquiry, Period of Formation, Period of Sacramental Preparation, Sacraments of Initiation, and a Period of Growth and Reflection. Know that Holy Trinity Church welcomes you or if you have been away... we welcome you back to our Catholic Church. If you have any questions or to inquire further contact Jim Wilwerding (parishoffice@holytrinitydm.org/ ) or the Parish Office at ext Please come to the first gathering at 6:30 p.m. in the Day Chapel of our Church on September 18th to learn more about the RCIA process and becoming a member of the Catholic Church. Christ Our Life Catholic Regional Conference Thomas Cardinal Collins Whether sharing thoughts about his favorite saint, his favorite hockey team (the Toronto Maple Leafs) or Jesus Christ, this Canadian Cardinal s exuberance and joy shine through. Join him and eight more work-class presenters at one of the largest Catholic conferences of its kind at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on September 29 and 30. For tickets and more information, go to ChristOurLifeIowa.com.

3 P A R I S H & D I O C E S A N N O T E S RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation) SPONSORS NEEDED As a Sponsor, you walk with a Candidate or Catechumen through a formation process that culminates with initiation into the Catholic Church. Being a Sponsor is like being a trusted friend as you offer counsel and support as you are able & to the extent that it is needed or desired. If you feel called to this volunteer opportunity, please contact Jim W i l w e r d i n g a t o r parishoffice@holytrinitydm.org. We appreciate your service. Calling All Catechists As we continue to prepare for the start of all of our parish faith formation programs in the fall, we are in need of Adults from the parish who would be willing to be lead or co - catechists. If you're someone with the gift of being able and willing to share your faith, then we would love to talk to you about leading a small group of children or youth from the parish in their faith formation sessions. Our faith formation sessions meet on Wednesday nights from 6:30-7:45 pm for grades 1-5, and from 6:30-8:00 pm for grades If you're interested in learning more, or would like to volunteer, please contact John Mertes, Director of Faith Formation at johnm@holytrintydm.org, or via telephone at extension 224. We look forward to talking with you soon! FOOD PANTRY DONATIONS NEEDED Almost one third of all Iowa families live in poverty. These individuals and families often have jobs and homes, but don t earn enough to pay other expenses and buy food weekly. Where can they turn? Many turn to DMARC Food Pantry, one that your financial gifts help support. DMARC welcomes cash/check donations (payable to Holy Trinity Church- DMARC Food Pantry in the memo) as DMARC buys items at discounted prices. DMARC also welcomes food and non-food items like diapers (large sizes), formula, baby food, baby wipes, personal products, etc. You may bring your donation to any Mass on September 16th and place it in the collection basket or leave it at the collection locations at the rear or side entrance of the church. Food donation for the month of September is rice. Thank you for giving. IT IS TIME TO SIGN-UP FOR FAITH FORMATION CLASSES! The Faith Formation Program meets Wednesday evening from 6:30 p.m.-7:45 p.m.in the Holy Trinity School Building. HT's Program supports and enriches the faith development of HT's public school students in 1st-8th grades. Registration forms are available at the entrances of the church, on our website, and in the parish office. If you have any questions, contact John Mertes at johnm@holytrinitydm.org. BAPTISM CLASS If you would like your child baptized at Holy Trinity, a Baptism Class is required. Please call the Parish Office at ext. 128 or parishoffice@holytrinitydm.org to sign up for the next class on Monday, September 17th. We look forward to celebrating this Sacrament with your family! ATTENTION ALL BUSINESSES OWNERS! Do you own a business or work for a company that is looking for a new way to reach out to people? If so, have you ever considered advertising on the back of the bulletin? No matter how big or how small your company may be, this is a great opportunity for your company to let Holy Trinity families know you have a service to offer them. Holy Trinity has over 1290 families that would see your Ad each week Your Ad will also appear on Holy Trinity s online bulletin We use a local printer that uses digital printing making your Ads very clear and easy to read We have great rates and many payment options available The advertising money received offsets for the cost of printing the weekly bulletins Please contact, Andy Negrete in the Parish Office at x129 for more information. Advertise Your Business During Fall Fest The 40 Jumbotron TV will be in the Holy Trinity parking lot during Beaverdale Fall Fest. You can advertise your business during the Iowa State vs. Oklahoma game at 11:00 am or the Iowa vs. UNI game at 6:30 pm. If you would like more information, contact HD on the Go at or visit hdonthego.com. Several package options are available.

4 SAVE THE DATE Holy Trinity Parish Mission with Jesse Manibusan Dates: Sunday, September 9th, Monday, September 10th & Tuesday, September 11th Time: 7:00-8:30 pm each evening in the Church Theme: We Are One Jesse Manibusan, Internationally known Catholic singer and songwriter, storyteller is coming to Holy Trinity. The theme for our Parish Mission is "We Are One." This will be an opportunity for our parish and school to celebrate who we are as a Parish Community. Jesse's music, stories, quick wit and awesome sense of humor make this an event that you do not want to miss!! Bring your family, bring your neighbors, and bring your friends! Questions, please contact John at extension 224.

5 OUR SCHOOL COMMUNITY Welcome Back HT students and families! The school year is off and running! We have had a great first couple of weeks and it is so nice to see all the smiling faces back for another year of learning and growing. This week we celebrated our first all school Mass with Fr. Mark. He blessed our backpacks to kick off a great school year. Follow Holy Trinity School on Social Media

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8 S P I R I T U A L I T Y O F T H E R E A D I N G S Reading I: Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 Responsorial Psalm 15:2-3, 3-4, 4-5 Reading II: James 1:17-18, 21b- 22, 27 Gospel: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, The Heart of the Matter The people in this week s Gospel are quarreling about who has and who hasn t washed his hands for dinner. If you were a follower of the Jewish custom in that time, you would know that every person was required to wash up before eating. The rule was a tradition of the elders, to preserve physical health, of course. But Jesus is now telling people they have to live also from the inner meaning of traditions and laws. So, let us talk about the interior of traditions, rules and laws. Children do not yet have a developed interior value system. As parents know. It is bedtime. Let s brush our teeth and get our pajamas on. I don t want to. I know, it is hard to stop playing and go to bed. I understand. But bedtime is now so let's get started. But why? Because we have to get our rest so we can be bright and cheerful tomorrow. Why? Because I said so, now get moving. Oh mom. Rules, the right ones, must be imposed upon a child. But as people grow up, the child s why? question gets answered by experience and maturity. Adults go to bed because they need a certain amount of sleep each night and they know it. Well, at least most do. Then why must we have rules and laws in the first place? I have heard the following said: rules describe the minimum that should be done in order to belong to a country or state or city or business or group or family. Not too many rules, not too few (which is difficult to achieve). Under the best circumstances, people follow the rules because their allegiance comes from within and they act from their own desire. Apply this to a group. Take a faith-sharing group, for instance. It has an implicit expectation, even a requirement, that its members be present at each weekly meeting. What if a person shows up only once or twice a year, but when she does, she is the heart-and-soul of the discussion? And what if another person attends every single meeting but contributes nothing and in fact has no interest in the topics? Neither person really fits well into the group, but which would you rather work with? The seldom-attending one nevertheless has real relevance to the organization and might not need much convincing to come more often (and therefore comply with the rule). But it would be much harder to kindle a fire in the second, wouldn t it, the one who is following the external rule but not its insides. The interior life of Jesus is the Holy Spirit. Jesus knew that any law of the Kingdom of God must emerge from love or else be empty. He was upset that Pharisees and Scribes had manipulated exterior laws to feed their own egos. This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. He is not telling them to ignore the laws and have just inner devotion. He is saying you must have both. Would it be worthwhile for you and me to look at the various obligations in our life and weigh how much correspondence they have to our inner values and convictions? Maybe that would help us have the right heart both inside and outside! John Foley, S. J. of the Center for Liturgy Image: Deborah Ugoretz, 2009, exodusconversations.org F A I T H Q U E S T I O N S Question for Children: What steps can you take to more humbly welcome Christ into your heart? Question for Youth: Jesus warns about the things that will lead us away from God. What tempts you away from being the person that God created you to be? Question for Adults: Based on this reading from James, what is the sign in one s life that faith is present?

9 S A I N T O F T H E W E E K Augustine, Bishop and Doctor, Augustine was the eldest son of St. Monica and Patricius, a pagan Roman official. As a young man, he studied at the university at Carthage with the intent of becoming a lawyer, but gave up law to devote himself to literary pursuits. Along the way, he abandoned his Christian faith. For about fifteen years, Augustine adopted the Manichean heresy. The Manichaens believed that evil was caused by an outside force, thus, people were relieved of guilt for their sins. Augustine lived with a mistress who bore him a son. He studied and taught rhetoric at Tagaste, Carthage, Rome, and Milan. In Milan, Augustine was impressed by the sermons of St. Ambrose, the bishop of the city. His influence, as well as the prayers of his mother, brought him back to Christianity and he was baptized by Ambrose at the Easter Vigil in 387. Later that year, Augustine set out to return to Tagaste accompanied by his mother and son. He planned to teach and to live a life of prayer and meditation in community. On the way, his mother died; two years later, his son died. Soon after, Augustine was ordained a priest at Hippo and, three years later, became the Bishop of Hippo. Though he preferred the monastic life, Augustine became the dominant figure in African church affairs, writing profusely, preaching, and defending the faith. To this day, many of his two hundred treatises, some three hundred letters, and nearly four hundred sermons are of major importance in the study of theology and philosophy. His towering intellect has molded the thought of Western Christianity to such an extent that his ideas dominated the thinking of the western world for a thousand years after his death. He and Thomas Aquinas are considered to be the greatest intellects the Catholic Church has ever produced. St. Augustine is the patron saint of brewers, printers, and theologians. His memorial is celebrated on the day following the memorial to his mother, August 28. Augustine's message today: It took over thirty years for Augustine to recognize what God was calling him to do. When he accepted that call, he became one of the Church s greatest theologians. We all know people whose talents could be of great service to God if they were to acknowledge and embrace their calling. Are you one of these people? Do you pray for those who might perform wonders if they turned their lives around? Or do you just dismiss these people? DIOCESAN NOTES Will You Give Your Yes? Will you spare two to four hours to volunteer at one of the most powerful Catholic evangelical events in America? You do not need to miss conference sessions when you volunteer. Go to ChristOurLifeIowa.com and click on Volunteer. Volunteers needed September 28, 29 & 30 at Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines. PRO-LIFE BANQUET "A Clash of Creeds is the pro-life fundraising banquet you ve been hearing about! Margaret Sanger, Ayn Rand and Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, three of the most famous women of the 20th century, will engage in a provocative conversation on life and death issues come October 24th. The great GK Chesterton will moderate this clash of creeds. Seating is limited. Visit IowansForLife.org for details! Respect Life Corner SAVE THE DATE FOR LIFE CHAIN Life chain is coming soon! Join us for the 29th Annual Life Chain on Sunday, October 7th, 2:00-3:30 p.m. We will stand together for all the lives that God has created and spend time in prayer and praise. Parking and signs available at St. Theresa Church Merle Hay Rd. Life Chain will take place rain or shine. Stand with us as we give glory and thanks to our Creator.

10 P A R I S H A N D S C H O O L C A L E N D A R SUNDAY 09/02 MONDAY 09/03 TUESDAY 09/04 WEDNESDAY 09/05 THURSDAY 09/06 FRIDAY 09/07 SATURDAY 09/08 HT School All School Mass hosted by 7th grade 8:30 am PTO Meeting 6:30 pm MC $1 Jeans Day hosted by 5th grade Faith Formation RE Adult Faith Formation Adoration 2:00-10:00 pm Misc. Offices closed for Labor Day Knights of Columbus Meeting 7:00 pm MC All Catechist Meeting for Faith Formation Teachers & Lifeteen 6:30 pm MC Mass and Liturgy Schedule and Intentions Sunday, September 2nd 8:30 am Mass Lynette Donner 10:30 am Mass Margaret Pommer Monday, September 3rd 8:00 am Mass Communion Service Tuesday, September 4th 8:00 am Mass Bernie Wilwerding Wednesday, September 5th 8:30 am Mass For the Parish Thursday, September 6th 8:00 am Mass Joseph Zimmerman Friday, September 7th 8:00 am Mass Ken Yamen Saturday, September 8th 4:30 pm Mass Alicia Battani Sunday, September 9th 8:30 am Mass Phyllis Reiser 10:30 am Mass Olive Boggus Give the spiritual gift of a Mass. Offer it for the soul of a loved one or someone special in your life. Contact the Parish Office at to schedule a mass intention Financial Blessings Ending Week of August 19, 2018 Yearly goal (July 17-June 18) $1,019,700 Weekly offertory collected $8,510 Year to date offering $122,039 Liturgical Ministers and Altar Servers Saturday, September 8th at 4:30 pm Altar Server St. Patrick Team Lectors Steph Zenti Lauren Zenti EMHC Team 2 Organist/Pianist Tom Quiner Sunday, September 9th at 8:30 am Altar Server St. Thomas Team Lectors Marla Gowdey Doug Gross EMHC Team 2 Children s Liturgy Team 2 Organist/Pianist Janice Weast Sunday, September 9th at 10:30 am Altar Server St. Andrew Team Lectors Billy Howe Marsha Szymczuk EMHC Team 4 Children s Liturgy Team 1 Musical Coordinator Jim Shutt CH - Church Classrooms DC - Day Chapel Gym - Gymnasium K - Kitchen MC - Media Center PO - Parish Office Conference Room SR - Social Room

11 P A R I S H C O N T A C T S HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH Rev. Mark Neal, Pastor 2926 Beaver Ave Des Moines, Iowa PARISH OFFICE Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm (515) ext. 128 SCHOOL OFFICE Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm (515) ext. 116 Fax: (515) RELIGIOUS FAITH FORMATION OFFICE (515) ext. 224 For a Staff Directory, Calendar, or a List of Ministries and Groups, please go to PARISH REGISTRATION Registration forms are available in the pews, at the Parish Office or call ext SCHOOL REGISTRATION Contact Melissa Heller at mheller@htschool.org MASS TIMES Weekend Saturday: 4:30 pm Sunday: 8:30 am & 10:30 am Weekdays Monday: 8:00 am- Communion Service Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 8:00 am Wednesday: 8:30 am-all School Mass Adoration Thursday: 2:00 pm-10:00 pm Reconciliation Saturday: 3:00 pm ext. 115 or SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION Baptism: Class is held once a month on a Monday at 7:00 pm. Contact the Parish Office to register. Matrimony: Contact the Parish Office at least 6 months prior to the wedding date. RCIA: The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is the process adults go through to come into full communion with the Catholic Church., contact Jim Wilwerding at or jimw@holytrinitydm.org PASTORAL CARE Anointing of the Sick: Contact the Parish Office at ext Communion to the Sick: If you are aware of someone who is homebound or in the hospital or nursing home and would like to receive communion, contact Sandy at ext Prayer Chain: In the event of a crisis or serious illness of a family member or friend, your party will be included (with their permission) through a phone tree of parishioners who offer prayers daily. BULLETIN ARTICLES Submit no later than noon, Friday (10 days before date of Sunday bulletin). parishoffice@holytrinitydm.org Articles will be subject to edit and available space. Advertisers of the Week: LOREY COMPANY Carl M. Lorey Jr. Your Paperman th Street Des Moines, IA Mobile: Loreypaper95@gmail.com To advertise your business, please contact Andy Negrete in the Parish Office ext. 129 or andyn@holytrinitydm.org FACILITIES SCHEDULING & RENTAL Parishioners may call Andy Negrete at ext. 129 for more information.

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