Church of the Most Holy Trinity CMA A Re-Cap. Our Mission

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1 June 17, 2018 Church of the Most Holy Trinity 1460 Ridge Road Webster, New York (585) Fax (website) ( ) CMA A Re-Cap As the spring ends and we look forward to summer, I am happy to say goodbye to snow, the school year, and the Catholic Ministry Appeal. Don t get me wrong, I love the first day of school (said by all parents), a snowy white Christmas morning, and all the amazing programs and ministries that come directly from the CMA. But it is nice to wrap each of them up, take a break and get away to enjoy the beautiful summer. We also take this time to reflect on how harsh the winter was, how amazing our kid s teachers were, and if we made our CMA goal. Back in October 2017 the Diocese of Rochester asked its 90 faith communities to raise 6.55 million dollars at the kick off for the Catholic Ministries Appeal. This HUGE campaign goes to support everything from Catholic Schools, education for seminarians, support for the Catholic Family Center, and hundreds of jobs that make the Diocese of Rochester the wonderful faith community that we are blessed to be a part of. Holy Trinity parish was asked to contribute $151, to the CMA. This ask was an increase of almost $9,000 from the previous year s goal of $142, WHY would they increase this number when we didn t make our goal last year? HOW do they come up with $151,384.00? I asked these questions while I sat in the pew as a parishioner and again when I began working here 6 years ago. No, they don t just increase each parish 4%... No, they don t divide the $6.55 million evenly over each of the 90 faith communities..no, they don t pick a number out of a hat. The CMA for each parish is an allocation based on 4 factors. 1. The number of registered parishioners. 2. The average weekly attendance. 3. The average weekly collections over the last 3 years. 4. The U.S. median income for our area. These 4 factors tell the Diocese what we already know. That Holy Trinity is blessed to have a large parishioner base of over 2,000 families, and 1,300 people attend mass each weekend. The Diocese recognizes that we are a truly generous faith community and that they can count on us to be leaders in the CMA. There are only 9 other churches that had a higher goal than Holy Trinity placing us in the top 10% of the whole Diocese. So, how did we do? Six-Hundred twenty-three families (623) pledged $149, When the campaign ended on May 31, Holy Trinity was $1, short. 31% of our registered households donated to the CMA (DOR average is 32%). Donations ranged from $5.00 to $5, The average gift amount was $ (DOR Average gift is $242.00) and most often families gave $ We didn t make our goal, BUT we got 99.06% of the way there. That s an A+ as far as I m concerned! So here s one last THANK YOU - the CMA only happens because of YOU! Have a great summer. Kasey Baker, Business Manager Our Mission We are a Catholic faith community blessed with the joy of God s love. Together we share this love with all who hunger for God s presence in their lives. We follow Christ who taught us to find God by giving our lives in service to others and gathering to celebrate a Eucharist that welcomes everyone. Join us on this journey!

2 Page Two SUNDAY MASS TIMES: Saturday (vigil) 5:00 pm., Sunday 8:30 and 10:30 am. DAILY MASS TIMES: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday; 9:00 am. and Tuesday and Thursday; 6:30 am. SACRAMENT OF BAPTISM: Call Mary Haas, Director of Faith Formation at SACRAMENT OF PENANCE: Saturdays from 4:00 to 4:45 pm. or by appointment with a priest. SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE: Ar r angements for mar - riage for registered parishioners must be made at least 6 months in advance through the Parish Office. Engaged Encounter or Pre-Cana sessions are required, along with FOCCUS inventory. SACRAMENT OF THE SICK: The Eucharist and Sacramental Anointing are available to the homebound and those in need. Please contact the Parish Office to make arrangements. HOSPITAL VISITS: Please call the Par ish Office in advance, if possible. Holy Trinity Church, Webster, New York This child received her First Communion. Please pray for her. Saturday, June 16th - Mariah Ferra June 17, 2018 From the Faith Formation Office SHIPWRECKED SUMMER VBS AT HOLY TRINITY All children ages 4 years old 9 years old are invited on this wonderful, fun-filled adventure that will help us learn more about how much God loves us! DATE: June TIME: 9:00 am. Noon FEE: $20.00 per child - $40.00 maximum for 3 or more children in the same family. Registration forms are on the Holy Trinity Website, and available outside the Faith Formation Office and at the Welcome Desk. WE NEED SOME SUPPLIES TO KEEP OUR CAMP- ERS REVVED-UP! Gummy Bears, Gummy Sharks, Teddy Grahams, Goldfish Crackers, Cheerios (regular Cheerios!) Pretzel Rods and Pretzel Sticks, Powdered Mini Donuts. Please drop off any items at the Faith Formation Office! Discovering Christ is a seven-week experience presented jointly this fall by St. Rita and Holy Trinity parishes. It is designed to help parishioners enter into, or renew a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, experience the love of God the Father, and become empowered by the Holy Spirit to live as God s children. It will run for seven Sunday evenings plus a Saturday retreat, beginning on Sunday, September 23. A typical evening session consists of a shared meal, song / prayer time, a video teaching and small group discussions. For more information, call Will or Linda Trout at Appreciation Dinner A couple of weeks ago we had our Appreciation Dinner and our theme was Trivia Night. We had almost 200 folks who enjoyed an evening of refreshments, dinner, dessert, and music. Table #12 was our grand prize winner of gift bags. We would like to thank Mark and Helen Malahosky, volunteers themselves, for emceeing our event. Look on our website to see the photos of the evening. Thanks again to all who volunteer for Holy Trinity. We appreciate your time and talent. A Night at the Ballpark!! Holy Trinity Night at the Redwings! Friday night, June 29 Fireworks, Friends, and Baseball. Join us for a great night at Frontier Field! Tickets are $7.00 (Altar Servers are free). Sign up at the Welcome Desk or contact Pat Bell at or pat.bell@dor.org. IMPORTANT DATES LEADER TRAINING for anyone who has completed Grades 5 12 in the 2018 School Year. Training will be held on: MONDAY, JUNE 25 TH FROM 11:00 am. 2:00 pm. in the Gathering Area. This training is required for all assistants who are interested in helping with VBS and SUMMER PROGRAM. JULY 16 TH 27 TH SUMMER INTENSIVE PROGRAM OF FAITH FORMATION We need a Grade One Teacher, if anyone has time this summer to share their faith with the children of our parish! Contact Mary mary.haas@dor.org or call the Faith Formation This program is for children in Grades Kindergarten to Grade Five. Call the Faith Formation or mary.haas@dor.org or Pat Bell pat.bell@dor.org to register for any programs or information about upcoming dates for 2017/2018. Middle School Information Holy Trinity s Middle School Faith Formation Program is looking for a 6 th and 7 th grade teacher. Qualifications: Immunity to snapping gum, coming late, passing notes, checking I phones, giggling, yawning and belching. Job requires that you LIKE Middle School students, wish for them a LOVE relationship with Christ and His Church, and direct them toward that goal. Hours: Sunday mornings 9:30 to 10:20 am. Compensation and Benefits: Spiritual growth in service to others. Call or Judy Cass judy.cass@dor.org x 328

3 Page Three Holy Trinity Church, Webster, New York June 17, 2018 Scripture Readings for The Nativity Of Saint John the Baptist First Reading: Isaiah 49:1-6 Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15 Second Reading: Acts of the Apostles 13:22-26 Gospel: Luke 1:57-66, 80 Caregivers Support Group Meeting If you are caring for someone who is ill or disabled - You are a Caregiver! It might be a spouse, a child with disabilities, or a sibling with mental health issues. If so, you are warmly invited to our next meeting on June 19th at 6:30 pm. in the Wing Room across from the Parish Office. We get together to share our concern, our journey, knowledge, and to pray as we offer support for one another. Please join us! Please Remember in Prayer Our Beloved Dead Helen Waytowich; and those who mourn for her. Altar Candles will burn this week for the following special intentions. The Sanctuary Lamp will burn in loving memory of Fred Mason, req. Ann and Family. Our Blessed Mother s Altar Candle will burn in loving memory of Sheila Prinzing, req. husband. St. Joseph s Altar Candle will bur n for the special intentions of Isabelle Degenhardt, on her 1st Communion, req. Grandparents. If you would like a candle in memory of a loved one or for special intentions, please call the parish office. A REMINDER: If you need a devotional candle lit immediately for a loved one, a special occasion, or special intentions, you are invited to light the small votives that are on the side altars of the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph. They will burn for about 4-5 hours. Father s Day This is the day that we honor fathers. Let it not be an empty word of congratulations or a token gift. We are offered the opportunity to greet our Father in heaven and those on earth with praise and thanksgiving. We call only God our Father. By his divine appointment the almighty Father chooses to offer his care through men, men who then bear the magnificent title of father. To be called by God s own name is an honor beyond telling. It is also a commission of heavy responsibility. Thus, on this particular Sunday, we salute the honorable and honored office of our fathers, and we pledge prayerful support of them in carrying out their godly duties. As God the Father is almighty, earthly fathers are powerful in their capacity to mold and shape lives, to train and lead their children, to instill in their sons and daughters habits of goodness by word and even more by their example. Liturgical Publications, Inc. Liturgical Publications, Inc., our publisher, will have a sales representative available for the next few weeks for those interested in placing a new ad. This is your opportunity to secure a space for the new publication year. To place your ad, please contact Steve ext. #3405 or smalara@4lpi.com. We would like to thank our present advertisers for renewing their ads. Keep in mind - our advertising sponsors make this publication Peter s Pence Collection Next week we will take up the Peter s Pence Collection which provides Pope Francis with the funds he needs to carry out his charitable works around the world. The proceeds benefit our brothers and sisters on the margins of society, including victims of war, oppression, and disasters. Please be generous. For more information, visit Weekly Collection Sheets for the Month of May GOAL: $62, OFFERTORY ENVELOPES: $49, LOOSE COLLECTION: $ 3, CHILDREN S ENVELOPES: $ ONLINE GIVING $11, VARIANCE: $+2, ATTENDANCE for June 9/10 1,173 Penny Sunday: Birthright - $1, Tithing: Stewardship in Motion It is easy to make your financial contribution to Holy Trinity Church by automatic withdrawal directly from your bank account with no charge to you using our electronic Intentional Giving Program.

4 Holy Trinity Parish Staff Rev. Timothy E. Horan, Pastor x303 Rev. John Mulligan, (In Residence) x314 Kasey Baker, Business Manager x304 Mary Haas, Faith Formation Director Judy Cass, Middle School Catechetical Leader x328 Pat Bell, Faith Formation Assistant Helen Sleeman, Sr. High Youth Minister x337 Pam Schultz, Parish Secretary x302 Joanne Mix, Receptionist x301 Joan Sullivan, Multi-Parish Finance Director x311 Margery Morgan, Director of HOPE Ministry HOPE Ministry, Webster Outreach HOPE MINISTRY OPEN HOURS 1450 Ridge Road Monday 6-8 pm. Wednesday 3-5 pm. Tuesday Noon Thursday 7-8:30 pm. Legion of Mary: Tuesday 9:30 am. Marian Room. Prayer Chain: Legion of Mary - Roger Ellender Corpus Christi: (Holy Communion to the Homebound) Jean Wolf Dove Ministry: Provides rides to appointments Carol Ortis Men s Group Coordinator: Will Trout Meets the 4th Saturday of each month 9:00-10:30 am. Parish Council - Cathy Imes - Chair Office Hours Monday - Friday: 9:00 am. to Noon, and 1:00-4:00 pm. Summer Office Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9:00 am. to Noon, and 1:00-4:00 pm. and Friday, 9:00 am. to 12:00 Noon Mass Times: 5:00 Vigil (Sat.) 8:30 and 10:30 am. Sunday Confessions: 4:00-4:45 pm. on Sat. Every Tuesday from 4:30-5:30 pm. (no Tuesday confessions during the summer) If you wish to listen to the Sunday Homily, please visit If you find that you are unable to attend daily Mass, you may listen to 1460 AM on WHIC at 8:00 am. Station of the Cross Holy Trinity Church is now on FACEBOOK. You can check out our page by typing holytrinitywebster into your internet web browser. Already a FACEBOOK user? You can search Holy Trinity Church, Webster, NY on FACEBOOK to find us as well. HOPE Ministry and also HOPE Garden Victims Assistance Coordinator: call Deborah Housel at ext: 1555 housel@dor.org

5 Mass Intentions: 2018 June 18 - June 24 Monday - Weekday 9:00 Nancy Leonardo, req. Michele Wailee Tuesday - Weekday (Saint Romuald, Abbot) 6:30 Elenore Arena, req. Donna and Paul Anastasi 9:00 Morning Prayer/With Communion Wednesday - Weekday 9:00 Gene Kemp, req. Mary and Family Thursday - Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious 6:30 Special Intentions of John Carrero, req. Rodriguez Family 9:00 Morning Prayer/With Communion Friday - Weekday (Saint Paulinus of Nola, Bishop; Sts. John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs) 9:00 Eileen O Leary, req. Schroeder Family Saturday - 5:00 (VIGIL) For the People of Holy Trinity, Living and Deceased Sunday - THE NATIVITY OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST 8:30 George and Esther Bernhard, req. George, Laurie and Family 10:30 Helen Waytowich, req. Xerox friends This Week At Holy Trinity Tuesday, June 19 9:30-10:30 am. Legion of Mary - Marian Room 4:30-5:30 pm. Confession - Church 6:30 pm. Caregivers Support Group - Wing Room Wednesday, June 20 1:30-3:00 pm. Stitching Group - Wing Room Thursday, June 21 7:00-8:00 pm. Adoration - Church Friday, June 22 8:35 am. - Rosary - Church Saturday, June 23 9:00-11:00 am. Men s Spirituality Group - Wing Room Tuesday Confessions: Ending for Summer Confessions on Tuesday, from 4:30-5:30 pm., are ending for the summer on June 26 (Last one). You may continue to receive this sacrament on Saturday from 4:00-4:45 pm. Come and experience the healing power of the Sacrament of Penance. Summer Office Hours Summer Office Hours: May 25 - September 3, our office hours will be: Monday - Thursday 9:00-12 noon - and 1:00-4:00 pm. and on Friday 9:00 am. - Noon. The Parish Office will be closed Friday afternoons. Have a safe and happy summer!!