HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH

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1 HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH Washington, DC May 29th & June 5th, 2016 Inside this issue: From The Pastor 2 Prayer Requests 3 Worship 4 The Parish Center will be Closed on Monday, May 30th in observance of Memorial Day. Ignatian Spirituality 4 Social Justice 4 Faith Formation/ Religious Education Parish Center: 3513 N Street, NW Washington DC Main Church: 36th Street, between N and O Streets, NW www. 5 Development 5 Youth Ministry 5 Calendar 6 HolyTrinityCatholic- Annual Outdoor Mass and Parish Picnic Have you marked your calendar for June 12th at 10:30am? Save that date for the annual outdoor Mass and picnic on the grounds of Georgetown Visitation. A delicious grilled lunch will be served. There will be games and activities perfect for the kids, including Mandy the Clown! Grab a lawn chair or blanket and plan to join fellow parishioners for a spiritual and fun summer morning. If you are interested in volunteering, a sign up is available on the home page of the website ( under the Headlines section. Please note that the Young Adult Community (YAC) Mass will not be held on June 12th due to the outdoor Mass and picnic. Questions about the picnic can be directed to Rose Mary Padberg, rpadberg@. Parish Survey As part of our Parish Assessment and Renewal (PAR) project, a general survey is now available for parishioners who would like to respond and offer their thoughts on the work of the Parish. To request a survey to be sent to you by , please go to the website. A survey will be received within a week to 10 days. If you do not have access, please contact the Parish office to request a paper copy of the survey. Thank you for participating in our parish renewal effort! Are you Called to Serve? The Parish Pastoral Council assists the pastor in discerning, articulating, communicating, and assuring fidelity to the identity and mission of the parish. Parishioners who are interested in becoming candidates for election to the Parish Pastoral Council can find information on the website at www. under the Headlines section. Bulletin Publication Change Beginning this Sunday, May 29th, the bulletin will serve as a two week issue. Weekly issues will resume on Sunday, September 11th.

2 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. May 29, 2016 page 2 MISSION STATEMENT Holy Trinity is a Catholic parish sponsored by the Society of Jesus. We share the Society's mission to serve the faith and to promote justice. As disciples of Christ, we seek to be transformed by the Holy Spirit through our celebration of Eucharist and our practice of Ignatian spirituality into a welcoming and prayerful community that shares God's life and love with each other and the world. JESUIT STAFF Pastor: Kevin Gillespie, SJ, , kgillespie@; Associate Pastor: William Ryan, SJ, , wryan@; Associate Pastor: John Peck, SJ, , jpeck@; Emergencies Only: PARISH CENTER Phone: Fax: Parish Center Hours: Mon-Thur: 8:30am-7:30pm; Fri: 8:30am-4:30pm; Sat and Sun: No receptionist on duty but the parish center is accessible during mass times. PARISH DEPARTMENTS & STAFF Communications/ Human Resources Development Facilities Faith Formation/ Religious Educ. Finance Holy Trinity School Principal Ignatian Spirituality Music Ministry Parish Life Social Justice Worship & Liturgy Youth Ministry Courtney Mattison Diane Favret Tass McCarthy Judith Brusseau Chris Kehoe Charlie Hennessy Martina O Shea Kathleen DeJardin Rose Mary Padberg Kate Tromble David Pennington Sara Seligmann cmattison@ tmccarthy@ jbrusseau@ ckehoe@ principal@ htsdc.org moshea@ kdejardin@ rpadberg@ ktromble@ PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL dpennington@ sselgimann@ President Kirk Willison ppcpresident@ From the Pastor s Desk Besides conversing about our monsoon-like weather this month, many parishioners have been sharing their values and views elicited by the Parish Renewal and Assessment Process (PAR). As you may recall from a previous Pastor s Column, the PAR is a yearlong process designed to move the parish toward a strategic plan. Besides information obtained from the questionnaire and the ad hoc groups, a series of parish information gathering sessions will occur for two weeks in September. At that time, a team from the Parish Evaluation Project led by Fr. Tom Sweetser, S.J., will engage even m ore parishioners in the PAR process. One session, in which all parishioners will be invited, will involve a Town Hall on Sunday afternoon, September 18th. In the meantime an oversight committee of 9 parishioners cochaired by Larry Padberg and Tina Naimon have helped to coordinate the more than one dozen ad hoc group meetings. For the purpose of the ad hoc meetings, the ministerial areas have been divided into 6 categories. They are the following: Administration (which includes Development, Facilities and Finance) Community (which includes Parish Life Committee and Young Adult Community) Formation (which includes Holy Trinity School, Religious Education, RCIA and Youth Ministry Ignatian Spirituality (includes 15 groups) Social Justice (includes 16 groups) Worship (includes 10 groups) As part of the PAR process a number of data points have been discovered, including the fact that there are more than 90 groups associated with Holy Trinity s 14 ministries What a truly amazing number and a reflection of the generous engagement of so many of you. Thank you. As the PAR process continues to unfold stay tuned for more updates. On another note, I would like to take this opportunity to inform the parish that effective this week, the parish s Jesuit Community became officially subsumed by the Georgetown Jesuit Community. While Frs. Bill Ryan, John Peck and myself will still reside in the rectory, we are now members of the larger community based at Wolfington Hall on the Georgetown University campus. Father Joseph Lingan, who often presides and preaches at Holy Trinity s, will serve as our new religious superior. -Fr. Kevin 1st Vice President Ned Hogan nedhogan@verizon.net 2nd Vice President Constance Herron

3 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. May 29, 2016 page 3 Daily Mass Intentions Week of May 30th-June 4th Monday 8:00am Jim Richeson+ 5:30pm Gloria Levesque+ Dr. Frank Stroud+ Tuesday 8:00am Michael Harrington+ Daniel Carroll+ 5:30pm Romayne O Neil+ Wednesday 8:00am Andorful Family+ 5:30pm Gloria Levesque+ Thursday 8:00am Kelly Kinneen 5:30pm Robert Packerd Friday 8:00am Nayda Asperilla 5:30pm Sheila M. Smythe+ David Poplar+ Saturday 8:00am Elizabeth Schreiber+ Week of June 6th-11th Monday 8:00am Matthew Kraemer+ Donald Ward+ 5:30pm Kathy Higgins+ Tuesday 8:00am Admed Taylor 5:30pm Pray for those sick: Lawrence Hyde, Tim Winter, Carlos Amtmann Pray for those dead: Tina Yarborough, Thomas A. Kelly Pray for those married: Jeffrey Girardi & MaryKate McDonald ; Anna Johnson & Chris Mihalsky PRAYER REQUESTS Carty Family+ Wednesday 8:00am Joseph Pietroravio+ 5:30pm Catherine O Rourke+ Thursday 8:00am Carolyn Miller+ 5:30pm Frank Thompson+ Friday 8:00am Dennis & Ellen Moriarty+ 5:30pm Frank Thompson+ Saturday 8:00am Nestor Santiago+ John & Mary McAuliffe+ To add a name to these prayer lists, contact Rose Mary Padberg at: rpadberg@. You must be an immediate relative of the one to be remembered, or have express permission in order to add a name to these lists. The names on this prayer list will be mentioned aloud at Sunday Mass during the General Intercessions and will be published in the parish eletter and bulletin. We also invite parishioners to write the name of deceased loved ones in the Book of the Dead which is kept in the back of the chapel. The parish community remembers these persons each time we gather for Eucharist. SACRAMENTS Mass Schedule (Check bulletin or website for Holy Days) Weekdays: 8am & 5:30pm in the Chapel (on N St.) Note: Chapel is open on weekdays between Masses. Saturday: 8am Chapel; 5:30 pm Vigil Church Sunday: 7:30am, 9:30am, 11:30am, 1:15pm & 5:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation Every Saturday from 4:30pm 5:15pm or by appointment Sacrament of the Sick Communal anointing is celebrated on the first Wednesday of the month at 7pm in the St. Ignatius Chapel. Call the Parish to request the sacrament at home or in the hospital. Baptisms and Weddings: To schedule a Baptism or Wedding, contact Helene Flanagan, or hflanagan@ To register for the preparation process, see next item. Sacramental Preparation: Persons desiring to receive certain sacraments at Holy Trinity need to be registered parishioners and are expected to participate in a preparation program. For more information or to register, contact the appropriate staff person: Infant Baptism: readmin@, First Reconciliation: Judith Brusseau, First Eucharist: Judith Brusseau, Marriage Preparation: readmin@, Adult Initiation (RCIA): Anne Koester, x128 Children s Initiation (RCIA): Judith Brusseau, Adult Confirmation: Judith Brusseau, Youth Confirmation: Sara Seligmann, NEW PARISHIONER REGISTRATION Welcome to Holy Trinity! We invite you to join our parish. You may register at Parishioner registration forms can be found under the Participate tab. Questions about registering can be directed to Rose Mary registration@. New parishioner orientations are held several times throughout the year. See the bulletin, eletter and website for an announcement of dates/times. PARKING Limited on-street parking is available. On most Sundays, free parking is also available at the following Georgetown University parking lots underground parking garage off Canal Road entrance; surface lot at the end of the Canal Road entrance; and the parking structure under the Leavy Student Center (university section only). Parking is also available at Visitation Academy, off 35 th Street at Volta, on most Sundays. Handicapped parking is at the corner of 36th & O St. NW. BULLETIN NOTICES & WEBSITE UPDATES Please proposed updates for the website or bulletin to the parish staff member responsible for overseeing the activity (see page 2 sidebar) by 2pm Thursday, 8 days before the targeted weekend. Please note that the bulletin is published online, so information you submit may be available online. Questions?

4 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. May 29, 2016 page 4 WORSHIP Summer Sunday Mass Schedule Beginning Sunday, May 29th (Memorial Day weekend) through Sunday, September 4th (Labor Day weekend), the 9:00am Mass in the Church will move to 9:30am. There will be no Sunday Mass in Trinity Hall during this time. Summer Weekday Mass Schedule Given the availability of parish staff priests this summer, weekday Masses will be celebrated at 8:00am and 5:30pm in the Chapel beginning Monday, May 30th (Memorial Day) through Monday, September 5th (Labor Day). There will be no 7:00am weekday Mass during this time. Mass intentions taken for the 7:00am Mass will be transferred to the 8:00am Mass. There is a weekday Mass at 7:00am at Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church on MacArthur Boulevard as well as weekday Masses at 7:30am at the Georgetown University Hospital Chapel and Epiphany Catholic Church in Georgetown. Confirmation Confirmation will take place at Holy Trinity on Saturday, June 4th during the 5:30pm Mass and Sunday, June 5th at 3:00pm. IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY Save the Date God s Abiding Love Retreat October 2-8, 2016 or January 29th - February 4th, 2017 A one week long individually directed retreat made at home for individuals who are new to praying with Scripture in the tradition of St. Ignatius Loyola, that is, engaging the intellect and the imagination. Lenten Retreat: Drawn from the Spiritual Exercises February 26 - April 8, 2017 A six week long individually directed retreat made at home for individuals who have made the full Spiritual Exercises or another Ignatian retreat and want to engage in a practice of daily prayer during Lent. (cont. in next column) IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY (cont.) First Spiritual Exercises In the book the Spiritual Exercises, St. Ignatius Loyola suggests that the Exercises could be made in two ways: the Full Spiritual Exercises (nine months or over a thirty day period of time) and the First Spiritual Exercises (made over a shorter period of time). We will offer two opportunities to make the First Spiritual Exercises this year: Inner Peace in Divine Love October 16 - November 20, 2016 A group of ten retreatants and two facilitators will meet for six consecutive Sunday afternoons. The focus of the retreat will be on the loving relationship each of us has with God. Inner Peace in Darkness and Light March 5 - April 9, 2017 Retreatants will gather in a group for six consecutive Sunday afternoons during Lent. The retreat begins with God s love for the retreatant, which then unfolds into invitations to ponder ways that as human beings we do not love as God loves. Brochures and registration forms will be available online and at the entrances to the church and chapel after August 1st. Please contact Martina O Shea moshea@ with questions. SOCIAL JUSTICE Garden Challenge Photos Due! It s finally time. Despite all the rain this Spring, hopefully your garden is going strong. Send one - five photos along with the submission form found at: Awards will be given out at the parish picnic on June 12th in the following categories: Best garden by an elementary or middle school student Best garden by a high school student Best fruit, vegetable or herb garden Best flower garden Best first ever garden Monthly Food Collection for Fr. McKenna Center On Sunday, June 12th we will have our regular monthly food collection for the Fr. McKenna Center. Please bring your non-perishable items to church and place them in the bins outside of the building.

5 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. May 29, 2016 page 5 FAITH FORMATION/ RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Early Bird Tuition rate ends May 31st Registration details may be found at: With Gratitude and Honor Baptism Preparation Session I Saturday June 4th, 10:00am. For registration see Marriage Preparation A session will be offered between June 2nd - June 30th. The calendar for the year will be posted in early July at: Confirmation We congratulate the Confirmands who will be affirming their baptism on Saturday, June 4th at 5:30pm and Sunday, June 5th at 3:00pm. DEVELOPMENT Capital Campaign A list of donors to the Capital Campaign may be found on the website at: YOUTH MINISTRY Confirmation Registration for Rising 8th Grade Students Confirmation registration is due July 11th. Before you register make sure you have scanned a copy of your child's Baptismal Certificate and have a chosen a sponsor. Registration and more information can be found on the Confirmation page on the website: Gracious God, on this Memorial Day weekend, we remember and give thanks for those who have given their lives in the service of our country. When the need was greatest, they stepped forward and did their duty to defend the freedoms that we enjoy, and to win the same for others. O God, you yourself have taught us that no love is greater than that which gives itself for another. These honored dead gave the most precious gift they had, life itself, for loved ones and neighbors, for comrades and country and for us. Help us to honor their memory by caring for the family members they have left behind, by ensuring that their wounded comrades are properly cared for, by being watchful caretakers of the freedoms for which they gave their lives, and by demanding that no other young men and women follow them to a soldier s grave. Holy One, help us to remember that freedom is not free. There are times when its cost is, indeed, dear. Never let us forget those who paid so terrible a price to ensure that freedom would be our legacy. Though their names may fade with the passing of generations, may we never forget what they have done. Help us to be worthy of their sacrifice, O God, help us to be worthy. Amen. -J. Veltri, S.J.

6 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. May 29/June 5, 2016 page 6 Sunday, May 29, 2016 THE SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST Genesis 14:18-20/1 Corinthians 11:23-26/Luke 9:11b-17 Monday, May 30, 2016 MONDAY OF THE 9TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 2 Peter 1:2-7/Mark 12:1-12 Tuesday, May 31, 2016 FEAST OF THE VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY Zephaniah 3:14-18a or Romans 12:9-16/Luke 1:39-56 Wednesday, June 1, 2016 MEMORIAL OF SAINT JUSTIN 2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12/Mark 12:18-27 Thursday, June 2, 2016 THURSDAY IN THE 9TH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2 Timothy 2:8-15/Mark 12:28-34 Friday, June 3, 2016 SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST SACRED HEART OF JESUS Ezekiel 34:11-16/Romans 5:5b-11/Luke 15:3-7 Saturday, June 4, 2016 MEMORIAL OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY 2 Timothy 4:1-8/Luke 2:41-51 Sunday, June 5, TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 17:17-24/Galatians 1:11-19/Luke 7:11-17 Monday, June 6, 2016 MONDAY OF THE 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 17:1-6/Matthew 5:1-12 Tuesday, June 7, 2016 TUESDAY OF THE 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 17:7-16/Matthew 5:13-16 Wednesday, June 8, 2016 WEDNESDAY OF THE 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 18:20-39/Matthew 5:17-19 Thursday, June 9, 2016 THURSDAY OF THE 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 18:41-46/Matthew 5:20-26 Friday, June 10, 2016 FRIDAY OF THE 10TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-16/Matthew 5:27-32 Saturday, June 11, 2015 MEMORIAL OF SAINT BARNABAS Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3/Matthew 5:33-37 Sunday, June 12, TH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13/Galatians 2:16, 19-21/Luke 7:36 8:3 or 7: :30 PM 7:15 PM PARISH SUMMER SCHEDULES BEGIN Memorial Day PARISH CENTER CLOSED Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Faber Room Separated, Widowed & Divorced Group Lower School Big Room Taize Prayer with Sacrament of the Sick Book Discussion Group Lower School Big Room Christian Meditation Group Iconographers Guild Parish Center Library Job Seekers Support Group Georgetown Neighborhood Library/R Street & Wisconsin Avenue NW Young Adult Community Faith Sharing Group 4:30 PM First Friday Eucharistic Adoration 7:30 AM 4:30 PM 4:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:30 PM 7:15 PM Zen Meditation Parish Center Upper Room Shepherd s Flock Mass Young Adult Community Steering Committee Meeting McKenna Hall Social Justice Book Club hosted by Young Adult Community Neale Room Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Faber Room Separated, Widowed & Divorced Group Faber Room Social Justice Committee Meeting Neale Room Book Discussion Group Lower School Big Room Christian Meditation Group Job Seekers Support Group Georgetown Neighborhood Library/R Street & Wisconsin Avenue NW Young Adult Community Faith Sharing Group 7:30 AM Zen Meditation Parish Center Upper Room at Vigil Mass monthly non-perishable food drive for the McKenna Center 9:00 AM Saint John Baptiste Haiti Committee Meeting Trinity Hall at all Sunday Masses monthly non-perishable food drive for the McKenna Center PARISH PICNIC 10:30 AM 1:30 PM/Georgetown Visitation