HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH

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1 HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH Washington, DC January 29, 2017 Holy Trinity School Celebrates 43rd Annual Catholic Schools Week National Catholic Schools Week, sponsored by the National Catholic Educational Association, is the annual celebration of Catholic education in the United States. The theme this year, Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service, closely mirrors Holy Trinity School s own mission. As a key ministry of the church, Holy Trinity School (HTS) is committed to the Jesuit traditions of educational excellence, the service of faith and the promotion of justice. Since the school s founding in 1818, HTS has continued to integrate the spirituality of St. Ignatius into its mission, the heart of which is developing young women and men who excel academically and use their expanding skills in service to the community. The Catholic identity of the school reminds its students, teachers, and staff to act with initiative and integrity and to engage the world as a place in which God can be found in all things. The school will be focusing on the Faith part of the theme today, January 29. HTS students will wear their uniforms to Mass and participate as lectors, ushers, altar servers and by bringing up the gifts. The school will celebrate Knowledge on Monday (Academic Day), Friday (Trivia Night) and Saturday, when HTS will host a Debate Tournament for teams from local schools. On Tuesday, the school will celebrate Service with an all-school assembly with speaker Catherine Albornaz from Catholic Relief Services. HTS s distinctive focus on service encourages students to develop empathy and a conscience rooted in social justice. School service projects emphasize family participation, offering parents and students opportunities for personal growth as they work together with the parish and others to serve those in need. Favorites include bi-annual gleaning; Sunday dinners for the homeless; annual Food Drive, a multi-parish partnership; weekly sandwich making for the homeless; a Thanksgiving Turkey Drive; Advent Giving Tree; Catholic Charities Cup O Joe; Operation Rice Bowl; and the Power of One day of family service. Continued on page 5 A Mr. Rook look-alike on Dress Like a Teacher Day during last year s Catholic Schools Week MAIN CHURCH 36th Street, between N and O Streets, NW Washington, DC PARISH CENTER 3513 N Street, NW Washington, DC www. /HolyTrinity Raising Kids in Two-Faith Families January 29, 10:10am, Trinity Hall Steve and Cokie Roberts will share how they have woven their Jewish and Christina faith traditions into their family s life.

2 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. January 29, 2017 page 2 MISSION STATEMENT We are a Jesuit Catholic parish that welcomes all to: Accompany one another in Christ Celebrate God's love Transform lives PARISH CENTER Phone: Fax: Hours: Mon-Thur: 8:30am-7:30pm; Fri: 8:30am- 4:30pm; Sat & Sun: No receptionist on duty, but the parish center is accessible during mass times. Emergencies Only: JESUIT STAFF & PARISH DEPTS. Pastor Associate Pastor Associate Pastor Associate Pastor Executive Asst./ Parish Life Kevin Gillespie, S.J William Ryan, S.J Paul Campbell, S.J William Kelley, S.J Lisa Dittmeier Communications Karelia Pallan Development Facilities Faith Formation/ Religious Educ. Finance HT School Principal Human Resources Ignatian Spirituality Music Ministry Parish Assess. & Renewal Social Justice Worship & Liturgy Young Adult Comm. (YAC) Youth Ministry Shauna Creary Tass McCarthy Judith Brusseau Chris Kehoe Charlie Hennessy Angela Grady Martina O Shea Kathleen DeJardin Sara DeCarlo Kate Tromble David Pennington Catherine Heinhold Sara Seligmann kgillespie@ wryan@ pcampbell@ wkelley@ ldittmeier@ kpallan@ development@ tmccarthy@ jbrusseau@ ckehoe@ principal@ htsdc.org agrady@ moshea@ kdejardin@ sdecarlo@ ktromble@ dpennington@ cheinhold@ sseligmann@ From the Pastor s Desk By now many of you have received a phone call from someone who spoke the words, I am calling on behalf of Fr. Gillespie. Over the past two weeks, more than 35 parish volunteers have expressed these words on my behalf as they participated in Holy Trinity s annual Phone-A-Thon. Close to 1,400 calls have been made to parishioners so far. While we would have liked to speak with each household individually to discuss the pledge, listen to your feedback and correct any household information, most of our outreach efforts resulted in messages being left in parishioner s voic . f I am grateful to the volunteers and to those parishioners who made a pledge or even increased their pledge. I should note, however, that there has been some confusion among many parishioners who have agreed to have their pledge taken regularly from their credit or debit card. While you may have recurring charges to your credit card from one year to the next, your pledge needs to be acknowledged every year either by phone, or completion of a new pledge card. This assumption seems to represent one of the most significant reasons that we have had a shortfall in pledges this year. This past week the Finance Council and I addressed some of the significant average decreases. For example, in December or 2015 there were 1,572 households who made pledges while this past December there were 1,297 who did so. This represented a 275 or 15% decrease! Moreover, the pledge total suffered a decrease from $2, 853,000 to $2,603,000 or a 9% decrease. As you might imagine these and other decreases are a significant concern to the members of the Finance Committee and myself. Therefore I urge you to acknowledge your 2017 pledge with an or phone call to Shauna Creary, the accountant in our Parish Office at or screary@. This week we will also be sending year-end contribution statements for Please reach out to Shauna if you have any questions or concerns with your contributions from 2016 or need corrections to your household information. Finally, I want to express my gratitude to all those who have made their annual pledges. Your generous donations enable our Parish to provide a vibrant series of programs in Sacramental Ministry, Ignatian Spirituality, Social Justice, Liturgy, Religious Education, Youth Ministry and so on. In so doing, you are helping to provide resources whereby each of us may find support in caring for one another as we journey with Christ in the world. Thank you.

3 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. January 29, 2017 page 3 Daily Mass Intentions The parish community prays for all of the dead every day at Mass. However, we encourage parishioners to mention specific persons by name during the General Intercessions when invited to do so by the presider. Parishioners may also request that a specific person be remembered by name at a particular weekday Mass by calling or visiting the receptionist s desk in the Parish Center during normal office hours. Names must be submitted one week in advance. Persons to be so remembered at weekday Masses this week are: Week of January 30- February 4, 2017 Monday 7:00am Chip Arena+ PRAYER REQUESTS David Horgan+ Pray for those who are sick: For those we hold in our hearts Carolyn Woyan+ Tuesday 7:00am Kathy Rapcienski Pray for those who are dead: For those we hold in our hearts Donald G. Ellenberger+ Gerald Colbert+ Wednesday 7:00am Edward Gruca+ Thursday Friday 7:00am 7:00am Blanche Desmond+ Jean Carvin+ Bill Clohorty+ Saturday Josephine Tomaiuolo+ To add a name to these prayer lists, contact Lisa Dittmeier at: ldittmeier@. 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: 7am, 8am & 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, 9am, 11:30am, 1:15pm & 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 registration@. New parishioner orientations are held several times throughout the year. See the bulletin, eletter and website for announcement of dates and times. RITE OF CHRISTIAN INIATION OF ADULTS The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) is a process of conversion and faith formation for individuals who are interested in living the Christian life in the Catholic tradition. Those who want to learn more about the possibility of becoming Catholic are welcome to come to the Inquiry meetings held every Tuesday evening at 7pm in the Faber Room, Holy Trinity Parish Center. Please contact Anne Koester akoester@ for more information or visit our website. PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL (PPC) PPC members share leadership responsibility with our pastor. As advisors to the pastor, PPC members assist the pastor in discerning, articulating, and communicating to other parishioners the identity and mission of the parish, and they assist the pastor in assuring fidelity to that identity and mission. President Kirk Willison ppcpresident@ Vice President Cecilia Boudreau parishcouncil@

4 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. January 29, 2017 page 4 WORSHIP Smells & Bells: Catholic Sacramental Imaginations Who says smells and bells are a thing of the past? David Pennington will lead a liturgical formation session focusing on the signs, symbols, rituals, and texts that constitute Catholic liturgy on February 11, 9:30am- 11am,. We will explore how symbols and texts shape our rituals and how we engage at the liturgy with all our senses. IGNATIAN SPIRITUALITY A Lenten Retreat: Drawn from the Spiritual Exercises An Ignatian Retreat in Daily Life February 26 April 8 Register online at Deadline is Monday, February 13 The retreat will be crafted for where you are on your journey with and to God and will offer a taste of what is involved in making the eight to nine-month retreat. The baby shall play by the viper s den, and the child lay his hand on the adder s lair. (Is.11,v.8) When I first started reflecting on Isaiah s prophetic vision of paradise, On God s Holy Mountain, I was struck by how hard it was going to be to achieve his dream. Perhaps I could see that the wolf could be the guest of the lamb, or the leopard lie down with the young goat. Animal behavior after all could be re-configured with the right training and perhaps some DNA adjustments. But I could never contemplate how his last couplet could be achieved where the baby shall play at the viper s den and the child lay his hand on the adder s lair. I have detested snakes since childhood, and I couldn t imagine putting any child outside a serpent s den, whether the snakes inside were poisonous or not. I couldn t imagine myself as that child. I think it was then that I realized Isaiah was calling me to reflect on where I was stuck. What was the deepest blockage that was keeping me from God s mountain? I didn t have to spend much time pondering that question. For years I have been estranged from my younger brother. A real estate deal went bad, we ended up in court, where we said very bad things about the other. The suit got settled but our relationship was caput and has remained frozen ever since. So I got up the courage to send him an (it felt like putting my hand on the adder s lair) and he wrote back (no sting) and we exchanged a few more s, more perfunctory but a start. There is still a long journey ahead if we are to sit down at The Table of Brotherhood, Martin Luther King s beautiful image of a reconciled people. But I pray for him and his family, pray that there may be more softening of both our hearts and pray that someday we will be together On God s Holy Mountain. -Prepared by parishioner Roger Sullivan SOCIAL JUSTICE Social Justice Book Club All are welcome to the first meeting of the Holy Trinity Social Justice Book Club on Monday, January 30. We will discuss "Strangers No Longer Together On The Journey Of Hope," a pastoral letter from the Catholic Bishops of Mexico and the United States. Please join us for conversation and fellowship in Holy Trinity's Faber Room beginning at 7pm. Contact Emily at econron@alumni.nd.edu for more information. L Arche Prayer Night Join L'Arche Greater Washington DC for monthly prayer nights at Holy Trinity to share in our gifts of welcome, prayer, and joy. As we discern L'Arche, Georgetown and Holy Trinity s commitment to shared values and ways of living community, your presence and prayers will be significant. Every second Monday of the month at 7pm in McKenna Hall. The next prayer night will be February 13. brookelacock@larche-gwdc.org for more information. Ignatian Volunteer Corps The Ignatian Volunteer Corps (IVC) is a Jesuit-sponsored organization that provides men and women, age 50 and greater (retired or semi-retired) with substantive opportunities to share their skills, talents and life experiences with nonprofit organizations that assist the poor and vulnerable. IVC also includes a spiritual reflection component that helps volunteers discover the deeper meaning in their service, and their lives. To learn more about IVC in DC, contact Mike Goggin mgoggin@ivcusa.org and for information on IVC in Virginia, contact Joanie Coolidge jcoolidge@ivcusa.org. Visit our website for more information about all of our Ministries and their programs.. Sign up for our Holy Trinity eletter for weekly updates at

5 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. January 29, 2017 page Cardinal s Appeal Holy Trinity Parishioners should have received a mailing from Cardinal Wuerl in early January. He has asked that you make a pledge to the 2017 Cardinal s Appeal. The Cardinal s Appeal not only funds the operations of the archdiocese, it funds services that are of great help to the ministries at Holy Trinity Parish. The theme of the Appeal is, Seek First the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33). As we seek first the kingdom of God, we have the capability of helping it to be present in our lives and in the lives of those around us through our works of charity, love, and compassion. Contributions to the Cardinal s Appeal offers each of us the opportunity to respond to the needs of others by enabling ministries and services that touch thousands of lives. Please prayerfully consider a generous pledge to the 2017 Cardinal s Appeal. Visit ww.appeal.adw.org to donate online. FAITH FORMATION/ RELIGIOUS EDUCATION Baptism Preparation Baptism preparation is scheduled for February 4 at 10am in McKenna Hall. Please contact Judith Brusseau for more information. Save the Date! Adult Faith Formation Winter Lecture Series Begins in February Our Winter Lecture Series, Living the Themes of Catholic Social Teaching, kicks off February 5 at 10:10am in Trinity Hall. Fr. Kevin O Neil, a Redemptorist priest, will present an Introduction to Moral Theology in the Catholic Tradition. This session examines some of these fundamental concepts in Catholic moral theology with a view toward understanding the responsible use of freedom empowered by the grace of God. For more details on the Winter Lecture Series, please visit our website. Catholic Schools Week, cont. from page 1 Throughout the week, HTS will be also be celebrating the entire school community through parent, teacher and student appreciation days. You can follow along the school s celebrations of CSW through social media (Instagram and Facebook: Holy Trinity School Georgetown) and other school celebrations around the country through the hashtag #CSW17. Thank you, parishioners, for your generous support! Please join in our prayer that faculty, staff and students continue to grow as faithful servants of the gospel in all that they do. Catholic Schools Week 2017 Sunday, 1/29 Faith Day Wear HTS uniform to 9am Mass HTS students will be lectors, ushers, altar servers and bring up the gifts Monday, 1/30 Academic Day Free dress for those who wore uniform to Mass on 1/29 Uniform Exchange (through Friday) Tuesday, 1/31 Community Service Day Service assembly 8:25-8:55am (Catholic Relief Services) Tag Day (money goes to Capital Area Food Bank) Wednesday, 2/1 Parent Appreciation Day Breakfast for parents at drop off (brought by HTS staff) Parents may visit classrooms 9:45am Liturgy Thursday, 2/2 Teacher Appreciation Day Groundhog Day Dress Like a Teacher Free Dress Day for students Breakfast for staff (brought by parents) No homework in honor of Friday, 2/3 Student Appreciation Day Fandom Free Dress Day for students Pizza Day Trivia Night Saturday, 2/4 Debate Tournament at HTS PARISH LIFE New Parishioner Orientation All new members to the Parish are invited to our New Parishioner Orientation on Sunday, February 12 from 4- in McKenna Hall. Children are most welcome and no RSVP is required. For more information, please contact Lisa Dittmeier at ldittmeier@. 21st Annual Trivia Night February 3 in Trinity Hall Register today at

6 Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC www. January 29, 2017 page 6 Sunday, January 29, 2017 FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13/1 Corinthians 1:26-31/Matthew 5:1-12a 11:30 AM Religious Education Classes Assigned classroom Adult Education: Raising Faith-Filled Kids Trinity Hall Christ Child Society- Kennedy Guild Meeting Parish Center Library Monday, January 30, 2017 MONDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Hebrews 11:32-40/Mark 5:1-20 7:30 PM Social Justice Book Club Faber Room Separated, Widowed and Divorced Group Neale Room Tuesday, January 31, 2017 MEMORIAL OF SAINT JOHN BOSCO Hebrews 12:1-4/Mark 5:21-43 Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) Faber Room Wednesday, February 1, 2017 WEDNESDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Hebrews 12:4-7, 11-15/Mark 6:1-6 Thursday, February 2, 2017 FEAST OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD Malachi 3:1-4/Hebrews 2:14-18/Luke 2:22-40 or 2:22-32 Friday, February 3, 2017 FRIDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Hebrews 13:1-8/Mark 6: :15 PM 6:00 PM 6:00 PM 4:30 PM 6:00 PM Taize Prayer with Anointing of the Sick Book Discussion Group McKenna Hall Christian Meditation Group Iconography Guild Parish Center Library Job Seekers Support Group Georgetown Neighborhood Library (R & Wisconsin Ave NW) Young Adult Community Faith Sharing First Friday Eucharistic Adoration Trivia Night - Holy Trinity School Fundraiser Trinity Hall Saturday, February 4, 2017 SATURDAY OF THE 4TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21/Mark 6: :30 AM 10:00 AM 10:00 AM Zen Meditation Parish Center Upper Room rdruecker@aol.com Baptism Preparation Class McKenna Hall Monthly Service - A Wider Circle Silver Spring, MD Sunday, February 5, 2017 FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Isaiah 58:7-10/1 Corinthians 2:1-5/Matthew 5: :30 AM Religious Education Classes Assigned classroom Adult Education: Focus on Ethic Series Trinity Hall Christ Child Society- Kennedy Guild Meeting Parish Center Library join us for coffee & fellowship every Sunday after the 9:00 AM and 11:30 AM Masses for texts of daily readings: and for audio recordings of daily readings: for the most complete listing of parish events with event descriptions and contact information: background color of date indicates the liturgical color for that day for information concerning liturgical colors: