C H U R C H O F T H E

MOST HOLY TRINITY

7321 East State Road 67 · Bryant, IN 47326-9636

TRINITY, INDIANA

Served by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Parish Pastor: Father Kenneth G. Alt, C.PP.S—altkg5178@gmail.com

Parish Secretary: Betsy Minnich—secretary@htcc1861.com

Bookkeeper: Bev Westgerdes

Religious Education: Linda Wellman, Director; Lori Jutte, Assistant Director

Choir Director: Agnes Schoch Organist: Katie Hamberg, Maria Knapschaefer, Leah Muhlenkamp & Tim Muhlenkamp

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Mass Schedule: Weekend Masses Saturday, 7:30pm; Sunday, 7:30am, 9:30am Daily Masses Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday 7:30am Wednesday 7:00pm Eucharistic Adoration Thursday, 8:00am-9:00am

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Confessions: Saturday (After Morning Mass & Evening Mass) Anytime by Request

Baptism: Will be set up on an individual basis

Marriage: Please contact Father at least 6 months prior to intended date of wedding

Parish Council Members: Kent Muhlenkamp (President), Larry Alig, Scott Bruggeman, Crystal Fullenkamp, Brian Link, Laurie Muhlenkamp, Leon Muhlenkamp & Kristin Westgerdes

Bulletin: Please submit items for the bulletin to the

Parish Office in writing/email by Sunday evening

Missions: On the 1st Sunday of each month, a 2nd

collection is taken up to support needs of the South American Missions in Peru served by the Missionaries of the Precious Blood

Telephone: 260-997-6450 Website: www.churchofthemostholytrinity.com

CHURCH OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY 2 TRIN ITY, INDIANA

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday August 31 7:30 pm Harold Homan (Birthday) Sunday September 1 7:30 am Michelle Bruggeman (Anniversary) 9:30 am Living and Deceased of the Parish Monday September 2 Weekday 7:30 am The Needs of Our Nation Tuesday September 3 St.Gregory the Great-Pope/Dr 7:30 am Poor Souls Wednesday September 4 Weekday 7:00 pm Special Intention (H.M.) Thursday September 5 St. Teresa of Calcutta 7:30 am The Little Children of the World Friday September 6 Weekday 7:30 am In Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Saturday September 7 Weekday 7:30 am Thanksgiving Blessings (60th Anniversary)

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 pm Liv. & Dec. of the Lengerich & Welling Families Sunday September 8 7:30 am Living & Deceased of the Parish 9:30 am Caleb Kunkle

MASS SCHEDULE

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH TODAY 10:30 am LABOR DAY WEEKEND—RELIGION CLASSES CANCELLED (GRADES 1-8)

Monday ——————

Tuesday ——————

Wednesday 8:00 pm RELIGION CLASSES BEGIN (GRADES 9-12)

Thursday 8-9:00 am Eucharistic Adoration

Friday ——————

Saturday 8:15 am/pm Confessions

Sunday 10:30 am CCD RELIGION CLASSES RESUME

11 AUGUST 2019 SUNDAY TOTAL …… $ 2,224.00 Envelopes …… $ 2,025.00 Loose …… $ 199.00 Envel. Avg. (39) …… $ 51.92 Overall Avg. (160) …… $ 13.90 OTHER Candles …… $ 78.00 Hall Rental …… $ 90.00 South Am. Mission …… $ 154.00 Aid to Africa …… $ 10.00 Recom. Weekly Contribution is $30.00

PARISH SUPPORT

BANNS OF MARRIAGE I Carolyn Reinhart & Matt Boyd

UP & COMING

10 September (Tuesday) Parish Council Meeting—7:30pm

14-15 September (Sat/Sun) Annual CYO Campout

15 September (Sunday) Catechetical Sunday—9:30am

17 September (Tuesday) Men’s Sodality Meeting—7:30pm

22 September (Sunday) Pre-K/Kindergarten Religion Classes Begin—9:30am

13 October (Sunday) Living Rosary led by grades 1-8 at church—9:00am

LAST CALL to SIGN UP for CPR/AED/First Aid Training By work of Parish Council, AED units have been acquired and will soon be installed in the church

and school hall. In the case of emergency and use of this equipment, there is stressed importance of

offering proper training for parishioners. If you are interested in receiving training in performing

CPR, administering First Aid, and using an AED, please contact the parish office. The training class

will be provided at the Portland Fire Department on Saturday, September 14th from 8am to 4pm.

Signup deadline is Sunday, September 1st.

7-8 Sept. 7:30 PM 7:30 AM 9:30 AM

Servers Mitchell,Carter & Clark Wellman Ryan Wellman/ Gavin Muhlenkamp Mason, Drew & Gabe Muhlenkamp

Lectors Matt Minnich Mark Valentine Sara Muhlenkamp

Distributors Doris Muhlenkamp Lenny Muhlenkamp/Greg Westgerdes/Theresa Baucher

Ushers Roger Wellman/Bill Schindler Mitch Leuthold/Carl Muhlenkamp Richard Reinhart/Joe Muhlenkamp

Gifts Richard Reinhart Family

Rosary Zach Chenoweth Family

“You are a pilgrim in this life on a journey home.” —Saint Teresa of Calcutta

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1 SEPTEMBER 2019 3 TWENTY -SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

The Musings of Our Pastor

One of the powerful "currents" running through my life, which is a catalyst for personal growth, fulfillment and ongoing inner joy is the "current" of humble service. Quite honestly, after a lifetime of priestly ministry one can only imag-ine what people might remember about my presence and activity with or amongst them as a Missionary of the Precious Blood. On this Labor Day Weekend, though, the greatest legacy I would hope to leave behind would be a legacy of humble service, whereby the whole gamut of my professional and personal work might be animated by the spirit of Christ, who was ready or dis-posed to do so many things, first and foremost, for the greater good of others. Work fittingly characterized by humble service was, I believe, something nurtured within the context of my own family life, especially when Mom would summon one of us kids to the back yard or down into the basement to help her hang up the laundry on any given Monday morning. Those "detested" chores of doing the dishes, pulling weeds in the garden, or cleaning up the house helped the good habit of humble service to take root within me as a young-ster. In much the same way, work characterized by humble service was ex-pected of all the students like myself, who were attending Brunnerdale High School Seminary. Practical and spiritual formation for the priesthood or broth-erhood as future Missionaries of the Precious Blood would just not be sufficient or complete without fundamental training in work characterized by humble ser-vice. While at I.C. Parish in Celina (2010-2017), above and beyond my priestly responsibilities, I labored in humble service to cook up supper about 3 eve-nings each week for my colleagues in ministry at the parish. As a newly or-dained priest in Cleveland, OH, I spent a good portion time one summer work-ing in humble service to create some floor to ceiling murals of Winnie the Pooh and other such characters, which brightened up the walls outside of the Kinder-garten Classroom, and brought smiles to many children over the years. While serving as Pastor of St. Augustine Parish in Rensselaer, I was severely repri-manded by an older member of the parish because he "caught" me engaged in the humble service of scrubbing the church floors to assist the janitor, who was overwhelmed with the work required of him in taking care of the parish grade school, the church and the parish grounds. At the Most Precious Blood Parish in Fort Wayne, we had some wonderful wooden stairway ledges, which were badly gouged and marred with pencils or pens by the students over the course of many years. One summer's project involving great portions of humble ser-vice was to sand those ledges down and give them a new luster or radiance once again. While serving as Pastor at St. Anthony, St. Peter and St. Joseph Parishes (Fort Recovery), one avenue of humble service that I embraced was helping the women of St. Anthony Parish to bag "tons" of candy for their big fundraising activity. Within my professional life as a priest and within my personal life, there are many things I "choose" to do, without obligation or fanfare, without financial dividends or pats on the back, because I truly desire for much of my work to be animated by or to be expressive of humble service, much like the ministry of Jesus Himself. Such works of humble service have become important avenues of personal growth, fulfillment and much ongoing inner joy for me over the years. I would be flattered, if people remember me mostly for a legacy of humble service directed toward the greater good of others. Having said that, I can give lots of praise and thanksgiving to God this Labor Day Weekend, especially for the meaningful work that has given purpose to my life! Would this be true of yourself as well? God bless you. —Fr. Ken

Fall Liturgical Appointments... are now available for pick up near all church entrances and online at the parish website! Be sure to check carefully the dates and times for which you/your family have been listed. If you are unable to make the designated Mass, please call others on the list to switch dates or replace one another if needed. Thank you to all that offer their time and skills at each Mass. As always, if anyone would like to assist by becoming a rosary leader, lector, usher, communion distributor, server, or in some other way, please contact the Parish

Secretary (260) 997-6450.

The following parishioners have committed to nurturing and

growing the lives of our youth for the 2019/2020 school year.

Please keep them within your daily thoughts and prayers. ___________________________________________________________

PRESCHOOL: Holly Muhlenkamp/ Katie Muhlenkamp

KINDERGARTEN: Cindy Wendel

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FIRST GRADE: Benilda Sandoval/ Joanie Shirk

SECOND GRADE: Agnes Schoch

THIRD GRADE: Kim Muhlenkamp

FOURTH GRADE: Sam Chenoweth/ Kari May

FIFTH GRADE: Tom Dawson/ Chandra Dawson

SIXTH GRADE: Sarah Davidson

SEVENTH GRADE: Linda Muhlenkamp

EIGHTH GRADE: Lori Jutte

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NINTH GRADE: Joe Jutte

TENTH GRADE: Betsy Minnich

ELEVENTH GRADE: Carl Zepeda

TWELFTH GRADE: Greg Wellman

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DRE: Linda Wellman/ Lori Jutte

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CYO: Maria Knapschaefer/Dylan Rose/ Kayla Nietfeld

Ladies’ Sodality Candy Committee Meeting

September 9 at 7:00pm in the School Hall Please contact Diane Rosenbeck with

questions or if you are unable to make it: (260) 997-6577