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

———————————————————————————————

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

———————————————————————————————

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-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday September 7 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 Monday September 9 St. Peter Claver 7:30 am Poor Souls Tuesday September 10 Weekday 7:30 am Mary Ann Post Wednesday September 11 Weekday 7:00 pm Jane Agler Thursday September 12 Weekday 7:30 am Liv. & Dec. of the Mulenkamp & Middenorf Family Friday September 13 St.John Chrysostom,Bishop/Dr 7:30 am The Begin Family Saturday September 14 Exaltation of the Holy Cross 7:30 am Thelma Schindler

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 pm Living & Deceased of the Parish Sunday September 15 7:30 am Harold & Luella Homan 9:30 am Melissa Campofiore & Sharon Fifer

MASS SCHEDULE

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH TODAY 10:30 am CCD RELIGION CLASSES RESUME

Monday —————

Tuesday 7:30 pm Parish Council Meeting

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

Thursday 8-9:00 am Eucharistic Adoration

Friday Annual CYO Campout

Saturday Annual CYO Campout

8:15 am/pm Confessions

Sunday 9:30 am Catechetical Sunday Mass

10:30 am Religion Class (Gr. 1-8)

18 AUGUST 2019 SUNDAY TOTAL …… $ 1,642.00 Envelopes …… $ 1,415.00 Loose …… $ 227.00 Envel. Avg. (27) …… $ 52.41 Overall Avg. (160) …… $ 10.26 OTHER Candles …… $ 106.00 Assumption …… $ 286.00 Recom. Weekly Contribution is $30.00

PARISH SUPPORT

BANNS OF MARRIAGE II Carolyn Reinhart & Matt Boyd

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

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

8 October (Tuesday) Parish Council Meeting—7:30pm

13 October (Sunday) Living Rosary led by grades 1-8 at church—9:00am 20 October (Sunday) Grades 5 & 6 Mass—9:30am

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.

Ladies’ Sodality Candy Committee Meeting September 9th at 7:00pm in the School Hall

Please contact Diane Rosenbeck with questions or if you are unable to make it: (260) 997-6577

14-15 September 7:30 PM 7:30 AM 9:30 AM

Servers Ava & Stetson Fullenkamp/ Eric Schwieterman Paityn & Logan Wendel Braylon, Alayna & Layla Dawson

Lectors Karen Schwieterman Kayla Nietfeld Catechists

Distributors Jane Martin Catechists

Ushers Mike & Josh Kimmel Steve Reitz/ Ron Rosenbeck Catechists

Gifts Catechists

Rosary Catechists

ANNOUNCEMENTS

8 SEPTEMBER 2019 3 TWENTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME

The Musings of Our Pastor

Adios, O "Seasonal Friend"! We do eagerly await your return, in due time! How quickly we have arrived at the point in our calendar year, when we are preparing to say "goodbye" to the wonderful Sum-mer Season, and rolling out the red carpet for the new season of Au-tumn. Back in July, I was having a light-hearted conversation with Fr. Stephen Ojapah, MSP, whose home is Nigeria, Africa. He was here to present our annual mission appeal in conjunction with the Office of the Propagation of Faith. Fr. Stephen remarked that in Africa they do not have Winter, but they have only 2 basic seasons. The rainy sea-son and the dry season. While the Winter Season can sometimes be a real hassle because of the snow and ice, the brutally cold winds and temperatures, as well as the periods of confinement indoors and the reduced amounts of daylight, I personally do cherish the unique-ness and beauty of each of our 4 seasons. Within the spiritual life, we may experience or move through a variety of seasons as well. At some junctures in life, we may feel so marvelously alive in Christ through faith, and there may actually be some amazing signs of new life, new spiritual fervor, and new growth budding forth from within us, much like the world of nature coming alive in spectacular ways during Springtime. Not unlike Summer Season with its fundamental chores of keeping those pesky weeds in check, or keeping things properly watered and fertilized, or uprooting and transplanting things into a more favorable environment, there are often extended periods (seasons) in the spiritual life, which require us to take up similar important chores, in order that our relationship with the Lord God may grow or flourish to the best extent possible. The Season of Autumn, in the world of nature and in agricultural commu-nities is about reaping, gathering in, and finding blessings in the fruits of the fields, the harvest of good things. One's hard work, one's in-vestments, one's sacrifices bring forth some tangible, profitable, worthwhile dividends. Praise God! What a joy it is to look back over some particular phases or seasons of one's spiritual life and discover that the good fruits of Christian virtue and Christian discipleship, or the good fruits of a deep devotion to God have emerged from the ground of your life, even when the conditions of your life have been parched, stormy, or laden with crosses. In the months of the Winter Season, things may seem pretty bleak and lifeless. The elements in the world of nature around us can be, at times, downright bru-tal! Needless to say, the spiritual life may usher in some seasons that have the same kind of feeling or the same difficult realities as the Winter Season, which we may also dread in a big way! Through God's providential care and through the workings of his grace, how-ever, out of this bleakness or these difficulties may come the splen-dor of new life. Who would have thought that to be possible? As we work through the seasons of the calendar year, as well as the seasons of the spiritual life, our faith beckons us to be ever-attentive to the presence of God and to the workings of his grace, so that we might grow to maturity as his beloved sons and daugh-ters. At the same time, this "attentiveness" may evoke from us sin-cere praise and thanksgiving for a variety of blessings that come our way through God's loving support. God bless you, have a good week. —Fr. Ken

The following parishioners have com-mitted 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

___________________________________________________________

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

___________________________________________________________

NINTH GRADE: Joe Jutte

TENTH GRADE: Betsy Minnich

ELEVENTH GRADE: Carl Zepeda

TWELFTH GRADE: Greg Wellman

___________________________________________________________

DRE: Linda Wellman/ Lori Jutte

___________________________________________________________

CYO: Maria Knapschaefer/Dylan Rose/ Kayla Nietfeld

Public Veneration of the relics of

Saint Padre Pio ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

St. Patrick Catholic Church 1204 N. Armstrong St. — Kokomo, IN 46901

(765) 452-6021 — www.stpatrick-kokomo.org

Monday, September 16, 2019 9:00am-5:30pm with Mass at 6:00pm

› The Sacrament of Reconciliation will be offered throughout the day

› The Saint Pio Foundation will have items available for purchase