PARISH ADMINISTRATION Spanish Speaking Ministry, *Fr. Luis Pulido Parish Bookkeeper, *Tara Dahill Program Manager, *Colleen Glazer Parish Secretary, *Catherine Jestice Parish Plant Manager, *Victor Zambrano PARISH ADVISORY COUNCILS Pastoral: Charles Casiano (Singles) Peter McGhee & Jeanne Dennison (Marrieds) Ramona Garcia (Spanish speakers) Carol Joyce (Seniors) Felicity McKenna (Teenagers) Financial: Michael Donofrio, Vincent Pascal Norma Ytuarte, Sheila Mullan (Trustees) WORSHIP Acolytes, Kevin McKenna Devotions, Private, Adoration / Daily Evening Rosary, Ellen Valko Legion of Mary, Blanca Bulit Sagrado Corazon, Yolanda Pardo Lectors, Stephanie Miller Floral Decorations, Mia Kravitz Sacred Music, *Andrew Yeargin, Director Cantors,*Andrew Yeargin Contemporary Ensemble, Phelder St. Germain Misa in Espanol, *José (Cheito) Guevara Schola Cantorum, *Andrew Yeargin Sacristans,*Victor Zambrano III,*Charles Haskell, James Hulak COMMUNITY BUILDING Bulletin, Parish Weekly, *Catherine Jestice Calendar, Master Parish, *Catherine Jestice Concert Series GUEST, Andrew Yeargin PARISH, Andrew Yeargin CRC (Contemporary Roman Catholics), James Hulak Scouting Programs, Bob Deaver Trinity Counters, JoAnne Pollio FORMATION / EDUCATION Adult Faith Formation, *Colleen Glazer Lectio Divina-Young Adults, *Fr. Gary Mead Christian Meditation, Donald Main RCIA (Christian Initiation), *Gary Cushing Religious Education,*Colleen Glazer OUTREACH Blood Drive, Catherine Jestice Breakfast Line, *Colleen Glazer Food Pantry, Colleen Glazer Guest Clergy Hospitality,*Msgr. Sandi Homeless Shelter, Mike Griffin Making All Things New (MATN), Kenneth Craig Twelve-Step Programs, *Catherine Jestice * indicates parish employee * * * * * * * *

Please keep our sick in your prayers:

Lois Mazzitelli, Kate Concannon, John Muratori, Steve Manfredo, Marie DeTullio, Dianne Mastrorocco, Alice Mayer, Graziella Piciulo, Kelsey Kruse, Shannyn Craig, Karen Murphy, Anne Lia, Maria Alvarado, Edouard Tiger, Jane Lyons, Edward Haggerty, Matthew Escobar, Keira Maloney, Antoinette Durso, Alexandra Leake, Ralph Esposito, Tom Chestaro, Devinee Worrell, Gloria Fruchte, Virginia Whelihan, Christopher Browne, Elizabeth Maria Troy, Fr. Peter Colapietro, Augustine Waters, Dennis Joseph, Skyler Rose Tucci, Dorothy Stewart, Regina & Joe Rywelski Names will remain on our prayer list for one month. If you would like us to carry a name longer, please contact the Rectory.

APRIL 9, 2017

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion “My soul is sorrowful even to death … My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me; yet, not as I will, but as you will.”

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY Blood Drive Sign-up II – following each of the Masses Religious Ed. – Pre-K-Grade 5 – Center – 10:30 AM After 5:30 Mass – Center – Pizza & Pasta! MONDAY DA Meeting – Rectory – 12:30 PM “Reconciliation Monday” – Church – 3:00-9:00 PM Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM NO Religious Ed. Classes NA Meeting – Center – 7:30 PM Legion of Mary – Rectory– 7:30 PM TUESDAY NO Rosary Lectio Divina (Spanish) – Center – 7:00 PM Christian Meditation – Rectory – 7:00 PM Fr. Gary YA Lectio Divina – Rectory – 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY Spring Blood Drive – Center – 2:30-8:30 PM Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM NA Meeting – Rectory – 5:30 PM R.C.I.A – Rectory – 7:30 PM THURSDAY Al Anon Meeting – Rectory – 12:15 PM NO Rosary Cub Scout & Boy Scout Troop 1 – Center – 7:00 PM AA Men’s Meeting – Rectory – 7:00 PM FRIDAY NO Rosary NO AA Women’s Meeting Via Crusis – Church – 7:00 PM * * * * * * * *

YOUR DONATIONS

Last week’s collection: $5,129.00 THANK YOU!

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK SATURDAY 4/8 5:30 Joseph & Lucy Pollio SUNDAY 4/9 7:30 HT Parishioners 9:30 Joseph Lopes 11:15 Camille Huk & Family (living) 12:30 Renée Elizabeth Kaplan & Marina & Angel Suárez Fernández 5:30 Barbara Dasig MONDAY 4/10 9:00 Fr. Stephen Koeth-10th Anniv. of Ordination

5:30 Robert Kastelic TUESDAY 4/11 9:00 Fr. Michael Considine- 2nd Pastor-d. 1913 5:30 NO MASS WEDNESDAY 4/12 9:00 Livia Rispoli 5:30 Vincent Pascal (living)

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You Know You will Feel Better! Reconciliation Monday, Tomorrow!

Priests throughout the City will be hearing confessions tomorrow from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Many Catholics have stopped going to confession because they had a bad experience with a priest years ago. (Imagine “giving up” on medical cures because of poor treatment by one doctor?!) Give God a chance to sacramentally embrace you with his mercy and get the pardon and peace the world cannot give. When you hear a priest speak the words of Jesus “in persona Christi” [in the person of Christ], it is overwhelmingly comforting. Here are the Words of Absolution we ALL long to hear: God, the Father of mercies, through the death and resurrection of his Son has reconciled the world to himself, and sent the Holy Spirit among us for the forgiveness of sins: through the ministry of the Church may God give YOU pardon and peace, and I absolve you from your sins in the name of the Father, and of the Son (+) and of the Holy Spirit. Do yourself a favor and go to any nearby Church tomorrow. You’ll be glad you did. SEE TODAY’S BULLETIN INSERT.

* * * * * * * * Worldwide GOOD FRIDAY Collection

The annual, Pontifical Good Friday Collection, which directly supports the Franciscan friars’ maintenance and spiritual upkeep of the shrines in the Holy Land, will be taken up in all of the approximately 225,000 Catholic parishes in the world at the 3:00 Liturgy on Good Friday. Franciscans have been responsible for this ministry since 1372 A.D.! We ask your usual, generous support, and thank you for sharing your gifts with the less fortunate.

Sophia, ChurchMouse

I was struck by the Holy Week relevance of this excerpt from an Op Ed piece in the March 25th edition of the New York Times. See what you think. The Book of Isaiah, in prophesying the Messiah, describes him as “a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.” We’re told “by his wounds we are healed.” For those of the Christian faith, God is a God of wounds, where the road to redemption passes directly through suffering. There is some solace in knowing that while at times life is not easy for us, it was also hard for the God of the New Testament. And from suffering, compassion can emerge, meaning to suffer with another – that disposition, in turn, often leads to acts of mercy.

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Heads Up! PARISH Advisory COUNCILORS

All Parish Adult Volunteers Quarterly Parish Advisory Council Mtg. Sun, Jun 4th Annual Adult Volunteers Dinner Mon, Jun 5th

Pastor Will Be Away After the last Mass on Easter Sunday, Monsignor will travel to his younger sister’s home to spend the week with the family. He returns very late, Friday, April 21st.

C.R.C., Join Us Tonight! Join us in the Murphy Center after the 5:30 Sunday Mass TONIGHT, for a Pizza & Pasta Party! All are welcome!

Annual Spring Blood Drive Wednesday, April 12th, 2:30-8:30 PM

Lent is drawing to a close. Please join us this Wednesday to donate a pint of life-saving blood. From a spiritual viewpoint, we recognize the Blood of Christ as life-giving. We can imitate his sacrifice in the smaller gesture of offering our own life-blood to help save another. So – Come! Donate! Consider: – only the real thing will do – there is no synthetic blood – donating blood is very democratic and inclusive – all blood is the same – donating is surprisingly painless and you’ll be out in about an hour – will you keep watch with Him for one hour? – Holy Trinity is in the Top Three donating parishes in the Archdiocese – because of your generosity & compassion – the Blood Drive provides a unique opportunity for parish- ioners to meet & socialize outside their regular groups * * * * * * * * A reminder that Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence.

+ HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE +

PALM SUNDAY Regular Mass Schedule Blessing and Distribution of Palms Reading of the Passion MONDAY 9:00 AM & 5:30 PM Masses 3:00-9:00 PM – Sacrament of Reconciliation TUESDAY 9:00 AM Mass – NO 5:30 Mass 4:00 PM – CHRISM MASS – St. Patrick’s Cathedral WEDNESDAY 9:00 AM & 5:30 PM Masses HOLY THURSDAY NO 9:00 AM or 5:30 PM Mass 8:00 PM – EVENING MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER Mandatum (Washing of the Feet) Procession with the Eucharist Eucharist Repository until Midnight GOOD FRIDAY NO 9:00 AM or 5:30 PM Mass 11:00 AM – CHORAL MORNING PRAYER (Tenebrae) 3:00 PM – SOLEMN LITURGY OF THE LORD’S PASSION The Passion Veneration of the Cross Distribution of the Eucharist 7:00 PM – Via Crucis (in Spanish) HOLY SATURDAY NO 9:00 AM or 5:30 PM Mass 8:00 PM – SOLEMN EASTER VIGIL Blessing of the New Fire Blessing of the Pascal Candle Blessing of the Easter Water Litany of the Saints Reception into the Church of Candidates & Catechumens Profession of Faith Liturgy of the Eucharist EASTER SUNDAY 7:30 AM, 9:30 AM, 11:15 AM, 12:30 PM (Spanish) (NO 5:30 Mass) PLEASE NOTE: Palm Sunday follows the regular Sunday schedule. On Easter Sunday the 12:30 is the final Mass on Easter; there is NO 5:30 Mass on Easter or Holy Saturday. There is NO Mass during the day of Holy Thursday The church will remain open on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for private devotion, after 10:00 AM. Candles will not be available after today until after the Easter Vigil (Fire and Water are blessed at the Vigil; Light and Life have left us.) There is a collection for the maintenance of the Holy Land shrines on Good Friday. The Easter collection asks for the generosity you have always shown. There are special envelopes by the entrance. At the Chrism Mass, celebrated by the Cardinal, the sacramental oils are blessed; the priests renew their vows.