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2926 Beaver Avenue  Des Moines, IA  50310  515.255.3162www.holytrinitydm.org      www.htschool.org 

Parish email:  parishoffice@holytrinitydm.org   School email:  holytrinity@htschool.org 

Peace I leave with you; my peace I

give to you.

W E E K L Y T H O U G H T S JUNE 5 & 12 , 2016

Dear friends:

Please hold in your prayers parishioners Roger Dial and John Stecher who recently died. Roger was employed for 45 years with Anderson-Erickson Dairy. Roger was united in marriage to his loving wife Mary Kay for 36 years. He was a member of both Trinity United Methodist Church and Holy Trinity Catholic Church.

He lived out the value of ecumenism in his quiet and unassuming manner; seeking to forge relationships with people from a variety of backgrounds. Roger enjoyed working with numbers, taking his beloved dogs for walks, and was an avid photographer.

John Stecher worked at John Deere as a tool designer for 25 years retiring in 1987. He did volunteer work with the Blood Center of Iowa, Mercy Hospital, and Amanda the Panda. He enjoyed cycling, R.A.G.B.R.A.I., hiking with Volksport, wood carving, cribbage, and coffee with friends. John was preceded in death by his parents, brother,

and wife, Evelyn.

Eternal rest grant to the faithful departed and may their family and friends be given comfort in this time of sorrow.

The weather has cooperated so work has advanced on the ball field and track. Dirt that was not conducive to growing grass was removed and new dirt was brought in. A series of drainage tiles was installed, allowing rainwater to drain appropriately. In addition, an irrigation system was installed. The track has been widened and has received a new coat of asphalt. Finally, a concrete swale was poured just west of the middle school building. This will prevent the water that drains off of the school roof from collecting in the grass area which created a swamp. The last step in this process will be to seed the remaining area with grass seed that is for high traffic areas. Thanks to the PTO organization for their help in making this project possible.

I will be on the annual retreat for the priests in our diocese from this Sunday evening, June 5th through Thursday evening, June 10th. Please contact the parish office if you need pastoral assistance in my absence. Fr. Frank Palmer and the parish staff will be available to assist you.

Our summer schedule has our parish offices closing at 2:00pm and the weekend bulletin will be printed once every two weeks till the middle of August.

As we welcome these days of summer…

Peace, strength, and courage,

Happy 80th Birthday, Father Palmer!

Please join us as we celebrate Fr. Frank Palmer’s 80th

birthday at an open house in his honor.

Date: Sunday, June 26th Time: 1:00 - 4:00 pm

Place: Holy Trinity Social Room

Please let us know if you and your family will be joining us for this joyful occasion. RSVP by email to parishoffice@holytrinitydm.org or you can RSVP by

sending a text message to: 313131

in the message section include:

TXTRSVP PALMER80

June 5, 2016 Reading I: 1 Kings 17:17-24 Responsorial Psalm 30:2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13 Reading II: Galatians 1:11-14a, 15ac, 16a, 17, 19 Gospel: Luke 7:11-17

Image: Jesus heals the widow's son (from Juan De Flande, The Raising of Lazarus, c 1500-1510)

F A I T H Q U E S T I O N S ?

Question for Children: How do you help build God’s Kingdom on Earth?

Question for Youth: What could you say to comfort someone whose loved one has died?

Question for Adults: How do you handle death? Do you recognize that you will reunite with your loved one again? How do you come to terms with the separation?

S P I R I T U A L I T Y O F T H E R E A D I N G S

Surprise! Our readings for the Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time are about wombs and widows and raising from the dead. And this means they have raised the crucial question of death.

Often we do not get to celebrate this feast, but Easter was quite early this year, which gave the tenth Sunday a way to wedge itself in.*

The First Reading tells about a poor widow in Zarephath of Sidon whose only son has died. The Prophet Elijah happened to be staying at her house, so the widow promptly blamed him. “Have you come to me to call attention to my guilt and to kill my son?” Elijah immediately brought the son back to life.

In the Gospel, Jesus did a healing too. He was “moved with pity” for a widow, this time in the city of Nain, so he abruptly told her son’s corpse to rise. “The dead man sat up and began to speak.”

Finally, in the Second Reading,Paul the Apostle admits his own guilt in having persecuted Christians to death, but then talks about his birth into new life. He says that God “from my mother’s womb had set me apart and called me through his grace.”

So, death. What are we to think when the fertile womb of mothers brings forth beloved lives, all of which end too soon, no matter when? Some of us have witnessed with our own eyes the death of people much treasured by us. Each of us will die too, as did the sons of these widows. Is this some kind of cruel joke? Isn’t death the end of everything, as contemporary unbelievers insist?

I want to give you a succinct reply by the great Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore. I hope you will read it with patience.

I remember my childhood when the sunrise, like my play-fellow, would burst in to my bedside

with its daily surprise of morning; when the faith in the marvelous bloomed like fresh flowers in my heart every day, looking into the face of the world in simple gladness; when insects, birds and beasts, the common weeds, grass and the clouds had their fullest value of wonder; when the patter of rain at night brought dreams from the fairyland, and mother's voice in the evening gave meaning to the stars.

And then I think of death, and the rise of the curtain and the new morning and my life awakened in its fresh surprise of love.**

Whenever I chance upon this poem I always worry that the intrusive line, “and then I think of death,” to reverse Tagore’s light but childish dreams. Death is the contradiction, isn’t it, the end of all that we have loved!

Then in a majestic and understated surprise, he gives us the real meaning of death and of life:

its “fresh surprise of love.”

In other words, being alive is the way we can wake in wonder to the tender caress of life, the love that softly surrounds everything that is (in spite of ISIS and all other forms of greediness) real trust that the gift of the “new morning” is awaiting us, no matter how dark the night might have been.

Fr. John Foley, S. J. of the Center for Liturgy

June 12, 2016 Reading I: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 Responsorial Psalm 32:1-2, 5, 7, 11 Reading II: Galatians 2:16, 19-21 Gospel: Luke 7:36-8:3 or 7:36-50

Image: Mary Magdalene, taken from Rogier van der Weyden: Descent from the Cross, ca 1436, Detail

F A I T H Q U E S T I O N S ?

Question for Children: This week, how can you welcome someone at school or in your neighborhood who is feeling left out?

Question for Youth: Jesus was able to see the faith of the woman, even though she was a sinner. Who is in need of your forgiveness, even though they have done you harm? What is one way that you can offer forgiveness to someone in the weeks to come?

Question for Adults: How can you show compassion toward the marginalized members of society today?

S P I R I T U A L I T Y O F T H E R E A D I N G S

Courtesy An embarrassing display.

The occasion was already delicate, to say the least. Jesus had been invited to a private dinner in the house of Simon the Pharisee. This was an honor, but at the same time a dishonor, since Simon ignored the usual courtesies due to a guest in that culture.

What kind of courtesies? Water to cleanse his feet, a kiss of welcome, the anointing of his head.

As dinner went on, “a sinful woman” barged into the house without asking, and sat on the floor right behind Jesus. She began weeping. We are not told why, only that she obviously loved Jesus a lot.

At the dinner, she “began to bathe his feet with her tears.” And she actually dried them with her hair. What an embarrassing display.

Finally, she took out a beautifully ornamented flask—which she had brought carefully for this purpose. She spread the precious ointment which it contained upon his feet, giving them repeated kisses.

To the other guests she seemed completely out of control. Simon the Pharisee said under his breath,

If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner.

Jesus certainly did know. Not only about her sins, but her goodness, which he was seeing. He accepted both tenderly. And then he gave a sharp rebuke to Simon the Pharisee.

When I entered your house, you did not give me water for my feet, but she has bathed them with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

You did not give me a kiss, but she has not ceased kissing my feet since the time I entered.

You did not anoint my head with oil, but she anointed my feet with ointment.

Then, with deft words, he showed that her actions came directly from her loving heart. Here is the important line, which I will paraphrase: *

Her many sins have been forgiven; that is the reason she has shown such great love. If she had been forgiven only a little bit, her love would be small as a result.

Notice it is not the case that the woman loved Jesus and therefore was deserving of forgiveness. It is just the opposite. He had already forgiven her sins, and as a result she loved him. God’s love is always first no matter how sinful we are. It remains personal and present for each of us, if we can let go of our guilt.

It is because we are all so inadequate that his love takes the form of absolution. Usually you and I have it backwards. We think we must get rid of all our sins and become perfect and sinless in order for God to love us. In reality we are already loved to perfection by the good Lord, and we begin to reform as we slowly let that love in. We begin to recognize who we really are. We soften our hearts toward the mess we have made of our lives, because we see that somehow we are loved as we are.

In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins (1 John 4:1-10).

Let it happen.

Fr. John Foley, S. J. of the Center for Liturgy

New Member Welcome! If you are new to our Parish in the last 6 m o n t h s , w e a r e h o l d i n g a New Members Coffee & Donuts in the Media Center of our school building on Sunday, June 12th after the 10:30 a.m. Mass. Father Michael, our Welcome

Committee, and Staff will be here to share a cup of coffee and to welcome you as well as answer questions about our Parish & our dynamic Beaverdale community. Looking forward to meeting you then!

ATTENTION MEN OF THE PARISH FATHER’S DAY IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER – GIVE YOURSELF A HEALING GIFT. Stephen Ministers provide high quality, confidential, peer-to-peer Christ-centered care and support to people experiencing grief, divorce, cancer, job loss, loneliness, disability, relocation, and other life difficulties. We have two male Stephen Ministry members waiting to walk with you on your journey, call the Parish Office and ask for Sandy Stacy at 515-255-3162 ext. 2202.

Thank You HT for the Food Pantry Donations Thank you to Holy Trinity Parish for the May gift of $610 and 135 food items. The money and items were distributed to the Emergency Food Pantry, a network of 13 partner food pantry sites for which DMARC

provides free and nutritious food. The next Food Pantry weekend is June 18-19.

Family Promise Celebration Family Promise of Greater Des Moines would like to thank you for your continued support of homeless children and their families through your committed partnership with Family Promise. Our annual fundraiser ‘Summer Celebration and Silent Auction’ is just around the corner. We are looking forward to a wonderful event this year. First, we want to invite you to join us for the celebration on June 17th from 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm. For details and tickets, please go to our website www.familypromisedm.org Second we would like to request your help to make this year’s event a great success. In an effort to keep the cost of hosting the event to a minimum, we rely on donations. If you are willing to donate appetizers for the event, please email fpgarden2016@gmail.com or call Ann Blaser at 515-577-0933.

P A R I S H & D I O C E S A N N O T E S

A Sense of Purpose… Are you seeking to live more deeply with a greater sense of purpose? Will you help transform the world through love and service to others? The JustFaith program is a small group process that offers an opportunity for people of faith to experience a spiritual journey into compassion. For more information about fall Des Moines area JustFaith group offerings or to register for a fall group, please visit www.centerforsocialministry.org or contact Susie Tierney at the Center for Social Ministry, 515-782-3054,centerforsocialministry@gmail.com.

Natural Family Planning The next three-part series of classes on the sympto-thermal method of natural family planning is scheduled to begin Sunday, July 24th, from 6-8:30 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church, West Des Moines. Cost is a one-time fee of $130 for all course materials, classes, one year of consultation with certified instructors, a one-year digital subscription to Family Foundations magazine and one-year subscription to CycleProGo app. Financial Assistance is available as needed. On-line registration is required at register.ccli.org. For more information, call Kerry or Renee at (515) 278-1623 or send an email torjlmcguire@gmail.com.

Summer Bulletin Schedule Over the summer months, the weekly church bulletin will be published every two weeks. Please make note of the publication dates and submission deadlines below.

Bulletin Dates Deadline June 19th & 26th Friday, June 10th July 3rd & 10th Friday, June 24th July 17th & 24th Friday, July 8th July 31st & August 7th Friday, July 22nd

Please email all bulletin submissions to parishofffice@holytrinitydm.org.

We will resume weekly bulletin publication beginning August 14th. Thank you!

O U R P A R I S H & S C H O O L C O M M U N I T Y

Walk-A-Thon The 2016 Walk-A-Thon will be held Saturday, October 1st and includes a community-wide Mass, a casual walk around Beaverdale, a fun dinner, and great family activities. It is one of the best events of the year bringing families and community together, and the planning committee is seeking additional volunteers to help make this fundraiser a huge success. The funds raised will not only help us make a substantial investment in our kid's future, but also help expand the cool things our PTO will be able to do. Please consider joining the Walk-A-Thon committee - we can't do it without your help, and you will be so glad you did! To learn more, please contact Joann/Dave Leto at 515-771-7003 or joannkleto@hotmail.com. The first meeting will take place on Monday, June 13th at 7:00 pm in Ms. Riordan’s 7th grade classroom.

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Employment Opportunities Holy Trinity Catholic School has the following employment opportunities for the 2016-2017 school year:

Crossing Guard Nutrition Services - 30-35 hours/week Kids Connection Staff Kids Connection Site Supervisor

For more information about each position and learn how to apply, please visit our website at www.htschool.org and click on Employment Opportunities under the Our School tab.

FOUNDERS DAY PICNIC Sunday, June 5th a er 10:30 am Mass

Please join us for an afternoon of fun at HT! There will be great food, kids games, face painting, and a lot of fun!

On the menu: Beefburger, hot dog, brat, coleslaw, baked beans, chips, watermelon, ice cream sandwich, cookies, lemonade, iced tea, coffee, and water.

S A I N T O F T H E W E E K J U N E 5 , 2 0 1 6

Damien, Priest, 1840-1889 Joseph De Veuster was born in Belgium in January 1840. As a boy, Joseph worked on his father’s farm where he learned not only farming skills but carpentry and, from his devout mother, a love for God. All of this knowledge would be put to good use in his later life.

At the age of eighteen, Joseph f o l l o w e d h i s b r o t h e r , Pamphile, into the Sacred

Heart order. At first thought not to have enough education to study for the priesthood, the young man was designated a brother of the order. At this time he took the name, Damien. So eager was he to become a priest like his brother, Damien persuaded Pamphile to teach him Latin. Noting the rapid progress that he made in his studies of Latin, his superior allowed him to study for the priesthood.

Late in 1863, Pamphile was selected to be among a group of Sacred Heart priests and religious to go to the order’s missions in Hawaii. Weeks before the scheduled sailing, Pamphile came down with typhus. While he would recover, it was not to be before the planned departure date. Damien, not yet ordained, was given permission to sail in the place of his brother. Arriving in Hawaii in the Spring of 1864, Damien, after a short period of study, was ordained a priest and began his missionary work in the islands. Assigned to the big island of Hawaii, Father Damien spent the next nine years covering a remote territory as large as 1,000 square miles.

Leprosy, a debilitating contagious disease which, over many years, decays the flesh and organs of its victims, was introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by the first Europeans to visit in the 1840s.With no known cure at the time, those who suffered from this disease were isolated from the rest of the population. In Hawaii, a leper colony was established on the remote island of Molokai for these outcasts.

Recognizing that Catholics in the colony had no priest except for an occasional visitor, the bishop brought the problem to his priests. It was suggested that several priests rotate to the island, each staying a few weeks or months at a time. Fr. Damien volunteered to be the first.

In the Spring of 1873, nine years after his arrival in Hawaii, accompanied by his bishop, Damien arrived at Kalawao, the leper colony on Molokai, with little more than his breviary. When the bishop introduced their new parish priest, the people of Molokai were elated. No priest had ever come to them for more than a few days at a time. Fr. Damien asked his superior how long he could stay at the leper colony. The reply overjoyed him; "You may stay as long as your devotion dictates. ..."

That devotion lasted through the next sixteen years until Fr. Damien himself succumbed to the disease that had killed many thousands of afflicted that he had ministered to. But during those years, much was accomplished. In addition to ministering to the spiritual needs of his parish, he took major steps to improve their quality of life. He had materials brought in and coordinated the construction of homes for the people who had been living on mats under the shelter of trees. The church was enlarged and a choir organized. Farming and raising cattle began. Even athletic events were carried on. Knowledge of Fr. Damien’s work on Molokai spread to Europe and the United States and financial aid arrived to help with his work.

As might be expected, Fr. Damien had his detractors—clergymen who would not go to Molokai themselves, but accused him of ulterior motives. After Damien’s death, one, a Dr. Hyde, wrote a slanderous description of Fr. Damien’s life and works that was published in newspapers. Interestingly, Robert Louis Stevenson, the author of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was visiting the islands around that time and undertook an investigation into Fr. Damien’s work on Molokai. He identified Dr. Hyde’s attack for what it was.

Damien De Veuster was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1995 and he is honored on May 10 by an optional memorial.

Damien’s message today: Leprosy (Hanson’s Disease) is curable and no longer the scourge that it was in the nineteenth century. Today, there are other sufferings that afflict the human race: hostilities, hunger, and, in our country, homelessness to name but a few. Each of us is called upon to do whatever we can do to alleviate the pain of others.

What are you doing to ease the hurting in your family? ...your town? ...your world?

S A I N T O F T H E W E E K J U N E 1 2 , 2 0 1 6

Barnabas, Apostle and Martyr, First Century

One of three persons formally recognized as Apostles who were not directly chosen by Christ among the original twelve, Barnabas was, nevertheless, extremely active in apostolic work.

St. Luke, who in the Acts of the Apostles tells us of the communal life of the early Christian community in Jerusalem, singles out Barnabas’ sale of his estate

and his laying the money from this sale at the feet of the apostles as an example of Christian calling. In speaking of this incident, Luke interprets Barnabas’ name as meaning “son of encouragement” (Lk 4:36-37). It is in Luke’s writings where we first see the reference to Barnabas as an Apostle.

We know from other references in the Acts that Barnabas had a strong influence on the other Apostles and was active in the early councils and missionary activity of the Church. When St. Paul came to Jerusalem following his conversion, the apostles and the faithful were suspicious of his change of heart. It was Barnabas who took him in and vouched for him.

Later, Barnabas, “a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and faith,” was chosen by the apostles to preach the Good News at Antioch. Barnabas brought St. Paul with him to assist in this mission which lasted a year. Barnabas and Paul then traveled together on Paul’s first missionary journey which carried them to Salamis in Cyprus and other Mediterranean ports. In Paphos, Barnabas and Paul converted the Roman proconsul. At Iconium, they narrowly escaped being stoned to death. Overall, the mission was a stunning success, gaining many converts to the Church.

A disagreement between Paul and Barnabas later ended their association and Paul left on his second missionary journey without Barnabas. This is the last mention of Barnabas in the Acts. One brief further mention of Barnabas occurs in St. Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians.

Tradition tells us that St. Barnabas died around the year A.D. 60, having been stoned to death at Salamis. Other traditions say that he preached in Alexandria and Rome and that he was the first bishop of Milan.

We celebrate this saint’s life with a memorial on June 11.

Barnabas’ message today: Barnabas sold all of his possessions and laid the money at the feet of the Apostles. We are not asked to take such drastic steps in support of our community, but we are asked to support the church community in those ways that we can. Do you support your church by contributing

regularly—not just financially, but also with your time and talent?

Board of Education Results Congratulations to our newly elected Board of Education members Sheila Goode, Chris Nigg and Molly Pigneri. They will serve a 3-year term beginning with the 2016-2017 school year. Thank you for your commitment to the education of all our Holy Trinity parish families.

Sheila Goode Chris Nigg Molly Pigneri

Respect Life Corner

Love is manifested by the movement of the Holy Spirit. It is characterized by giving. That is why the Catholic

Church has always been, and always will be, pro life. Because human life

is a gift from God. If we are not prepared to accept His gift, adoption is the loving way to continue the

spirit of giving that defines our faith.

www.holytrinityrespectlife.com

P A R I S H A N D S C H O O L C A L E N D A R

SUNDAY 06/05

MONDAY 06/06

TUESDAY 06/07

WEDNESDAY 06/08

THURSDAY 06/09

FRIDAY 06/10

SATURDAY 06/11

HT School

BOE Meeting 6:00 pm MC

Faith Formation

RE

Adult Faith Formation

Sunday Readings Groups 7:30 am

Misc. Founders Day Picnic after 10:30 am

Mass

Adoration 2:00-10:00 pm

Financial Blessings Ending Week of May 22, 2016

Yearly goal (July 15-June 16) $1,030,000 Weekly offertory collected $29,796 Year to date offering $937,908

CH - Church

6N, 6H, 7R, 7P, 8W, 8G Classrooms DC - Day

Chapel Gym -

Gymnasium K - Kitchen MC - Media

Center PO - Parish

Office Conference

Room SR - Social

Room SL - Staff Lounge

Mass and Liturgy Schedule and Intentions

Sunday, June 5th 8:30 am Mass Mary Green

10:30 am Mass Richard “Dick”Kenealy Monday, June 6th 8:00 am Mass Communion Service Tuesday, June 7th 8:00 am Mass Esther Frasier Wednesday, June 8th 8:30 am Mass For Intentions of Alyssa & Kendall Meade Thursday, June 9th 8:00 am Mass Joyce Hutchison Friday, June 10th 8:00 am Mass Sr. Mary John Agnes Smith BVM Saturday, June 11th 4:30 pm Mass Luka & Ira Smith

†Give the spiritual gift of a Mass. Offer it for the soul of a loved one or someone special in your life.

Contact the Parish Office at 255-3162 to schedule a mass intention

Liturgical Ministers and Altar Servers

Saturday, June 11th at 4:30 pm

Altar Server St. Luke Team Lectors Deanne McLaughlin Cindy Shaw EMHC Team 2 Cantors Eileen Denner Organist/Pianist Janice Weast Sunday, June 12th at 8:30 am

Altar Server St. Thomas Team

Lectors John Goode Tom Henderson EMHC Team 2 Children’s Liturgy Team E Cantor Eileen Denner Organist/Pianist Janice Weast

Sunday, June 12th at 10:30 am

Altar Server St. Andrew Team Lectors Jim Wilwerding Peggy Jones EMHC Team 4 Children’s Liturgy Team 5 Musical Coordinator Jim Shutt

Parish Office Summer Hours 8 am - 2 pm Monday - Friday

Vacation Bible School 9:00 - 11:30 am

School Office Summer Hours 8 am - 2 pm Monday - Friday

Holy Trinity Parish’s Annual Diocesan Appeal goal is $105,964. We have received pledges of $83,978. Payments of $66,590 have been received, leaving a balance of $39,374 to meet our assessment due to the Diocese. To date, 275 families have made pledges. If you have not yet made a pledge to the ADA, please prayerfully consider what you are able to give to helpus reach our goal. Thank you for your generosity.

P A R I S H A N D S C H O O L C A L E N D A R

SUNDAY 06/12

MONDAY 06/13

TUESDAY 06/14

WEDNESDAY 06/15

THURSDAY 06/16

FRIDAY 06/17

SATURDAY 06/18

HT School

Faith Formation

RE

Adult Faith Formation

Sunday Readings Groups 7:30 am

Misc. Coffee & Donuts hosted

by VBS SR

New Member Welcome after 10:30 am Mass

MC

Adoration 2:00-10:00 pm

CH - Church

6N, 6H, 7R, 7P, 8W, 8G Classrooms DC - Day

Chapel Gym -

Gymnasium K - Kitchen MC - Media

Center PO - Parish

Office Conference

Room SR - Social

Room SL - Staff Lounge

Mass and Liturgy Schedule and Intentions

Sunday, June 12th 8:30 am Mass Joyce Hutchison

10:30 am Mass Mary Green Monday, June 13th 8:00 am Mass Communion Service Tuesday, June 14th 8:00 am Mass Clarence Getty Wednesday, June 15th 8:30 am Mass For the Parish Thursday, June 16th 8:00 am Mass Delos Swanson Friday, June 17th 8:00 am Mass John Stecher Saturday, June 18th 4:30 pm Mass David Michael Stehl

Liturgical Ministers and Altar Servers

Saturday, June 18th at 4:30 pm

Altar Server St. Patrick Team Lectors Dave Bunkers Lorraine Riseley EMHC Team 3 Cantors Eileen Denner Organist/Pianist Janice Weast Sunday, June 19th at 8:30 am

Altar Server St. Theresa Team

Lectors Doug Gross Amanda DeJong EMHC Team 3 Children’s Liturgy Team F Cantor Eileen Denner Organist/Pianist Janice Weast

Sunday, June 19th at 10:30 am

Altar Server St. Agnes Team Lectors Margaret Szymczuk Tom Green EMHC Team 1 Children’s Liturgy Team 6 Musical Coordinator Jim Shutt

Parish Office Summer Hours 8 am - 2 pm Monday - Friday

School Office Summer Hours 8 am - 2 pm Monday - Friday

HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH 

Rev. Michael A. Amadeo, Pastor 

2926 Beaver Ave  

Des Moines, Iowa 50310  

PARISH OFFICE      

Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm  

(515) 255‐3162 ext. 1128  

SCHOOL OFFICE 

Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm  

(515) 255‐3162 ext. 1116 

Fax: (515) 255‐1381  

RELIGIOUS FAITH FORMATION OFFICE 

(515) 255‐3162 ext. 1124  

For a Staff Directory, Calendar, or a List of Ministries 

and Groups, please go to www.holytrinitydm.org  

PARISH REGISTRATION 

Registration  forms  are  available  in  the  pews,  at  the 

Parish Office or call 255‐3162 ext. 1128.   

SCHOOL REGISTRATION 

Contact Melissa Heller  at  255‐3162    ext.  1115  or  email 

mheller@htschool.org  

MASS TIMES 

Weekend 

Saturday: 4:30 pm 

Sunday: 8:30 am & 10:30 am 

Weekdays 

Monday: 8:00 am‐ Communion Service 

Tuesday/Thursday/Friday: 8:00 am  

Wednesday: 8:30 am‐All School Mass 

Adoration 

Thursday: 2:00 pm‐10:00 pm 

Reconciliation 

Saturday: 3:00 pm  

SACRAMENTAL PREPARATION  

Baptism:  Class is held once a month on a Monday at 

7:00 pm.  Contact the Parish Office to register.  

Matrimony:   Contact the Parish Office at least 6 months 

prior to the wedding date.  

RCIA: The Rite of Christian  Initiation of Adults  (RCIA) 

is  the  process  adults  go  through  to  come  into  full 

communion  with  the  Catholic  Church.,  contact  Jim 

Wilwerding at 771‐1847 or jimw@holytrinitydm.org  

FACILITIES SCHEDULING & RENTAL 

Parishioners  may  call  Andy  Negrete  at  255‐3162  ext. 

1129 for more information.  

PASTORAL CARE 

Anointing of the Sick:  Contact the Parish Office at  

255‐3162.  

Communion  to  the Sick:  If you are aware of  someone 

who is homebound or in the hospital or nursing home 

and would like to receive communion, contact Sandy at 

255‐3162 ext. 2202.  

Prayer Chain:  In the event of a crisis or serious  illness 

of  a  family  member  or  friend,  your  party  will  be 

included  (with  their permission)  through a phone  tree 

of parishioners who offer prayers daily.   

BULLETIN ARTICLES 

Submit no later than noon, Friday (10 days before date of 

Sunday bulletin).  Email: parishoffice@holytrinitydm.org 

Articles will be subject to edit and available space. 

Advertisers of the Week:

To advertise your business, please contact Andy Negrete in the Parish

Office 255-3162 ext. 1129 or andyn@holytrinitydm.org

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