HOLY TRINITY PARISH
749 Sixth Avenue S., South St. Paul, MN 55075
NOVEMBER 23, 2014
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE
Pastor Fr. John Paul Echert
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH
Weekend Masses: Sat: 5:15 pm/Sun: 8:30 and 11:30 am
Weekend Masses: Sun: 7:00, 10:00, 11:30 am (Tridentine)
weekday masses:(English) Mon. & Fri: 8 am/Tues. & Th: 5:15 pm
weekday masses:Sat: 8 am
(Tridentine): Mon. & Wed: 5:15 pm/Tues. & Th: 8 am/Fri: Noon
confessions: Sat: 4 - 5 pm
weekday masses: (Tridentine): Holydays: 7:00 pm
confessions: Sat: 8:30 - 9:30 am
Baptisms: Parents must be registered and active parishioners.
weddings: Couple must be registered and active parishioners. Contact Parish Office at least six months in advance.
Eucharistic Adoration CHAPEL:
Open 24 hours a day, except for Sunday from 7 am - 1 pm
Call Bill & Lauri Flatley at 651-453-9298.
PARISH OFFICE (651) 455-1302 FAX # (651) 455-7600
Church: www.staugustine-holytrinity.org School: www.holytrinitys.org
~ SAINT MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL, DEFEND US IN BATTLE ~
Holy Trinity Announcements
PASTOR
Fr. John Paul Echert
MASS SERVERS
MASS INTENTIONS
PAROCHIAL VICAR
Fr. Robert Grabner
Mon. Nov. 24
Tues. Nov. 25
PARISH DEACON
Rev. Mr. Ron Smisek
Wed. Nov. 26
BUS. ADMINISTRATOR
Richard Sobaski
Fri.
MUSIC DIRECTORS
Mary Smisek (H.T.)
Dr. John Kaess (S.A.)
Nov. 28
Sat. Nov. 29
Sun. Nov. 30
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL
Dr. Daniel Gleason
651-455-8557
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Pamela LeVesseur
651-455-6004
VISITATION/SENIORS
Christine Polak
651-457-3147
ACCL COORDINATOR
Kathleen Angstman
8:00 am Max Piekarski +
5:15 pm T. - Duane Kaczmarek & family
8:00 am T. - Andrew Salinas
5:15 pm Evie Evazich
8:30 am Rose Kuntz +
5:15 pm T. - Juanita Kulhanek
8:00 am Adeba Zaknoun
12:00 pm T. - Kathleen Gackstetter +
5:15 pm Edward Ogorek +
8:30 am Raymond & Donna Ries ++
11:30 am Thomas Trudeau
T. = Tridentine
MEETINGS
Monday, November 24, 2014
Apostles of Divine Mercy
6:30 pm
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Troops of St. George
6:30 pm
Holy Trinity Choir
7:00 pm
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Apostles of Divine Mercy
9:20 am
Friday, November 28, 2014
Fatima Cell
8:30 am
Ann. Rm.
HOLY COMMUNION
TO THE HOMEBOUND
Church Hall
Choir Loft
Ann. Rm.
Church
VIDEO LIBRARY
Angelina Sam
PARISH SECRETARIES
Sandra Chapdelaine
Barbara Hansen
TRUSTEES
Paul Reichstadt
651-554-7754
Sat., Nov. 29 - Team: St. John Vianney
5:15 pm - Cross - Joshua Rowan
Server 1 - Jonathan Rowan
Server 2 - Bennet Dold
Sun., Nov. 30 - Team: St. John XXIII
8:30 am - Cross - Justin Regep
Server 1 - Willy Wallace
Server 2 - Lexis Frederick
11:30 am - Team: St. Francis of Assisi
Cross - D. Lopez/A. Kennedy
Server 1 - Isaac Davis
Server 2 - Eli Davis
SYMPATHY
The sympathy of the parish community is extended to
the family, friends, and relatives of Mary Lou Trog
whose funeral was celebrated recently. May she share
in the resurrection and life of Jesus Christ (Jn 11:25).
Herb Willenbring
651-455-4191
Do you have a loved one who can no
longer attend Mass due to an illnesss or
convalescent care, either at home or in
a local nursing home? Holy Trinity has
an apostolate that brings the Gift of
Holy Communion to the homebound. If
this is something which you wish for a
family member, please call 651-4573147. God bless the faithful of our
parish who are physically unable to join
us for Mass.
REVENUE FOR THE WEEKEND OF
NOVEMBER 16, 2014
PARISH COUNCIL:
Janel Sharr (Chair) 612-810-1128
Scott Fischer
651-455-6683
Colin Cain
651-451-9084
Joseph Fignar
651-455-8307
Dan Loeffelholz
651-306-9104
Mike Manders
952-688-6030
Claude Medina
651-457-6609
Bob Meehl
651-307-0878
208 Envelope Holders Gave . . . . . .$13,489.50
Non Envelope Cash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,946.00
Holy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63.00
Energy Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106.00
Other Income. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867.16
Weekly Church Revenue Received $16,471.66
Weekly Church Revenue Needed . . .18,200.00
CHURCH REVENUE
From July 1, 2014 - October 31, 2014
YTD Church Revenue Received . $265,700.00
YTD Church Revenue Needed . . . 272,000.00
SHORTFALL. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ($6,300.00)
SHORTFALL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .($1,728.34)
Weekly School & Rel. Ed. Revenue. $4,070.28
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November 23, 2014
Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
READINGS
FOR THE WEEK
Mon: Rv 14:1-3, 4b-5; Ps
24:1bc-4ab, 5-6; Lk
21:1-4
Tues: Rv 14:14-19; Ps 96:1013; Lk 21:5-11
Wed: Rv 15:1-4; Ps 98:1-3ab,
7-9; Lk 21:12-19
Thurs: Rv 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:13, 9a; Ps 100:1b-5; Lk
21:20-28 Thanksgiving
Day (suggested): Sir
50:22-24; Ps 145:2-11;
1 Cor 1:3-9; Lk 17:1119
Fri:
Rv 20:1-4, 11 -- 21:2;
Ps 84:3-6a, 8a; Lk
21:29-33
Sat:
Rv 22:1-7; Ps 95:1-7ab;
Lk 21:34-36
Sun: Is 63:16b-17, 19b;
64:2-7; Ps 80:2-3, 1516, 18-19; 1 Cor 1:3-9;
Mk 13:33-37
St. Augustine Announcements
MASS INTENTIONS
Thu. Nov. 27
Sat. Nov. 29
Sun. Nov. 30
9:00 am T. - Jane Blaeser +
8:00 am Al & Edith McNamara ++
7:00 am Faithful of Holy Trinity Parish
10:00 am Dennis O’Donnell +
11:30 am T. - Steve Foster family
T. = Tridentine
MEETINGS
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Choir Practice
6:30 pm Choir Loft
MASS SERVERS
Sun., Nov. 30 7:00 am Joe Polak
10:00 am Tim Dillon
Joe Dillon
Rafael Alvarez
11:30 am Not Available
SAINTS AND SPECIAL
OBSERVANCES
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
Mon: Thirty-fourth or Last
Week in Ordinary Time;
St. Andrew Dung-L?c
and Companions
Tues: St. Catherine of
Alexandria
Thurs: Thanksgiving Day
Sat:
Blessed Virgin Mary
CATHOLIC MEDICAL
ASSN.
For the past five years our
Archdiocese has been building the
Twin Cities Guild of the Catholics
Medical Association (CMA). The
CMA’s mission is helping physicians
grow in the spirit of Christ in their
personal and professional lives, so
they can bring His Spirit to the science
and art of medicine.
If you are a Catholic Physician or
if you know of a Catholic Physician
that might be interested in joining
please call 651-291-4488.
Sun:
Our Lord Jesus Christ,
King of the Universe
November 23, 2014
“I was hungry and you gave me
food, I was thirsty and you gave
me drink.”
~Matthew 25:35
THE SIENA SYMPOSIUM FOR
WOMEN, FAMILY, AND CULTURE
The Siena Symposium for Women, Family, and
Culture Schedule of Events:
December 3 - 7:30 pm Scooter’s (ASC) Dr. Deborah
Savage - Is there a Masculine Genius? The event is a
collaboration with the Center for Catholic Studies at the
University of St. Thomas.
April 9 - 7:30 pm 3M Auditorium (OWS) Dr. Janet Smith
Men and Women as Collaborators in Creating a Culture of
Life. Dr. Smith will receive the 2015 Siena Symposium
Humanitarian Leadership Award.
For more information, please contact the
Symposium’s Co-Directors, Dr. Deborah Savage
([email protected]) or Dr. R. Mary Lemmons
([email protected]) or visit our website:
http:courseweb.stthomas.edu/rmlemmons/siena.htm
Last Sunday after Pentecost - Tridentine
GROCERY SHOPPING
If it is unsafe for you to get out and
purchase your own groceries, or if an
illness or physical challenges make
grocery shopping difficult, Store To
Door is a non profit providing grocery
shopping and delivery service serving
homebound elderly throughout the
seven county Twin Cities metro area.
Store To Door serves over 1500 Twin
Cities metro area clients per year,
shopping from six Cub Foods
locations. Store To Door believes that
people should age with dignity
working to enhance your ability to
live independently through their
service.
To inquire or register for service,
please call 651-642-1892.
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REFLECTIONS
THE THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION
he national holiday of Thanksgiving was instituted by President
Lincoln long ago in the midst of a Civil War which divided our
Country. Today our nation is still divided and terribly misguided on
matters related to religion and morality. As we pause to partake in the
Thanksgiving festivities, let us be grateful to God for our blessings
and ask his divine grace to bring our nation to its senses and restore
its soul. Here follows the Thanksgiving Proclamation:
T
The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the
blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which
are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from
which they come, others have been added, which are of so
extraordinary a nature that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften
even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful
providence of Almighty God. In the midst of a civil war of unequaled
magnitude and severity, which has sometimes seemed to foreign States
to invite and to provoke their aggression, peace has been preserved
with all nations, order has been maintained, the laws have been
respected and obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere except
in the theatre of military conflict; while that theatre has been greatly
contracted by the advancing armies and navies of the Union. Needful
diversions of wealth and of strength from the fields of peaceful
industry to the national defense have not arrested the plough, the
shuttle or the ship; the axe has enlarged the borders of our settlements,
and the mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals, have
yielded even more abundantly than heretofore. Population has steadily
increased, notwithstanding the waste that has been made in the camp,
the siege and the battle-field; and the country, rejoicing in the
consciousness of augmented strength and vigor, is permitted to expect
continuance of years with large increase of freedom. No human
counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great
things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most High God, who, while
dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath nevertheless remembered
mercy. It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly,
reverently and gratefully acknowledged as with one heart and one
voice by the whole American People. I do therefore invite my fellow
citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at
sea and those who are sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and
observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving
and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the
Heavens. And I recommend to them that while offering up
the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular
deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble
penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience,
commend to His tender care all those who have become
widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the
lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably
engaged, and fervently implore the interposition
of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds
of the nation and to restore it as soon
as may be consistent with the Divine
purposes to the full enjoyment of
peace, harmony, tranquility and Union..
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HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL NOTES
We had again set a very high overall goal for our 2014
Marathon fund-raiser: $26,000. We found out on
Thursday, Nov. 13th that we had made our goal — by $5!
Our grand total of contributions from the students and
families, parishioner contributions to Father Echert and
Buddy Beagle, and Matching Grants from the employers
of a number of our families was $26,005! This truly was
a case where the victory was attained by the efforts and
contributions of EVERY MEMBER of the “team.” If any
one individual or family had not contributed what they did,
we would not have made our goal. So, thank you to each
and every one of you! And, as always, thank you to God,
from whom all blessings flow! God bless you all, and
Happy Thanksgiving!
Dr. Dan Gleason, Principal
RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
As a way to ensure students in our program are grasping
the teachings of our faith being taught each week during
class, we take time throughout the year to test their
knowledge in a written format for grades 2-10 and orally
for our first graders. In addition, student progress reports
will be sent home to parents this week. These reports are a
helpful communication tool between our catechist and
parents to ensure a successful year of learning for our
students. Last week the students did a great job completing
their tests! Keep up the great work! As a reminder to
parents, we do not have class this week. Happy
Thanksgiving!
IT'S COOKIE SALE TIME!!
The CCW will be having their annual Christmas Cookie
Sale on Sat., Dec. 13th and Sun., Dec.14th after all the
Masses. It will be held in the Holy Trinity church hall. Your
support in this fund raiser helps the CCW in supporting the
altar, sacristy and parish needs.
The Adoration Chapel will be closed on
Thanksgiving Day from
8:00 am - 10:00 pm
and the Parish Office will be
closed Thurs., Nov. 27th and
Fri., Nov. 28th.
Have A Blessed Thanksgiving!
2015 YEAR
OF
CONSECRATED LIFE –
ADVENT VESPERS
Pope Francis has proclaimed a Year of Consecrated Life (Nov. 29,
2014 – Feb. 2, 2016). The Holy Father asks us to “make a grateful
remembrance of the recent past” while embracing “the future with
hope.” To mark the beginning of this year, all are invited to join with
members of religious orders for Advent Vespers at one of these
locations on Sun., Nov. 30:
THANKSGIVING DAY MASS
There will be one Mass on Thanksgiving Day to serve
the parish at 9:00 am at St. Augustine Church. Please
remember that there are boxes in the Narthex and West
entrance of St. Augustine Church in which
food donations for Neighbors food shelf
can be dropped off at any time, and are
especially appreciated during this holiday
time.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
The clergy of Holy Trinity Parish: Fr. Echert, Fr.
Grabner, Fr. Altier, Fr. Brenna, Fr. McConville, Fr.
McDonough and Deacon Smisek, wish you all a blessed
Thanksgiving. May you enjoy the bounty of God and the
good fellowship of family and friends!
3:00 pm - Basilica of Saint Mary, 88 N 17th St, Minneapolis
4:30 pm - The Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet
Our Lady of the Presentation Chapel
1884 Randolph Ave, St. Paul
Keep updated on events and resources throughout the Year of
Consecrated Life by visiting www.archspm.org/2015YCL
ACCW ADVENT RETREAT
Everyone is invited to attend the ACCW Advent Retreat that will
be hosted at St. Peter’s in Mendota on Sat., Dec. 6. Refreshments
will be served starting at 8:30 am. At 9:00 am KELLY
WAHLQUIST will begin the program - Greeting Advent as Women
of Joy! A morning of Prayer, Praise and Presentation. Vendors will
be on site for Christmas shopping during the breaks. The Archbishop
will close the retreat with Mass at noon. To register send a check for
$15 (made out to ACCW) to the ACCW Office, 328 West Kellogg
Blvd, St. Paul 55102. To pay by credit card, visit the ACCW website.
After Nov. 26, the fee will be $20.
VIGIL
HANDICAP SEATING
IN
CHURCHES
Just a reminder that there is handicap seating available
in both of our churches. At St. Augustine Church the front
pew on both sides of the church is able to accommodate
wheelchairs and walkers. At Holy Trinity Church there is a
reserved area in the back narthex of the church for wheel
chairs and walkers and the front pew on both sides is
reserved for handicap seating for those without wheelchairs
and walkers. At Holy Trinity anyone with a handicap in the
narthex can request that Holy Communion be brought back
by one of the ushers. Please ask any of the ushers prior to
Mass or prior to distribution of Holy Communion if you
need assistance for Holy Communion.
OF
REPARATION
The World Apostolate of Fatima invites you to a Vigil of
Reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart
of Mary on Fri. and Sat., Dec. 5 - 6, from 7:00 pm – 1:00 am at St.
Mary’s Catholic Church, 261 8th Street East, St. Paul, MN. The
Vigil includes Rosary, Confession, Mass of the Sacred Heart,
exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, silent and public prayers, and
Mass of the Immaculate Heart at Midnight, ending with a Rosary.
Families are encouraged to come for all or part of the evening.
Please contact Mike Gores at 651-295-3004 for more
information, or visit www.fatimaonline.org
MARCH
FOR
LIFE 2015
Registration is now open for the annual pilgrimage to the
national March for Life in Washington, D.C. from Tues.,
Jan. 20 - Sun., Jan. 25. The fee of $370 covers: Bus
transportation to D.C. and tip; hotel; 7 meals; visiting D.C.
landmarks; SFLA conference; National March for Life.
(Pilgrims are responsible for up to 8 meals, mostly during
the bus trip.)
Talk to your parish youth minister to learn more, or visit the
Events page at www.archspm.org
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Saturday and Sunday after all Masses
December 13th & 14th
Holy Trinity Church Hall
Needlecraft Booth
Hoffmann Photo
Santa is Coming Bring the Kids!
Hoffmann’s Photo is taking Pictures
with Santa. A Percentage of the
proceeds go to Holy Trinity Church.
HAVE A BLESSED
THANKSGIVING!