PARISH ADMINISTRATION Parish Bookkeeper, *Tara Dahill Program Manager, *Colleen Glazer Parish Secretary, *Catherine Jestice Parish Plant Manager, *Victor Zambrano PARISH ADVISORY COUNCILS Pastoral: Alicia Javier (Singles) Don and Maureen Drew (Marrieds) Odelia Ramirez (Spanish speakers) William Quinn (Seniors) Victoria Vulaj (Teenagers) Financial: Michael Donofrio, Vincent Pascal Carol Joyce, Emily Cho Roache (Trustees) WORSHIP Acolytes, Kevin McKenna Devotions, Private, Adoration / Daily Evening Rosary, Ellen Valko Legion of Mary, Blanca Bulit Sagrado Corazon, Yolanda Pardo Lectors Floral Decorations 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, James Hulak, Hans Ramirez, Patrick Machado 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), *Msgr. Sandi Religious Education, *Colleen Glazer OUTREACH Blood Drive, *Catherine Jestice Breakfast Line, *Colleen Glazer Food Pantry, *Colleen Glazer Guest Clergy Hospitality, *Msgr. Sandi Holy Trinity/Ascension 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: Kate Concannon, John Muratori, Steve Manfredo, Dianne Mastrorocco, Kelsey Kruse, Anne Lia, Edward Haggerty, Ralph Esposito, Devinee Worrell, Gloria Frucht, Augustine Waters, Regina & Joe Rywelski, Sr., Mary Haggerty, Elizabeth Minicozzi, , Harry Wagner, Blanca Bulit, Sandra McConnell, Valerie Greco, George Poulain, Jr., Brett Kornacki, Maria Dolores Jimenez, Anne Marie Barber, Patricia Cronin, Marita Whelihan, Joseph Min, Jennifer Goldman, Fr. Mariano Perron, Diane Hazelton, Laura Morales, Todd Waldron, Sean Sylvester, Gloria Hartley, Marsha Anderson, Michael Lanning Names will remain on our prayer list for one month. If you would like us to carry a name longer, please contact the Rectory.

FEBRUARY 24, 2019 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Jesus said to his disciples: ‘To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.’”

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY SUNDAY Holy Trinity Fuel Collection Religious Ed. – Pre-K-Grade 5 – Center – 10:30 AM Confirmation Meeting – Rectory – 4:45 PM CRC Hot Chocolate Social – Center – 6:30 PM MONDAY DA Meeting – Rectory – 12:30 PM Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM Religious Ed.– Grades 6 & up – Center – 6:00-7:15 PM NA Meeting – Center – 7:30 PM Legion of Mary – Rectory– 7:30 PM TUESDAY Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM Lectio Divina (Spanish) – Center – 7:00 PM Christian Meditation – Rectory – 7:00 PM Fr. Gary YA Lectio Divina – Rectory – 7:30 PM WEDNESDAY Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM NA Meeting – Rectory – 5:30 PM NO R.C.I.A. First Reconciliation Parent Meeting – Church – 7:00 PM THURSDAY Al Anon Meeting – Rectory – 12:15 PM Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM Boy Scouts – Center – 7:00 PM AA Men’s Meeting – Rectory – 7:00 PM FRIDAY Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM AA Women’s Meeting – Rectory – 6:15 PM SATURDAY Baptismal Preparation Class – Rectory – 10:00 AM * * * * * * * *

YOUR DONATIONS Last week’s collection: $4,342.00 (collected in church) THANK YOU!

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK / 2/23 SATURDAY 2/23 5:30 PAUL RUMELY SUNDAY 2/24

7:30 Parishioners of Holy Trinity 9:30 Renée Elizabeth Kaplan & Marina & Angel Suárez Fernández 11:15 VIOLA DAVIS 12:30 LUIS ALBERTO GONZALEZ 5:30 PAUL MONDAY 2/25 9:00 JOSEPH LOPES 5:30 MARIE BISSMANN, SR. -15th Anniversary TUESDAY 2/26 9:00 Single parents of the parish 5:30 Those about to undergo surgery

WEDNESDAY 2/27 9:00 Those for whom no one prays

5:30 Deceased of the parish THURSDAY 2/28 9:00 Families of the parish 5:30 Single adults of the parish 7:00 Volunteers of the parish

FRIDAY 3/21 9:00 THOMAS & MARGARET TIGHE FAMILY 5:30 EDWARDYNE COWEN & FAMILY (living) SATURDAY 3/2

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IMPORTANT! “In-House” Second Collection TODAY!

All donations will remain here in the parish! At all Masses this weekend, we are taking up the annual second collection for our own Parish FUEL. Please consider making a donation to this worthy cause.

PARISH Advisory COUNCIL The Parish reps and the Pastoral staff meet next Sunday for a dinner meeting at 5:00 PM at Robert Restaurant, high above the Museum of Arts and Design at 2 Columbus Circle, courtesy of one of our parishioners. Please be prepared to represent the parish demographic for which you were selected by lots. R.C.I.A. Class Cancelled This Wednesday

Lenten Rituals Loom Large The regularly scheduled Wednesday evening R.C.I.A. class has been cancelled. Please remember, the Rite of Sending will be celebrated at the March 9th Saturday night Mass at Holy Trinity; and the Rite of Election will be celebrated at 2:00 PM by Cardinal Dolan at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Sunday, March 10th.

Hot Chocolate Social The chill of winter has definitely set in! The CRC gang invites you to join them TODAY, at 6:30 PM in the Murphy Center. Come enjoy a cup of hot chocolate with friends old and new. All are welcome, free of charge.

2019 Cardinal’s Annual Stewardship Appeal 40th Anniversary!

Please prayerfully consider donating to the Appeal soon, especially if you have never done so before. Our parish monetary goal is $69,500. We hope to involve more parishioners. Bright white envelopes are stacked at the back of the Church. Because of your support our Archdiocese is in a position to do immense good in: sustaining numerous charitable offices, agencies, and programs to provide compassionate and effective assistance to those most in need. We are able to offer financial support to our parishes and schools that are struggling to serve people of all backgrounds in distressed communities. We are able to ensure excellent academic and spiritual formation in our schools, and the best of catechetical training in our parishes. And finally, we are able to care for our retired clergy and Religious men and women who have given their lives in service of the Church and to prepare our future clergy who will give theirs in the years to come.

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+ Day for Liturgical Music + Dr. Jennifer Pascual, Dir. of Music at St. Patrick’s, extends an invitation for a day of prayer, reflection, music-making and fellowship, Saturday, March 9th, 10 AM-3 PM, at Marymount College, Tarrytown. Registration fee $25, includes lunch. For more information and to register: nyliturgy.org/workshops. Contact liturgy@archny.org or 914-968-6200 X 8177.

TODAY

We are looking for parishioners to serve our Faith Community as: Lectors, Eucharistic Ministers, Acolytes (Altar Servers), Sunday, 5:30 Mass Volunteer Choir Members, Sacred Environment (liturgical decorations, flowers, cleaning), Liturgical Catechists (Rel. Education), daily Breakfast Line, monthly Food Pantry, the Homeless Shelter at Ascension Church (107th Street), etc. Talk among yourselves, and with our priests, to discern what you can offer to your fellow parishioners. TODAY, Feb. 24th, Rectory Conference Room, 12:15 to 1:30 or 4:00 to 5:30.

Sophia, ChurchMouse Reporting unseen works of faith, hope and charity to uplift you.

Lent is only ten days away! Ash Wednesday is March 3rd! It is a good time to start thinking about improving the practice of your Christian Faith. Yes, yes, I know, most Catholics will be “excluding a few bad habits,” but how about including a few good habits, i.e., Christian virtues? “A virtue is an habitual and firm disposition to do the good. It allows the person not only to perform good acts, but to give the best of himself. The virtuous person tends toward the good with all his sensory and spiritual powers; he pursues the good and chooses it in concrete actions.” Catechism of the Catholic Church, #1803.

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+ Pope Francis on the Sanctity of Life + “The human community is God’s dream even from before the creation of the world. In it, the eternal Son begotten of God the Father has taken flesh and blood, heart and emotions. Through the mystery of giving life, the great family of humanity is enabled to discover its true meaning. The ability of the family to initiate its members to human fraternity can be considered a hidden treasure that can aid that general rethinking of social policies and human rights whose need is so urgently felt today. All of us ought to grow in the awareness of our common origin in God’s love and creative act. Christian faith confesses the begetting of the Son as the ineffable mystery of the eternal unity between ‘brining into being’ and ‘benevolent love’ within the life of the Triune God. A renewed proclamation of this often overlooked revelation can open a new chapter in the history of human community and culture. The mystery of the eternal Son who became one of us is the definitive witness to this ‘passion’ of God. The mystery of Christ’s cross – ‘for us and for our salvation’ – and resurrection – as ‘the firstborn of many brothers’ – tells us the extent to which God’s passion is directed to the redemption and full flourishing of human beings. We need to renew a lively awareness of God’s pas-sion for humanity and its world. Human beings were made by God ‘in his image’ as spiritual and sentient, conscious and free. The world is the place where we are brought to life; it is the place and time in which we gain a foretaste of the heavenly home that is our destiny.”

Dejarme modelar por Ti …

Barro, Señor, quiero ser barro blando en tus divinas manos de alfarero, barro que nada vale por sí solo

si Tú no lo modelas con tu genio.

Sólo barro, Señor, materia prima, tal como me creaste, húmedo y fresco,

que de mi pobre barro harás un día una obra de arte digna para el Cielo.

Y en todo ello ¿qué tengo yo que hacer? Dejarme modelar por Ti, tu esfuerzo

creador irá puliendo las aristas y dando vida a lo que estaba muerto.

Barro, Señor, ser sólo barro quiero que nunca pida cuentas a su Dueño; barro que no se seque y sea dócil

cuando lo aprietes fuerte entre tus dedos.

Así, poquito a poco, con el tiempo será una realidad aquel proyecto

que eternamente dibujó en sus sueños tu enamorada Alma de Arquitecto.

Y si algún día en el pecado grave se me hunde el alma y, seco, me endurezco,

humedéceme pronto con tu gracia hasta que vuelva a ser barro de nuevo.

Y si me rompo, frágil, y tu empeño ves fracasado, en trozos, por el suelo, no me olvides, Señor, no me rechaces, vuelve a recomponerme, te lo ruego.

Barro, Señor, sólo soy barro.

(Gonzalo Mazarrasa)