Welcome to Our Parish!

7321 East State Road 67 · Bryant, IN 47326-9636

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: Maria Knapschaefer, Katie Reier, Leah Muhlenkamp

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Mass Schedule: Weekend Masses Saturday, 7:30pm; Sunday, 7:30am, 9:30am Daily Masses Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday 7:30am (Rosary before am Masses); Wednesday 7:00pm Eucharistic Adoration Thursday, 8:00am-9:00am

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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: Scott Bruggeman (President), Larry Alig, Dale Evers, Katie Muhlenkamp, Kent Muhlenkamp, Laurie Muhlenkamp, Jason Rosenbeck & Kristin Westgerdes

Bulletin: Please submit items for the bulletin to the

Parish Office in writing or email by Monday 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

THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday July 28 7:30 pm Marvin Koenig Sunday July 29 7:30 am Living and Deceased of the Parish 9:30 am Delores Muhlenkamp Monday July 30 Weekday 7:30 am Robert Muhlenkamp Tuesday July 31 St. Ignatius of Loyola, Priest 7:30 am Dolores Muhlenkamp Wednesday August 1 St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop & Doctor 7:00 pm Harold & Luella Homan Thursday August 2 Weekday 7:30 am Poor Souls Friday August 3 Weekday 7:30 am In Honor of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Saturday August 4 St. John Vianney, Priest 7:30 am In Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary

THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 pm Living & Deceased of Schindler & Minnich Families Sunday August 5 7:30 am Living and Deceased of the Parish 9:30 am Melissa Campofiore & Sharon Fifer

MASS SCHEDULE

UP & COMING 13 August (Monday) Religious Ed. Com. Meeting—7:00pm 14/15 August (Tuesday at 7:30pm/Wednesday at 7:30am and 7:30pm) Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (Holy Day of Obligation) 19 August (Sunday) Annual Parish Picnic—Noon 21 August (Tuesday) Parish Council Meeting—7:30pm

15 JULY 2018 SUNDAY TOTAL …… $ 1,807.00 Envelopes …… $ 1,606.00 Loose …… $ 201.00 Envelope Average (32) …… $ 50.19 Overall Average (160) …… $ 11.29 OTHER Candles …… $ 129.50 Hall Rental …… $ 265.00 CYO …… $ 240.00 Recommended Weekly Contribution is $27.00

PARISH SUPPORT

BANNS OF MARRIAGE

II Rachel Braun & Jacob Muhlenkamp I Katelyn Simmons & Bradley Leuthold

CONGRATULATIONS Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Wellman, who

were married here this weekend.

ATTENTION PARENTS:

Parents can now sign their children up

for Pre-K and Kindergarten (if they didn’t

attend last year as Pre-K) religion classes

for the 2018/2019 school year. Forms will be

made available on the table in the back of

church for the next few weeks.

4 - 5 August 7:30 PM 7:30 AM 9:30 AM

Servers Mitchell/ Carter/ Clark Wellman Paityn & Logan Wendel/ Ava Fullenkamp Emily & Morgan Reier/ Eric Schwieterman

Lectors Matt Minnich Crystal Fullenkamp Edwin Pluimer

Distributors Doris Muhlenkamp Adam Westgerdes/ Marg Reier/ Dennis Wellman

Ushers Bill Schindler/ Ken Reinhart Mike Muhlenkamp/ Ron Rosenbeck Jim Heitkamp/ Steve Reier

Gifts Jane Martin Family

Rosary Ed Wellman Family

THANK YOU Our sincere thanks goes out to Lance Muhlenkamp,

Ryan Wellman, and Dale Evers, who cleared the trees

(approximately 75) from the Westside and the

Southside of the parish cemetery. This was a neces-

sary first step in the development of the site for our

expanded parish cemetery. Minimal or shallow grind-

ing of the stumps on the West side will be done, so

that any gravesites of stillborn and unbaptized in-

fants will not be disturbed, and the fence row will

become a "hallowed green space" that could include

a memorial to those buried in the fence row. The

trees on the South side of the cemetery were cleared

for the development of a drive to access the expand-

ed cemetery. The power company is slated to take

out the clump of trees near Rt. 67, due to potential

problems with high voltage wires, etc.

How Can You Help…? There are many people who volunteer their time

during Masses to serve, read, usher, distribute

communion, pray the rosary, and much more.

If you feel that you or your family may be

interested in participating during weekend

Masses in one of the ways listed above, please

call the Parish Secretary 997-6450 or email at

secretary@htcc1861.com. If you are currently serving the parish in one of

the manners listed above and need to request a

change in scheduling for the Fall (due to school,

etc.), please email or call the Parish Secretary

no later than Sunday, August 12th.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH

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Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 8:00-9:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Friday Saturday CYO Summer Trip to Dylan State Park 8:15 am Confessions 8:15 pm Confessions Sunday CYO Summer Trip to Dylan State Park

29 JULY 2018 3 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

The Musings of Our Pastor Perplexing problems, just like weeds, tend to crop up in our lives and can be such a source of frustration because effective or quick solutions for those problems may not be easily attained. We know this to be true from personal experience! We had such a perplexing problem here at Holy Trinity Parish this summer, but it seems the problem has finally been resolved. (I sure-ly hope that is the case anyway!) The problem required us to "dig deeper" for solutions and to put our heads, as well as our collective knowledge and experience together before a "fix" was found with the expenditure of much more time, energy and resources. Some months ago, excavation work was completed to install a new drainage system around the school building because of the prolonged water problems being experienced in the basement classrooms and storage area of the building. This was viewed as a critical first step that would enable us to upgrade the basement classrooms and make them more suitable for use with the Religious Education Classes or other parish activities. When the excavation work was completed, surges of great delight were experienced because the floors in the basement along the exterior walls were wonderfully dry and free of water seepage, with the exception of one small area in the basement classroom just below West entrance to the parish hall. Did we miss something? Was the problem simply water and moisture leaching out of the walls? We took a "wait, observe and see" approach to the problem. To our befuddlement, the small area of moisture never did dry up complete after several month. By the same token, even after some extremely heavy rains or frequent rains, the small area of moisture just never got any bigger or any worse. The floor would be mopped, but the moisture returned in the exact same place and in the exact kind of for-mation on the floor. GADS! What a perplexing problem! Enough observation and waiting! It is time for action and a resolu-tion to the problem! On Friday, July 6th, we did, in fact, put our heads together and opted literally to dig a little deeper near the West entrance to the Parish Hall. Coming up "dry", so to speak, in the quest for some plausible explanation to the problem, small traces of moisture were finally detected along the foundation of the building after scratching away mud and other obstructions. It was decided to take a bold step of aggressively drilling a hole in the wall just above the foundation. Before long, a voice was heard to say: "Look at the water coming out of that hole!" The water gushed out fairly steadily for several minutes from the hole and finally trickled to a stop. There is still a great deal of puzzlement as to how the water got inside of that space and trapped to such an extent that it only seeped out ever-so-gradually and in such a small area of the basement classroom. That mystery, quite honestly, may never be solved. However, a small drainage pipe was shoved into the site of the problem, the floor in the basement classroom has remained dry ever since, and the excavation work was completed with some degree of relief and satisfaction! At least for this day, all the work was not merely a "wild goose chase" or wasted effort! Perplexing problems are often not easily solved, which means we need patience; we may need the wisdom and counsel of others; we may need to be creative and resourceful by thinking "outside of the box" or by exploring different and untested and new possibilities; and we may even need to risk the possibility of failure and disappointment. Perplexing problems, though, can be valuable "fodder" for personal growth and maturity in everyday life, as well as in the moral and spiritual life. Perplexing problems may, in fact, be a humble reminder that we just simply cannot fix everything or resolve every problem that is encoun-tered over the long haul of life. These are moments, when we can turn to the Lord God beseeching his timely graces of strength, persistence, and trust as we carry the cross of our perplexing problems, and seek, to the best of our ability, to display virtuous behavior in all that we say or do amidst the ongoing difficulties in life. There are occasions, thank goodness, when God surprises us with the particular graces or resources to resolve lingering and frustrating problems, when we are not even looking for specific solutions! Our God is an awesome and wonderful God, full of wisdom and love! Should you ever need some measure of prayer support, especially in light of some perplexing problems, do not hesitate to ask. God bless you.

Father Ken

FATIMA USA—2018 The Spiritual Center of Maria Stein will commemorate Our Lady's apparition and message at Fatima on Friday, August 10 at 7:30 p.m. Father Alexander Witt, ordained in 2017 and parochial vicar of Holy Trinity Parish, Coldwater, Ohio, will celebrate

the Mass. There will be confessions and a candlelight rosary procession. Bring a lawn chair, flashlight, and warm/suitable clothing, especially clothing appropriate for Mass. Goodwill donations will be accepted for candles and event expenses.

Come join us for this Fatima celebration!