Holy Trinity Catholic Church Washington, DC November 17 & 24, 2019 Blessings to Celebrate, Honor and Share By Rock Schuler Autumn’s cool bite was in the gold-hued air as I sat outside a Baltimore café one late Saturday morning recently. I was waiting for the leader of a prominent Baltimore ministry, an Episcopalian whom I was meeting for the first time, to explore volunteering for a short-term project. After he arrived, we shared a bit about ourselves and I told him that I worked for the Jesuits at Holy Trinity in Georgetown. “Really!” he exclaimed. “My wife volunteered with the Ignatian Volunteer Corps some years back—it was a transformative experience for her! She came away with a Discover Catholic Schools Week By Kate Farmer deep respect for the Jesuits and their spirituality.” Deep respect for the Jesuits is a universal reaction. The National Catholic Education Association has People respect the value Jesuits place on education and dubbed November 17-23 “Discover Catholic Schools the way reason is interwoven with reflection, Week.” In recognition, we are sharing a letter written by Holy Trinity School Teacher Kate Farmer. introspection and discernment—and the way all of this is turned outward in an ethic of service that follows Jesus Community is the word that comes to mind when I think in lifting up those human beings most on the margins. of what makes Holy Trinity a place that I feel so lucky to This weekend, Fr. Gillespie in his sermon will be be part of. The Titan community is loving, encouraging, reflecting on the many blessings we as a parish have and just plain fun. Having attended Catholic schools experienced this past year, focusing on the ways we have from kindergarten through twelfth grade, I felt as though Holy Trinity was familiar from the moment I interviewed celebrated, lived into and expressed our Jesuit identity. here. Stewardship is at its heart the act of not taking a blessing for granted. We steward our closest What I didn’t know before working here though is how relationships by paying attention to the people we love, incredible the combination of students, parents, faculty, by honoring them, by giving of ourselves to lift them up and staff is when you put them together. For seven hours each day, I get to work with some of my favorite people. and celebrate them. Fellow HTS teachers inspire me, challenge me, and In the same way, we steward our relationship with Jesus support me inside the classroom and out of it. Christ and the ways in which Christ comes to us through the sacraments and ministries of the Church. My peers are not the only ones who inspire, challenge, Stewardship keeps us from taking Jesus for granted byr and support me. The students are the real reason I love eminding us how his blessings are woven throughout our my job so much. I see acts of kindness and moments of encouragement and building each other up on a daily lives and, through us, into the lives of others. basis. As my Nana would say, “They don’t get it from the As Fr. Gillespie is reminding us, we have many blessings neighbors.” It is parents, their first teachers, who have Continued on page 5 Continued on page 5 Main Church Parish Center 36th Street, NW 3513 N Street, NW Funeral Planning Workshop between N and O Streets Washington, DC 20007 David Pennington, our Pastoral Associate for Washington, DC 20007 (202) 337-2840 Liturgy, will lead a Funeral Planning Workshop on Sunday, November 17 at 4pm in McKenna Hall. Learn more about the theology, ritual options, and structure of funeral rites. No RSVP is necessary. www.trinity.org /HolyTrinity.DC @HolyTrinity.DC @HolyTrinityDC Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC | www.trinity.org November 17 & 24, 2019 | page 2 MISSION STATEMENT We are a Jesuit Catholic parish that welcomes all to accompany one another in Christ, celebrate From the Pastor’s Desk God's love and transform lives. PARISH CENTER Phone: (202) 337-2840 Fax: (202) 337-9048 As many know, each year a Jesuit goes on a weeklong retreat. From Emergencies Only: (202) 903-2817 November 21 through Thanksgiving Day, I will be having mine. I ask Hours: Mon-Thurs: 8:30am-7:30pm; Fri for your prayers. 8:30am-4:30pm; Sat & Sun: Closed An Ignatian retreat represents a time for the retreatant to review the graces of the past year. There certainly have been many ministerial JESUIT STAFF consoling graces. I have experienced such graces through many of the events at Holy Trinity: from the Anniversary Benefit in March to Pastor Kevin Gillespie, S.J. kgillespie@ the Founder’s Day festivities in October; from the closing and then (202) 903-2800 trinity.org opening of our main church this summer to the blessing of our new Associate Pastor Paul Campbell, S.J. pcampbell@ columbarium at Holy Rood cemetery in November; from the (202) 903-2832 trinity.org parish’s ongoing “Season of Discernment” to the visit of Archbishop Wilton Gregory November 3. Associate Pastor Pat Earl, S.J. pearl@ But these signature events reveal only part of the story of our ways trinity.org by which our parishioners participated in the parish this past year. Some numbers may help. Allow me to share some of them as stated Associate Pastor Ben Hawley, S.J. bhawley@ in this year’s Annual Report, available in the back of the Church or (202) 903-2814 trinity.org online at www.trinity.org/annual-report. Associate Pastor William Kelley, S.J. wkelley@ During the past year, there were 216 Baptisms, 120 First (202) 903-2833 trinity.org Reconciliations, 129 First Eucharists, 126 Confirmations, 54 weddings and 38 funerals. Moreover, 249 individuals engaged in PARISH DEPARTMENTS retreats with 14 individuals making the commitment to make the full Communications Karelia Pallán kpallan@ Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Meanwhile, 642 children (202) 903-2837 trinity.org participated in our Religious Education programs with the support of 100 catechists. Facilities Dino Campagnari dcampagnari@ I should also mention that, during his visit and prior to the 1:15pm (202) 903-2813 trinity.org Mass, Archbishop Gregory met with five parish leaders, each of Faith Formation/ Judith Brusseau jbrusseau@ whom offered their perceptions of the parish from their respective Religious Ed. (202) 903-2807 trinity.org ministries. The principal of Holy Trinity School, Kevin McShane, related the Finance Chris Kehoe ckehoe@ successes of the school and some of the concerns of the faculty. (202) 903-2811 trinity.org Martina O’Shea presented the various ways our Ignatian Spirituality and Prayer ministry serves not only parishioners, but men and Holy Trinity Kevin McShane principal@ women from other parishes and other Christian denominations. School (202) 337-2339 htsdc.org Kathleen Coogan, a HTS Parent and member of the Parish Pastoral Human Angela Grady agrady@ Council, related how the parish’s Season of Discernment has been Resources (202) 903-2803 trinity.org responding to the crisis of clergy abuse. The president of our Parish Pastoral Council, Chris Hannigan, informed the archbishop about Ignatian Retreats Martina O’Shea moshea@ the council’s ways of responding to the needs of the parish. Finally, & Training (202) 903-2819 trinity.org Cayce Roy, a member of the Parish’s Finance Council, spoke to the challenges of the parish’s finances, noting that we are running a Ignatian Catherine Heinhold cheinhold@ significant deficit. Spirituality (202) 903-2819 trinity.org Among the Archbishop’s responses was his recognition that the Liturgy David Pennington dpennington@ clergy abuse crisis has taken a toll on contributions around the (202) 903-2804 trinity.org Archdiocese of Washington. As may be seen in the Annual Report here at Holy Trinity for Fiscal Year 2019, the crisis has also affected Music Ministry Kathleen DeJardin kdejardin@ our finances as we experienced a deficit of $146,000.00. I am (202) 903-2805 trinity.org grateful for the many and generous pledges Holy Trinity parishioners have given to support the amazing stories of our parish Pastor’s Office/ Lisa Dittmeier parishlife@ and request that you continue to do so. Parish Life (202) 903-2801 trinity.org And please know that during my retreat, I shall remember our faith Social Justice Ronnate Asirwatham rasirwatham@ community here at Holy Trinity. 202-903-2809 trinity.org Stewardship Rock Schuler rschuler@ (202) 903-2843 trinity.org Youth Ministry Rebecca Hoesterey rhoesterey@ (202) 903-2814 trinity.org Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Washington, DC | www.trinity.org November 17 & 24, 2019 | page 3 Daily Mass Intentions SACRAMENTS Mass Schedule (Check bulletin or website for Holy Days) Week of November 18, 2019 Weekdays: 7am (Monday & Tuesday), 8am (Wednesday, Monday 7:00am Edward Snyder+ Thursday, Friday) & 5:30pm (in the Chapel on N St.) Note: Please see schedule for daily Mass times. 5:30pm Matt & Pat Kraemer+ Chapel is open on weekdays between Masses. Saturday: 8am — Chapel; 5:30pm Vigil — Church Tuesday 7:00am Helen Carter Sunday: 7:30am, 9:00am, 11:30am, 1:15pm & 5:30pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 5:30pm Jane Spotts Every Saturday from 4:30pm—5:15pm or by appointment Wednesday 8:00am Jean Moellering+ Sacrament of the Sick Communal anointing is celebrated seasonally in the St. Ignatius Chapel. 5:30pm Lisa O’Quinn Call the parish to request the sacrament at home or in the hospital. Baptisms and Weddings: Thursday 8:00am Mary Losty+ To schedule a Baptism or Wedding, contact Moira Duggan at 5:30pm Charles Falzon (202) 903-2806 or [email protected]. Sacramental Preparation: Persons desiring to receive certain sacraments at Holy Trinity need to Friday 8:00am Shirley Henson be registered parishioners and are expected to participate in a 5:30pm Palmer H.