PARISH ADMINISTRATION Spanish Speaking Ministry, *Fr. Luis Pulido Parish Bookkeeper, *Tara Dahill Program Manager, *Colleen Glazer Parish Secretary, *Catherine Jestice Parish Plant Manager, *Victor Zambrano PARISH ADVISORY COUNCILS Pastoral: Charles Casiano (Singles) Peter McGhee & Jeanne Dennison (Marrieds) Ramona Garcia (Spanish speakers) Carol Joyce (Seniors) Felicity McKenna (Teenagers) Financial: Michael Donofrio, Vincent Pascal Norma Ytuarte, Sheila Mullan (Trustees) WORSHIP Acolytes, Kevin McKenna Devotions, Private, Adoration / Daily Evening Rosary, Ellen Valko Legion of Mary, Blanca Bulit Sagrado Corazon, Yolanda Pardo Lectors, Stephanie Miller Floral Decorations, Mia Kravitz 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,*Charles Haskell, James Hulak 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), *Gary Cushing Religious Education,*Colleen Glazer OUTREACH Blood Drive, Catherine Jestice Breakfast Line, *Colleen Glazer Food Pantry, Colleen Glazer Guest Clergy Hospitality,*Msgr. Sandi 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:

Lois Mazzitelli, Kate Concannon, John Muratori, Steve Manfredo, Marie DeTullio, Dianne Mastrorocco, Alice Mayer, Graziella Piciulo, Kelsey Kruse, Shannyn Craig, Karen Murphy, Kit Gill, Anne Lia, Maria Alvarado, Edouard Tiger, Jane Lyons, Edward Haggerty, Matthew Escobar, Keira Maloney, Antoinette Durso, Alexandra Leake, Marge McKay, Ralph Esposito, Tom Chestaro, Devinee Worrell, Carla Wesby, Maria Leon, Gloria Fruchte, Virginia Whelihan, Christopher Browne, Elizabeth Maria Troy, Fr. Peter Colapietro, Augustine Waters Names will remain on our prayer list for one month. If you would like us to carry a name longer, please contact the Rectory.

MARCH 5, 2017

First Sunday of Lent “Then the devil took him up to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world in their magnificence, and he said to him, ‘All these I shall give to you, if you will prostrate yourself and worship me.’”

THIS WEEK AT HOLY TRINITY

SUNDAY Little Sisters of the Poor Religious Ed. – Pre-K-Grade 5 – Center – 10:30 AM 1st Lenten Event – Center – 4:00-5:15 PM CRC After Mass – Flame Restaurant – 100 W. 82nd St. MONDAY DA Meeting – Rectory – 12:30 PM Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM Religious Ed.– Grades 6 & up–Center – 6:00-7:15PM 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 R.C.I.A – Rectory – 7:30 PM THURSDAY Al Anon Meeting – Rectory – 12:15 PM Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM Cub Scout & Boy Scout Troop 1 – Center – 7:00 PM AA Men’s Meeting – Rectory – 7:00 PM FRIDAY Rosary – Church – 5:10 PM AA Women’s Meeting – Rectory – 8:15 PM * * * * * * * *

YOUR DONATIONS

Last week’s collection: $4,300.00 THANK YOU!

A reminder that all Fridays of Lent are days of abstinence, i.e., no consumption of meat.

MASS INTENTIONS FOR THE WEEK SATURDAY 3/4 5:30 Catherine Aversa SUNDAY 3/5 7:30 Laurie Thompson 9:30 Ralph Zingone 11:15 William Dahill, Sr.-3rd Anniversary 12:30 Renée Elizabeth Kaplan & Marina & Angel Suárez Fernández 5:30 Elizabeth Lagoon MONDAY 3/6 9:00 Domenico Rispoli

5:30 George Nahal TUESDAY 3/7 Perpetua & Felicity, martyrs 9:00 Livia Rispoli-6th Anniversary 5:30 Seminarians/Those in Religious Formation WEDNESDAY 3/8 John of God, rel. 9:00 Pasquale & Maria Rispoli 5:30 Infirm of the Parish THURSDAY 3/9 Frances of Rome, rel. 9:00 Livia Rispoli 5:30 Volunteers of the Parish 7:00 Deceased of the Parish FRIDAY 3/10 9:00 Single Adults of the Parish 5:30 Anne C. Herndon SATURDAY 3/11 9:00 Musicians of the Parish

* * * * * * * * Join us today at 4:00 PM in the Murphy Center for the first of our Lenten events – Fr. Richard G. Smith, Ph. D. a priest of the Archdiocese, pastor of St. Joachim-St. John the Evangelist in Beacon, New York, and frequent spiritual retreat leader, will speak on PRAYER.

TODAY Little Sisters of the Poor

Today we have the privilege of hearing from the Little Sisters of the Poor, an international Congregation of Catholic Women Religious founded by Saint Jeanne Judgan. They serve the elderly poor in over 30 countries’ by offering the neediest of every race and religion a home where they will be welcomed as Christ, cared for as family and accompanied with dignity until God calls them home. A couple of the Sisters will explain their special mission, and stand at the church doors accepting donations after Mass. At their request, there will be NO second collection.

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Lent 2017 at Holy Trinity

LENTEN CUSTOMS As Catholics have done for millennia, we ask for blessed ashes to be publicly put on our foreheads to indicate we have made a decision to change for the better by deepening prayer, lessening our eating and increase our charitable work. TODAY’S BULLETIN INSERT When You Are Asked leaflet #3, “Moral Principles Catholics Should Know” in next week’s bulletin. (Yellow leaflet #1 was distributed last Lent and blue leaflet #2, last Advent.) DAILY MASSES, Monday through Friday, at 9:00 AM and 5:30 PM, and at 7:00 (PM Spanish). SPIRITUAL EVENT LENTEN SERIES, 3 SUNDAYS, 4:00-5:15 pm, guided reflections and faith sharing downstairs in the Murphy Center, by three priests: Mar 5th Fr. Richard Smith Mar 12th Fr. Andrew Andreassi, CO Mar 19th Fr. Patrick Ryan, SJ BISHOP SHEEN EVENT, Sunday, March 26th, 9:30 Mass and 7:00 PM talk, downstairs in the Murphy Center, by Monsignor Hilary Franco, Senior Advisor to the Papal Nuncio (Ambassador) to the United Nations. RECONCILIATION MONDAY, April 10th Individual confessions will be heard here in in every Catholic church in the City, 3:00-9:00 PM. “VIA CRUSIS,” Stations of the Cross in Spanish, Lenten Fridays at 7:00 PM.

Do Something Different This Lent A few of last week’s Bulletin inserts are on the literature racks at the back of the church. “A Journey through Lent” is a fascinating, one-page listing of 20 Positive Lenten Practices that will surprise and delight you.

St. Patrick’s Day A little advanced cheer! Cardinal Dolan has announced a dispensation from the Lenten obligation to abstain from meat on March 17th, the feast day of Saint Patrick, the Patron saint of the Archdiocese of new York. Naturally, we should make up that obligation on another day that week.

LET US PRAY The weekly Christian Meditation Group invites you to join them any Tuesday at 7:00 PM in the rectory for an ancient, quiet way of Christian prayer during Lent. Would you kindly come to the rectory a little earlier than 7:00 PM.

Sophia, ChurchMouse

Did you hear about a Washington-based Buffalo politician whose good Catholic mother told him, “In order to get to heaven, you have to have letters of reference from poor people”? Whoa! Perfectly put and perfectly apt for Lent 2017, don’t you agree?

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The “Business” Side of Holy Trinity Parish

Keeping you informed about the financial management of Holy Trinity, the material needs of which depend almost exclusively on your weekly contributions. A parish Finance Council, which advises the pastor on fiscal matters, is mandated by the Code of Canon Law.

* * * * * * * * Parish Financials, FY 2016

You may find extra copies of the Financials (inserted in last week’s bulletin last Sunday) on the literature rack in the back of the church. The four-member Financial Advisory Council met with the pastor and parish bookkeeper two weeks ago to review the Parish financials. Normally distributed in mid-January, it was delayed this year due to the Capital Campaign activities. We are happy to share with you the facts and figures of your parish stewardship today. * * * * * * * *

Daylight Savings begins next week– Don’t forget to “Spring Forward”!

* * * * * * * * A Reflection – “THE TEMPTER APPROACHED …” “The [attempt to ‘be like gods’ is the] sin of the first Adam (Hebrew: adam, humankind) described by Paul: transgression of the divine order established from the beginning. According to Genesis, God created humankind as the highest of all creatures, but still as creature. Only God is God. When human beings attempt to place themselves on a par with their Creator, sin and death follow. Paul invokes the Old Testament view that both sin and death separate one from God. But the obedience of the second Adam, Christ, restores right order to all creation with an ‘abundance of grace and … and the gift of justification.’ Matthew presents Jesus, the second Adam, responding to the tempter with complete reliance on God. Jesus banishes [the devil] with the final word: ‘The Lord, your God … alone shall you serve.’”

– At Home with the Word

La Cuaresma

Lo primero que debemos decir al respecto es que la finalidad de la Cuaresma es ser un tiempo de preparación a la Pascua. Por ello se suele definir a la Cuaresma, "como camino hacia la Pascua". La Cuaresma no es por tanto un tiempo cerrado en sí mismo, o un tiempo "fuerte" o importante en sí mismo. Es más bien un tiempo de preparación, y un tiempo "fuerte", en cuanto prepara para un tiempo "más fuerte" aún, que es la Pascua. El tiempo de Cuaresma como preparación a la Pascua se basa en dos pilares: por una parte, la contemplación de la Pascua de Jesús; y por otra parte, la participación personal en la Pascua del Señor a través de la penitencia y de la celebración o preparación de los sacramentos pascuales -bautismo, confirmación, reconciliación, eucaristía-, con los que incorporamos nuestra vida a la Pascua del Señor Jesús.

Incorporarnos al "misterio pascual" de Cristo supone participar en el misterio de su muerte y resurrección. No olvidemos que el Bautismo nos configura con la muerte y resurrección del Señor. La Cuaresma busca que esa dinámica bautismal (muerte para la vida) sea vivida más profundamente. Se trata entonces de morir a nuestro pecado para resucitar con Cristo a la verdadera vida: "Yo les aseguro que si el grano de trigo.muere dará mucho fruto" (Jn 20,24). A estos dos aspectos hay que añadir finalmente otro matiz más eclesial: la Cuaresma es tiempo apropiado para cuidar la catequesis y oración de los niños y jóvenes que se preparan a la confirmación y a la primera comunión; y para que toda la Iglesia ore por la conversión de los pecadores.

* * * * * * * * Recordatorio: Via Crusis – todas los Viernes de la Cuaresma al

7:00 PM Retiro de Cuaresma – Mar. 18, 9:00 AM-1:00 PM * * * * * * * * As you may know, there was a four-alarm fire last week that gutted several apartments on Amsterdam between 84th-85th Sts. Sadly, our parishioner Carmen Medina lost hers and is now staying with her daughter in the Bronx. If you would like to get in touch with her, please contact the Rectory.

.Mark Your Calendars The next Holy Trinity Sunday Evening Concert will be March 19th, 7:00 PM, featuring Nicholas Simpson, tenor, Steven Crawford, piano. As always, the concerts are one hour long, free of charge (with a free-will offering), and reception afterwards with the artists.