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 TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Saturday September 15 7:30 pm Living & Deceased of Parish Sunday September 16 7:30 am Living & Deceased of Muhlenkamp & Kuess Families 9:30 am Sharon Fifer & Melissa Campofiore Monday September 17 St. Robert Bellamine 7:30 am Alvin Muhlenkamp Tuesday September 18 Weekday 7:30 am Poor Souls Wednesday September 19 Weekday 7:00 pm John Bricher Thursday September 20 Sts. Andrew Kim Tae-gon & 7:30 am Poor Souls Paul Chong Ha-sang & Comp. Friday September 21 St. Matthew, Apostle/Evang. 7:30 am Poor Souls Saturday September 22 Weekday 7:30 am Delores Muhlenkamp THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 7:30 pm Luella Reinhart Sunday September 23 7:30 am Marvin Koenig 9:30 am Living & Deceased of the Parish

MASS SCHEDULE

UP & COMING 7 October (Sunday) Coffee & Donuts provided by the Rosary Makers after Morning Masses Teachers’ Meeting—11:35am 14 October (Sunday) Prayer of Living Rosary by Students (Gr. 1-8)—9:00am 21 October (Sunday) Grade 6/7 Mass—9:30am

2 SEPTEMBER 2018 SUNDAY TOTAL …… $ 2,428.00 Envelopes …… $ 2,181.00 Loose …… $ 247.00 Envelope Average (34) …… $ 64.15 Overall Average (160) …… $ 15.11 OTHER Candles …… $ 57.85 South Am. Missions …… $ 109.00 Recommended Weekly Contribution is $27.00

PARISH SUPPORT

All Women are Welcome... and invited to join a new group called Mother

Mary’s Group. This unique women’s group will

be reading and discussing how to balance

marriage, motherhood, and work inside and

outside of the home with Lisa Brenninkmeyer’s

book, Walking with Purpose. The first meeting

is on October 5th at 7:00pm.

For further details/information, please check out

the group posting on the bulletin board or pick up

a handout on the table in the back of church.

For questions about Mother Mary’s Group please

contact Lexie Muhlenkamp at (260) 726-5255

or Kim Muhlenkamp at (260) 726-2290.

22-23 Sept. 7:30 PM 7:30 AM 9:30 AM

Servers Tim/ Regina/ Stanley Muhlenkamp Gavin & Kendra Muhlenkamp Kelsey Braun/ Pete & Jake Muhlenkamp

Lectors Matt Minnich Betty Muhlenkamp Dale Easton

Distributors Betty Muhlenkamp Alan Brunswick/ Theresa Baucher/ Greg Westgerdes

Ushers Kevin & Gerard Muhlenkamp Carl Muhlenkamp/ Ken Homan Dennis Homan/ Doug Heitkamp

Gifts Dennis Homan Family

Rosary Zach Chenoweth Family

THANK YOU to everyone who attended the chicken dinner on behalf of the Ladies Sodality. We are grateful for your support in making the chicken dinner a success. There was a hiccup at

the end of the day but we appreciate the patience and understanding of everyone.

Come and See

The Monastery of the Poor Clares

in Kokomo, Indiana

Saturday, October 6 from 9:00am-5:30pm

For Young Women (age 17-35) Divine Office + Conferences with the Sis-

ters + Question & Answer + Lectio Divina

RSVP by September 22nd Call the Poor Clares at (765)-457-5743 or

email Father Clayton Thompson at

vocations@dol-in.org

ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS WEEK IN OUR PARISH Today 9:30 am Catechetical Sunday CYO Campout Concludes 10:30 am Religion Class (Grades 1-8)

Monday Tuesday 7:30 pm Parish Council Meeting Men’s Sodality Meeting Wednesday 8:00 pm Religion Class (Grades 9-12) Thursday 8:00-9:00 am Eucharistic Adoration Friday Saturday 8:15 am Confessions CYO Campout 8:15 pm Confessions Sunday 9:30 am Pre-K/Kind. Religion Class Begins 10:30 am Religion Class (Grades 1-8)

16 SEPTEMBER 2018 3 TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

The Musings of Our Pastor

Let me be clear about something! Being formed in our Catholic Faith and being informed with a "working" knowledge or "balanced" understanding of our Catholic Faith is really a lifelong process. Parents, who present a child for the Sacrament of Baptism, are making a commitment to be the first teachers for their child (children) in the ways of the faith, which includes the regular celebration of Sunday Eucharist with the family of faith, as well as cultivating a home life permeated with Catholic values and Catholic identity. All along the way, though, from our earliest days as a child through the latter stages of adult life, it takes lots of personal effort and ongoing commitment, on our part, to be suitably formed in the Catholic Faith and to be appropriately informed about matters of our Catholic Faith. Waving around a Certificate of Baptism or a Certificate of Confirmation or merely having your name on a parish census just does not make us devoted Catholics, who are growing in the Lord and seeking to become more "fully alive" in our Catholic Faith.

Let me be clear about something else! When it comes to practices of prayer and worship or devotional activities, when it comes to the way we talk about and relate to God or the way we seek to understand and live out our Catholic Faith, it is not "one size fits all". Everything is simply not "black and white"! There is polarization, conflict and discord in many areas of the Universal Church, the Body of Christ, between the "conservative-leaning" and the more "liberal-leaning" segments of our Catholic population, but there are truly sincere and devoted Catholics, faithful to the fundamental doctrines of the Church, in both of these divergent camps. It is good to understand that lots of different avenues can be used by God to bring us closer to him and, ultimately, to the fullness of salvation in heaven. There is room for all of us in the Body of Christ here on earth, what-ever our leanings might be in some of these matters. However, it is important to be careful not to try to squeeze the workings of the Holy Spirit into a "box of our own making". Likewise, it is important that we be careful not to get stuck in a "better-than-thou" attitude, which smacks of a judgmental spirit, especially in re-gards to people walking the journey of faith in a manner different from ourselves.

As we celebrate Catechetical Sunday this weekend, we do salute with prayerful thanks the leaders, catechists and helpers, who give truckloads of time and energy to help our children, teens, and adults to be both formed in the Catholic Faith, as well as to be informed with a good "working" knowledge of the Catholic Faith. We also extend our thanks and prayer support to the parents of our youth, who are making an effort to be the first teachers and the best teachers for their children in the ways of the faith. You are true "evangelizers" and catechists, who work hard to "make disciples" for Jesus, especially by planting and nurturing the seeds of our Catholic Faith in the ground of your children's hearts and everyday lives. Keep up the good work for it is a marvelous blessing for Holy Trinity Parish and the bigger Church, the bigger world! May God bless us and help us to be more and more "fully alive" in Jesus, his Beloved Son and

our only Savior. —Father Ken

ATTENTION PARENTS:

Emergency Contact Information

Forms are being sent home with

all students and need to be

returned with the student at their

next class.

Fr. Walter Ostrowski, SVD, will be

here at Holy Trinity next weekend

(9/21 and 9/22) to speak about the

Divinie Word Missionaries, which is a

religious community of missionary

priests and brothers serving in 78

countries around the world. Over

6,000 active Divine Word Missionar-

ies help people neglected and forgot-

ten by society to build a better future

and foster vibrant Catholic communi-

ties of service and faith around the

world. Please be generous in the

second collection to help spport the

missionary work of the Divine Word

Missionaries. This annual mission

collection is taken up in collaboration

with the Diocese of Lafayette and the

Office of the Propagation of Faith.

Pregnancy Care Center’s

A Ladies’ Night ——————————————————————————————————--

Please join us for an

evening filled with good

food, fun, laughter, and

fellowship.

The Event Center

555 S. Bridge St.

Portland, Indiana

Thursday, October 11th

Doors open at 5:00pm with

a meal at 6:00pm. Silent

auction until 8:15pm.

Please reserve your spot

by calling (260)-726-8636