SATURDAY EVENING

SATURDAY EVENING (Sunday Vigil)
4:00H Catherine and Silvio Pierlioni (Family)

SUNDAY     (The Epiphany of the Lord)
    7:30H      Rocco Parisi (Bob and Joan Parisi)
    9:00H      Salvatore and Mario Verde (The Buno and Verde Families)
10:30H      Evelyn, Eugene and Louis Audisio and the Deceased members of the Audisio and
                     Ollino Families (Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Farrell, Jr.)
12:00H      The Betzner and Luschenat Families (Karl W. and Barbara Luschenat)
    1:30H      Mass in Spanish

MONDAY (The Baptism of the Lord)
8:30M Clara and Ernest Zanni (Daughter)

THURSDAY
8:30M Harry, Anna, Josephine and Ann Gaudio; and Lucille Maddelena, Lucy Terribile, and
Jo Agro (Michael Gaudio)

SATURDAY
8:30M John Terito (Mother, Barbara Sova)
1:00 Wedding/Renee Faguaga & Adriana Arreguin

SATURDAY EVENING (Sunday Vigil)
4:00H Mary, Maryan, and Michael Votto (Michael and Ann Votto)

SUNDAY     (The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time)
    7:30H      Marion Semrau (Family)
    9:00H      Germana Fernandes and Domingos Monteiro (Maria Cruz)
10:30H      James Dichello (The Pisani Family)
12:00H      Joseph Pimentel (Jose Pimentel)
1:30H       Mass in Spanish

The SANCTUARY LAMP burns this week in memory of Mary and Bill Morin at the request of the Pascale Family.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord; Let Your perpetual light shine upon them forever.

PRE-BAPTISM CLASSES – Baptism classes help prepare first time parents (and others) for bringing their child up in the faith, selecting godparents, and introducing or reviewing with them the special sacrament they are requesting for their child from the church. Baptism Day is truly a blessed, exciting, and joyful day for parents, child, families, and the church. Classes are held on the last Tuesday of each month, with few exceptions. The next class is scheduled for Tuesday, January 30, at 7:00 PM in the Church Hall. Parents or soon-to-be-parents MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF HOLY TRINITY PARISH. Those wishing to attend a Tuesday class must call the rectory to register, 269-8791.

SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL - There WILL be class on January 7^th and then again on January 21 and 28. There will NOT be class on Sunday, January 14^th, due to the holiday weekend.

YOUTH GROUP (for high school students) will meet at the Parish Center on Sunday, January 7th from 7-8:30 PM. The PPC meeting will be held at 6:30 PM.

DYNAMIC DISCIPLES (our junior high youth group) will have their first meeting of the year at the Parish Center on Sunday, 14^th from 6:30-8:30 PM.

“GOD HEALS THE BROKEN HEARTED” – BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP will gather together at the Parish Center on Wednesday, January 10^th at 7:00 PM. The group meets on the second and fourth Sunday of the month. For more information on how the Support Group can help those grieving the loss of a loved one, please contact Eva Colon at 294-9398 or Chick Kelman at 265-4546.

The School Finance Committee will meet at 5:30 PM on Monday, January 8 at the Parish Center . A full Board meeting will follow at 7:00 PM.

The Fourth grade will sponsor a bake sale Wednesday, January 10.

CHRISTIANS IN ACTION COMMITTEE will be making plans for its calendar for the upcoming year. New members are invited to attend this meeting with new ideas to challenge the committee, if you dare. If you feel God is calling you to bring mercy through works of charity to those in our committee who are in need, please come and join us. The meeting will be on Wednesday, January 17 at 6:30 PM in the Father Gene Room .

- CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETINGS FOR 2007 -

** Prayer Meetings (tentatively) will take place in the upper Church from 7:00-8:30 PM on the third Monday of the Month (with the exception of December). The tentative dates are as follows: January 15, February 19, March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18, July 16, August 20, September 17, October 15, November 19, December 10.

**The Bi-lingual Holy Hours, including the Eucharistic Procession of Healing and Hope, will continue on the First Friday of each month at 8:00 PM in the upper Church.

** Small Bible Study/Faith Sharing Prayer Groups will continue to meet in members’ homes during the year. Please contact Fr. Jeff for more information at 269-8791.

TRINITY LADIES CLUB NOTICE TO ALL

Thank you to everyone who contributed to our 1^st annual calendar collection drive. On January 3, 2007 the donations of 88 wall hanging calendars and 4 pocket-size calendars were delivered to Masonic Healthcare Center . No more calendars please!

Thank you also for all your contributions of PULL TABS for the Ronald McDonald House and your cancelled/new STAMPS for the Girls and Boys Town in Nebraska . These two collections are year round! Please keep saving these items and deposit them in the boxes appropriately marked at our church doors. Any questions concerning the above notice may be directed to me.

Thank you and a blessed New Year-2007 to all!

- Linda Houle, Collections Coordinator-TLC, 265-4496

TRYING TO FIND THE FEELING YOU HAD WHEN YOU FIRST GOT MARRIED? If your marriage has become cold and distant, stressed or troubled, even loving and uncaring then the Retrouvaille program can help you. Even if you are divorced or separated but want to try again, the Retrouvaille program can help you, too. The next Retro. Weekend will take place January 19-21. For more information please call our confidential number 1-800-470-2230 or e-mail at 3001@retrouvaille.org.

ALTAR CARE COMMITTEE is seeking volunteers to help keep the Sanctuary and Altar areas in tip-top shape for our Liturgies. If you would like to help with altar care, the Committee meets after Mass each Wednesday morning. For more information, please contact Ginny DeBaise at 269-3788.

PRAYERS FOR SPECIAL INTENTIONS AND PRAYER AND PRAISE MINISTRY – Anyone having a special intention they wish prayed for, privately, is asked to place it in writing (anonymously) before the statue of Blessed Mother. Those who have had their prayers “answered” and wish to share the circumstances with the ministry are also asked to place them in writing (anonymously) before the statue of Blessed Mother. This ministry wishes to “praise the Lord” for His many blessings.

A Mass for Life will be celebrated at Ss. Cyril and Methodist Church , Hartford , at 9:00 AM on Monday, January 22. Following Mass, March participants will meet outside the Capitol Building at 11:30 AM (the March begins at Noon). For more information call, Mary Timmis at 1-860-638-7095.

We hope that those who can will participate in these special events that show our witness to Respect Life!

CHRISTIANS IN ACTION WISH TO THANK THE PARISH FOR ITS SUPPORT AND BRINGING THE “GOOD NEWS” OF CHRIST’S LOVE TO THE COMMUNITY:

The following are acknowledgements the Christians In Action Committee wishes to make to all those in the parish, (and those organizations), who helped make the last half of 2006 a great year end. On behalf of our Parish Family the following contributions were made:

St. Francis Day/Blessing of Animals raised $100 for Fidelco (guide dog service for the blind), and pet food and supplies for the Wallingford Animal Shelter

Fire Families Collection obtained $780 and $100 in gift cards given to SCOW for the families affected several house fires in Wallingford .

Thanksgiving Baskets – 36 parish families enjoyed a holiday dinner at home with their families through parish donation and with the help from the Holy Trinity School students and families, the Holy Trinity CCD students and families, the Wallingford Elks and the Meriden-Wallingford Hibernians.

Giving Tree and Christmas Food Baskets – 46 parish families received the gift of a Christmas dinner and gifts under the tree. Thanks again for the extra efforts of the Holy Trinity School students and families, the Holy Trinity CCD students and families, and the Wallingford Elks. Extra food was forwarded to the Wallingford Community Dinner.

Brown Bag Lunch Program – Each night, since its opening in November, the Wallingford Emergency Shelter has received 15 brown bag lunches per evening (to be distributed to residents there the next morning in order that they be guaranteed a lunch.). Families and individuals from the parish have been supplying these lunches. This parish program continues until the Shelter closes in April

Independent Living “Open House” Charity- This program helps young people from St. Francis Home for Children in New Haven learn independent living and grants them supplies for starting up a new apartment. This donation of household items (everything from phone cards, to dishes, pots & pans, toasters, etc.) were made by the members of the Christians In Action Committee on behalf of the parish. We hope the parish will join us this year in contributing from St. Francis Home for Children’s Wish List of household items.

The Committee is grateful to our parish family for supporting our events and charities this year. Together we have shared the gift of God’s love with others. May we all have a blessed New Year, living out the Prayer of St. Francis, the patron saint of Social Ministry, “Lord, make me a channel of Your Peace...”

We have received notification from the Archdiocese of Hartford that due to recent changes in the tax laws, beginning with contributions made in 2007, parishioners (those who itemize their tax returns) will no longer be able to deduct contributions to the parish unless they maintain a bank record or written contribution statement from the parish. If you wish to ensure deductibility of your contributions to the parish, please use a check, direct deposit from your bank account, or use your parish envelopes. The parish will track contributions made using parish envelopes, and will, as usual, produce a written statement of contributions made during 2007. Canceled checks and other bank records are also sufficient documentation. The parish cannot track cash contributions not in parish envelopes. Thank you for using your envelopes or checks.

ABC’S OF ANNULMENT will be presented by Brother Larry Lussier, CSC on Friday, January 26^th at St. John Vianney Church Hall, 300 Captain Thomas Boulevard , West Haven from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. People seeking information about annulment MUST attend this session in order to attend the follow-up workshops on the following dates:

    Workshop #1        Friday, February 2
                Workshop #2        Friday, February 9
                Workshop #3        Friday, February 16
                Workshop #4        Friday, March 2
                Workshop #5        Friday March 9
                Workshop #6        Friday, March 16
                Workshop #7        Friday March 23

Deacons William Eyles and Robert Macaluso will assist Brother Larry at the workshops. Contact the Archdiocese of Hartford Office of Family Life for more information and to register, 230-2460.

CREDO CATHOLIC SINGLES will have their April to September 2007 event calendar planning session on Sunday, January 14^th after they attend Mass at 11:30 AM at St. Rita Church in Hamden . The meeting begins in the basement meeting room at 12:30 PM. Bring your ideas, old or new, and a willingness to help out. Coffee and bagels will be provided. For more information check the website: www.geocities.com/credocath/.

ANNUAL KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CHILI COOK-OFF (benefiting St. Agnes Home for Unwed Mothers) Sunday, January 28 from 1:00-4:00 PM Knights of Columbus Hall, Quinnipiac Street , Wallingford $10 Chili Entry (prizes awarded)- General Tasting $5 - Children under 10 are Free Tasting includes Draft Beer and House Wine only For More Information call, Andy Gagne, 269-0174

BAPTISM OF THE LORD: NATIONAL VOCATIONS AWARENESS WEEK- January 8, 2007- This is National Vocation Awareness Week. Celebrate our common vocation of Baptism. Pray for those who are discerning a call to live their baptismal commitment as priests, brothers or sisters. If God is calling you, call Father Al Fontana at the Archdiocesan Vocation Office, St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield, CT 1-860-286-7670 or visit the web at www.vocationshartford.org.

RESOLVE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH YOUR SPOUSE THAT’S BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS. It can happen on a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. The next weekend will be January 26-28. For more information or to register for an upcoming weekend, please contact John & Bev Maley at 203-364-0836 or bikmaley@aol.com or visit www.wwme.org.

ST. PAUL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, Bristol is offering a Placement Exam on January 20^th at 8:00 AM. Please register for the Exam by calling 860-584-0911, ext. 15 or by downloading the form under “Admissions” section at www.spchs.com. If you have any questions, please call the Admission Office at the number above.

HUSBANDS, FATHERS, SONS…TAKE NOTE: Please encourage the women in your lives to take some time for themselves at a weekend retreat. The peace and tranquility of a retreat experience is one of the greatest gifts you can offer to someone you love. The women’s retreat runs February 9-11, at Our Lady of Calvary Retreat in Farmington , CT. For more information please contact parishioner, Joan Morico, 269-0517.

Brother James Branigan, CSC, President of Notre Dame, is pleased to announce the following students from Holy Trinity Church have received honors during their first trimester:

Recently the following students from Holy Trinity Church met the requirements for induction into the Monsignor Wilson Chapter of the National Honor Society, being chosen because of their skills in Leadership, Scholarship, Character, and Service:

Liam Munzenmaier also was inducted into the Xavier High School Spanish Honor Society