SATURDAY EVENING

9:00H Michael Zagorski (3^rd anniversary) (Wife, Barbara and son, Jeff Zagorski)

The SANCTUARY LAMP burns this week in memory of Michael Zagorski (3^rd anniversary) at the request of his wife, Barbara, and son, Jeff.

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

The 2007 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is now underway in our parish. Every parish family is asked to consider making a pledge or gift to this year’s Appeal. Please return the pledge card you receive in the mail as soon as possible. Your support of the 2007 Archbishop’s Annual Appeal nourishes the educational, pastoral and charitable ministries of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Please help Holy Trinity Parish reach its goal of $80,100.00 this year. Every gift is needed, every gift counts.

DYNAMIC DISCIPLES (junior high group) will meet Sunday, March 11 at the Parish Center at 6:30-8:00 PM.

OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP SOCIETY will meet on Monday, March 12 at 1:30 PM in the church hall. At this meeting ELECTION OF NEW OFFICERS will be held. Also, there will be a PENNY AUCTION. Please bring your items in for display. Good condition please! If you have any questions, please call Ann Joyce Dunn at 269-6363. Hostesses for this meeting are Millie Gervasi and Delia Mrazik

LENTEN GOSPEL REFLECTION FOR LADIES Please join us deepen the experience of Christ’s Passion this Lenten Season on Thursday evenings March 15 and March 22. The group will meet at the Parish Center from 7-8 PM. Suggested donation of $10 per person to pay for materials. Invite a friend and then please register by calling Michele Desjardins 679-0437 or Heather Voccola 949-1894. Hope to see you there!

CHOWDER POT FRIDAYS will take place on Fridays during Lent at 12:35 PM (following the 12:05 PM Mass). Christians In Action Committee members invite everyone to spend this time enjoying a FREE warm delicious lunch. “PAWS FOR A CAUSE” display

TLC MEMBERS are reminded to look for their invitation to the GARDEN PARTY WITH DINEEN, scheduled in the Church Hall for Thursday, March 15 at 7:00 PM. Members are encouraged to bring a guest. New members always welcome to attend a TLC meeting. Create an Easter Bonnet for the contest for a special award. Discounts and door prizes, too. Military Whist tickets will be available for purchase at this meeting, as well.

In keeping with the spirit of charity, sacrifice and service of the Lenten Season, we begin the parish collection of food items to fill the baskets for Easter Dinner for our parish families in need. HAMS (canned or cooked) are especially in need and desired. Hams should be dropped off at the rectory during office hours, Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM. Other NON-PERISHABLE FOODS needed are: Hearty-style soups and stews, tuna, pasta, bottled spaghetti sauce, peanut butter, jelly, bottled juices, boxed mashed potatoes, boxed stuffing, baked beans, apple sauce, Easter candy, canned vegetables, hot chocolate, macaroni & cheese, saltines, cereal, cookies, sugar, and canned fruit. Non-perishable items may be left in the church under the Statue of St. Joseph or in the vestibule of the Elevator Entrance under the State of Blessed Mother . The deadline for items is Monday, March 26. Those wishing to make a MONETARY DONATION may do so by marking a plain envelope “Easter Food Basket Donation” and placing it in the weekend collection basket up through Easter. Your donations will help defray the expense of the perishable foods that need to be added to the baskets. Monetary donations will be accepted up to Easter. The members of the Christians In Action Committee thank you in advance for your support. DO YOU KNOW A PARISH MEMBER OR FAMILY IN NEED OF AN EASTER FOOD BASKET? Please call the rectory at 269-8791 and ask to be put on the delivery list. The list is kept confidential. Recipient names must be received by Monday, March 16 by John Dichello and his faithful delivery crew.

What will you be doing 12 months from now? We hope you will be lucky enough to be spending a great evening dining and dancing with us at The Most Holy Trinity

For complete details call or stop by the rectory during office hours. Please call Peggy and Nick Urbano at 630-9620 to make reservations for a table of 10 or sign-up individually to attend this gala event; or if you have any questions

BINGO will begin in the church hall at 7:00 PM on FRIDAY, March 16. Get out of the cold and have some fun. Join us.

Re-registration for September 2007 and the tuition drawing will occur at the Home School Meeting on Wednesday, March 14. This meeting will begin at 7:00 PM in the church hall. The snow date for this meeting will be Thursday, March 15.

Friday, March 16 will be a free “wearing’ o’ the green” for St. Patrick’s Day.

The Lenten Family Breakfast will be held after the 9:00 AM Mass on Sunday morning March 18^th in the church hall.

HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL GIRL SCOUT TROOPS WILL SELL GIRL SCOUT COOKIES immediately following Masses on March 17 & 18. The cookie assortment includes THIN MINTS, TAGALONGS, DO-SI-DOS, TREFOILS, SAMOAS , CAFÉ COOKIES, ALL ABOUTS AND SUGAR-FREE LITTLE BROWNIES. Cookies are $4 per box (cash please). Thanks in advance for supporting your Girl Scouts!

YOUTH GROUP (for high school students) will meet at the parish center on Sunday, March 18 from 7:00-8:30 PM.

BOWLING TOURNAMENT FOR ALTAR SERVERS will be held at Colony Lanes, South Colony Road , from 10:45 AM-1:30 PM, on March 17. Altar servers need to register for the tournament by calling the rectory at 269-8791 by Wednesday, March 14. The $10 entry fee can be paid at the alley. Bumpers are available. Pizza and snacks will be served. Awards will be presented….“Strikes” are allowed here!!!

DEADLINE IS APPROACHING FOR ADULT CONFIRMATION CLASS REGISTRATION- If you are a baptized Catholic over the age of 18 who has not received the sacrament of Confirmation, and wish to do so, enrollment is underway for adult Confirmation classes to be held six Thursday evenings at St. Joan of Arc Parish Center, 450 West Todd Street, Hamden, beginning March 29. Don’t let this opportunity to encounter the Holy Spirit in a very special way pass you by! Registration forms and further information is available at the Rectory Office or by calling Donna Yatcko at 248-6958 or Regina Gardner at 288-5775. FYI-the Sacrament of Confirmation is needed for a Catholic to serve as a sponsor for Baptisms and Confirmations.

MOVIE OF PADRE PIO will have two screenings this month in the church hall: Tuesday, March 20^th at 12:45 PM; and Saturday, March 24 at 6:30 PM. Refreshments will be served.

ARTS & CRAFTS WORKSHOPS FOR THE BAZAAR COUNTRY STORE will take place on Monday, March 12 in the Church Hall; or IN YOUR OWN HOME should you want to work at home. If you can sew, cut, glue, etc, then your help is needed. Call Donna Mierjewski, Coordinator, at 265-0881.

Make your pledge of $50 per person and enjoy a fun-filled evening, while contributing to the education of a young mind. Talk to your friends and make up a table! To obtain a pledge card, call the Religious Education Office at 265-6300.

A SPECIAL MASS OF REMEMBRANCE (sponsored by the Pro-Life Ministry of the Archdiocese of Hartford ) is an opportunity to remember children who have died as a result of miscarriage, abortion, accident, illness, or violence and is an important way for healing and recognizing the precious gift of life. This Mass of Remembrance will be held on Tuesday, April 24 at 5:30 PM at Corpus Christi Church in Wethersfield . Father James Cronin, Pro-Life Director, will be the main celebrant. All are welcome. Please come and pray.

OPERATION RICE BOWL- Please participate in this beautiful act of charity and self-sacrifice. Catholic Relief Service’s theme this year is “One Light, One Journey, One Human Family”. Be part of the Light, the Journey, the Human Family.

MILITARY WHIST will take place in the church hall on Thursday, March 22, 6:45 PM. Sponsored by Trinity Ladies Club, tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis… $4.00 TLC Members; $5.00 Non-Members. Call Carolyn Massoni, chairperson, 269-7485, for tickets and/or further information.

“AWAKEN OUR HEARTS!”- St. Louis Church , 89 Bull Hill Lane , West Haven , will host this 3-day mission of Scripture, woven with story and song, with Vince Ambrosetti, on March 12, 13 and 14, each evening at 7:00 PM in the church. Confessions will be heard on Tuesday night at 7:00 PM. Well known for his missions in Wallingford, Vince Ambrosetti (musician and recording artist) shares his scripturally inspired music, designed to encourage a deeper fervor, and participation in musical worship and prayer by presenting a concert entitled “Awaken Our Hearts: Parish Family Concert” on Sunday, March 11 at 7:00 PM. All are invited to attend each date!

LENTEN MISSION FEATURING EWTN’S BOB & PENNY LORD will take place at St. Mark the Evangelist Parish, West Hartford, March 12,13, and 14 from 7:30-9:00 PM. Bob and Penny Lord are the hosts of several inspirational Catholic programs on the saints, airing on EWTN.

Please plan to save Friday evening, March 23 at 7:00 PM to come and hear the Adult Choir in their Lenten presentation of Maunder’s sacred cantata, “Olivet to Calvary ”. The choir sang this for the first time last year and are repeating it again this year at the request of several who were there last year to hear it. Described as a sacred cantata, “Olivet to Calvary ” recalls the scenes which mark the last few days of Christ’s life on earth. Part One starts with the jubilant journey to Jerusalem and ends with the scene on the Mount of Olives . Part Two begins with the Feast of the Passover with Christ’s commandment to his disciples to “love one another” and ends with the Crucifixion on Calvary .Come and bring a friend to this evening of wonderfully moving music sung by our choir and soloists. They have worked very hard to make this presentation very special for your Lenten meditation. Please give them your support.

SR. CHRISTINE COSGROVE CELEBRATES 25 YEARS IN RELIGIOUS LIFE- A Wallingford native, Sr. Christine grew up in Holy Trinity Parish, attending Holy Trinity School and graduating from Mercy High School . The deep faith that was planted in her family lie and nurtured in the parish continues to blossom and grow as she celebrates 25 years as a Dominican Sister of St. Mary of the Springs. Sr. Christine has served most of her religious life in New York City . While at Dominican Academy , Sr. Christine earned a MA in English and later a PHD in Educational Administration, both from Fordham University . She is currently finishing another Masters degree in Scripture. During a sabbatical period last year, Sr. Christine was grateful for the opportunity to travel to new countries and to see and experience the Church in less developed areas of the world. “The faith of the people we encountered was extraordinary,” she says, adding, experiences overseas broadened her perspective of both the Dominican Order and the greater Church, affirmed and renewed her faith, and strengthened her commitment to global education. Please pray for Sr. Christine as she continues in her ministry and vocation. We congratulate her and wish her well as she celebrates her Silver Anniversary.

THE LORD IS KIND AND MERCIFUL, AND CALLS US TO PROCLAIM HIS NAME. Considering a call to the priesthood or religious life? 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.

CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING takes place this month on March 19 in the church from 7:00-8:30 PM. ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS PRESENTS THE ANNUAL CORNED BEEF DINNER on March 17 at 6:00 PM. The dinner will be served family style AND ALL YOU CAN EAT! Donation is $15.00 per person at the K of C Hall, Wallingford .

SS. PETER & PAUL CHURCH SELLS PERIOGI on Fridays during Lent (except Good Friday) in their church hall. Stop by and purchase yours and enjoy this Lenten dish at your dinner table.