FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 2 TO JUNE 10

4:00H Frank and Louise Preisner, & son Stanley (Anthony and Virginia DeBaise)

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. Classes are held on the last Tuesday of each month, with few exceptions. The next class is scheduled for Tuesday, June 26, 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.

CONGRATULATIONS PARISHIONERS OF MOST HOLY TRINITY!

I am very happy to inform you that we have exceeded our parish goal for this year’s Archbishop’s Annual Appeal. As of the May 21^st report that I received, the total amount of pledges received has amounted to $100,933.80. We have now achieved 126.0% of our parish goal of $80,100.00. I am indeed grateful to the many parishioners who have pledged to help Archbishop Mansell in his very important work in the Archdiocese of Hartford. You, the parishioners of Most Holy Trinity Parish, should be very proud of what we have accomplished this year. Thank you again for your generous support of the 2007 Archbishop Annual Appeal.

- Fr. Gary

STATISTICS AS OF MAY 21, 2007

Parish Goal: $80,100.00

Total Pledged: $100,933.80

Goal Achieved: 126.01 %

Donors to date: 792

# of Families: 3,515

“NEW DAY” / OUR PARISH BEREVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP will get together on June 13 and June 27. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM at the Parish Center . If you are experiencing the loss of a loved one, who has passed away recently, or even years ago, please join us in prayer and consolation. Call Eva Colon 294-9398, or Chick Kelman, 265-4546 for more information about the group.

LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINAR MEMBERS MEET AT SS. PETER AND PAUL CHURCH, on Wednesday, June 6 (during bazaar) for a Mass of Baptism in the Spirit at 7:30 PM.

KIDS 4 JESUS PROGRAM will meet on Monday, June 4 from 3:30-5:00 PM at the Parish Center . K4J is a monthly program that excites kids about practicing virtues such as friendship, respect, careful speech, and obedience. It gets the kids to think about and account for their behavior and helps parents to keep kids on track through games, races, and crafts that relate to the virtue and saint of the month. This program is open to kids ages 3-7. Please call Melanie Barbieri at 294-9830 or Mary Flood at 271-3471 for more information.

NO BINGO DURING BAZAAR WEEK…. We hope that you will enjoy our annual bazaar! See you back at the bingo tables on Friday, June 15 at 7:00 pm in the church hall.

TEEN PICNIC: CALLING ALL IN GRADES 8-12 TO THE YOUTH SUNDAY PICNIC WITH COOKOUT AND SOFTBALL will take place at Doolittle Park on Sunday, June 3 from 4:00-8:00 PM. Come for the food and the fun and a chance to win door prizes!!!

JOIN THE EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION ON THE FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI , NEXT SUNDAY, JUNE 10 There will be a special outdoor Eucharistic Procession on the Feast of Corpus Christi, Sunday, June 10, 2007. We will begin at SS. Peter and Paul Church ( 239 North Orchard Street ) at 4:00 in the afternoon. The procession will take place through the streets of the town to Most Holy Trinity Church . Along the way, various stations will afford opportunities for prayer and Benediction. Come and join us for this beautiful public profession of our faith and unique opportunity to ask God’s blessings on our town. Church ministries, and parish committees and organizations are encouraged to participate with members of their group. Contact Fr. Jeff for information or other details about celebrating this great feast.

On June 4th, the Wallingford Public Library visits grades K-4 to promote the summer reading program.

The Auction Committee will meet on June 4, at 7:00 PM to continue plans for the HTS Auction 2008.

On June 6th, there will be a faculty meeting immediately following the school day.

ATTENTION GARDENERS !!! It’s time to get things spruced up in the church gardens! Can you spare some time? Volunteers are needed to clean out the brush and withered flowers and get the soil ready for planting. Anyone who can lend a hand… especially a “green thumb” is asked to call Pauline Palmero and leave her a message at 269-0419. IT’S A GOOD THING!

CHARISMATIC PRAYER MEETING takes place in the church on Monday, June 18 at 7:00 PM.

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

OPTIONS FOR ADOPTION SUPPORT GROUP meets on the third Sunday of the month. Those families who have already adopted or families interested in learning the adoption process are encouraged to attend the next meeting to be held at the Parish Center on Sunday, June 17, from 3:00-5:00 PM. For more information about this group please contact Cathy Chagnon at 284-8616 or Melanie Barbieri at 294-9830.

Everyone likes a prepared table and a clean house and volunteers are needed for a short time on Wednesday mornings to help clean up God’s house…. our church. Just a little bit of dusting, vacuuming, polishing, window wiping, sweeping, etc. is all that is needed. If you feel you can help our coordinator, Ginny DeBaise and friends, please give her a call at 269-3788.

HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL HAS OPENINGS available for the 2007-2008 School year in selected grades. Parents are asked to contact Sister Katie Kelly, R. S. M., Principal, at 269-4476 for further information.

was formed on Monday, May 14th from former members of the Ladies Guild and

the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Society. The following officers were selected:

The Ladies Society of Holy Trinity will hold its meetings on the second Monday of the month, in the early afternoon, beginning in September. Any lady of the parish is eligible for membership. If anyone would like more information about this new group or would like to register as a member, please contact Eileen Goodrich at 265-0075. Congratulations, Ladies!!!!

The great adventure will begin with a “Survivor” style hike. You and your peers will be separated into small tribes that need to overcome various obstacles. There will be special prizes fr the winning tribe, and the hike will conclude with Mass at the top of the mountain.

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 on how you can be the next “Lucky One”.

BIBLE SCHOOL: COME, JOIN OUR BIBLE JOURNEY! The Archdiocesan Office of Religious Education is now taking registration for adult bible classes beginning in September, 2007. Registration period: until August 15. Early registration is advised, since the complete registration process takes about two weeks, including mailings. Number and location of classes also depend on registration. For further information, contact: Sr. Jewel Renna, Office of Religious Education, 860-243-9465.

THEOLOGY ON TAP: Serving the finest in Speakers, Conversation and Theology, presents Father Peter Lynch, Director of Vocations for the Diocese of Bridgeport, who will be speaking on “WHAT IN GOD’S NAME ARE YOU DOING?: Discernment and Vocations As Reflection of Each Other”. Father’s presentation runs from 7:30-8:30 PM on Wednesday, June 6 at the Playwright Restaurant and Pub, 144 Temple Street in New Haven . The event is free but a suggested offering of $5 is asked.

“THERE’S HOPE” – All are welcome to a meeting for those who have lost a loved one through suicide. Sessions will be held at 3:30 PM on the First Sunday of each month beginning June 3 at Mary, Our Queen Parish, 248 Savage Street , Plantsville, Please call Barbara DeSapio at 203-596-7916 for further information.

GLORY TO THE FATHER AND TO THE SON AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT! Listen to what Jesus says; the Spirit of truth will come to you. What is the truth in your life? How can you best serve God? If you feel God is calling you to service, call Father Al Fontana at the Archdiocesan vocation Office, St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield , 1-860-286-7670 or visit us on the web at www.vocationshartford.org

ROSARY GARDEN PRAYER AT SS. PETER & PAUL - In 1917, Our Lady appeared to three children in Fatima , Portugal . She encouraged all to recite the Rosary for conversion and reparation of sins. Our Blessed Lady appeared on the 13th of the month from May to October. On Wednesday, June 13 at 6:00 PM, the Rosary will be recited in the garden ( North Orchard Street , Wallingford ). In case of rain, the Rosary will be recited in SS. Peter and Paul Church at the altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Please be sure to bring a lawn chair. All are welcome to come and join us.

MERIDEN COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN cordially invite the women of the parish to attend the Meriden Council of Catholic Women’s year-end social gathering and potluck supper on Thursday, June 14 at our Lady of Mount Carmel Education Center, 109 Goodwill Avenue in Meriden at 6:00 p.m.. We hope that you will be able to join us and share an evening of fellowship. For further info please call 203-235-2771.

Father Derek Gosciniak, Pastor of St. Bernard Parish in Enfield , Ct. , invites you to join him on an exciting tour of Italy from October 22^nd thru October 31, 2007. The tour will be escorted which will include Rome (with an audience with the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI), Foligno, Assisi (Basilica of St. Francis), San Giovanni Rotondo (Padre Pio), Lanciano (Sanctuary of the Eucharistic Miracle), Pompeii, Sorrento, Capri, the Amalfi Coast and Naples. For more information, please contact Father Derek at 860-749-8353.

TAKE A FRESH LOOK AT YOUR MARRIAGE through a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend. Enrich your lives together! It is a unique approach aimed at revitalizing Christian Marriage. The weekend is a positive, simple common sense, private experience between you and your spouse, that revitalizes marriage by helping you to see again those loving qualities in each other that you may be taking for granted. The upcoming weekends to choose from are July 20-22; September 21-23. Contact John & Bev at 203-364-0836 or bikmaley@aol.com.

CREDO CATHOLIC SINGLES – On Sunday, June 10 at 11:30 am, celebrate Sunday with Mass and a Picnic at Lourdes in Litchfield, CT. Come out and enjoy fellowship together at the beautiful outdoor Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes Chapel for the 11:30 a.m. Mass. Pack up a picnic lunch or buy food on the premises and plan to enjoy the day seeing old friends and making new ones in the great outdoors. Look for the blue/white balloons!

Upcoming on Saturday, June16 at 5:00 p.m. meet your host Joe D at Chick’s in West Haven for a bite to eat. Then park your car at St. John Vianney Church and take a walk along the beach. The group will finish the night off by stopping at the Creamery for ice cream. This is a rain or shine event.

MOST HOLY TRINITY BAKERS LIKE IT HOT IN THE KITCHEN… DON’T FORGET TO BAKE DURING THE WEEK OF THE BAZAAR! Many, many, (we never have enough) baked goods – cakes, cookies, brownies, pies, breads – are needed to be given away as prizes at the BINGO game. They can be brought to the rectory during office hours or brought directly to the game booth. The Bingo Game Booth depends on your donations in order to make 100% profit. Now, that’s sweet !!!!

BAZAAR RAFFLE TICKET RETURNS!!! Ticket returns – sold and/or unsold – may be brought to the rectory and dropped in the mail slot on the front door or brought to the Raffle Booth when you come to the bazaar. To those who have made their returns the Bazaar Raffle Committee, Chairperson Kevin and Marie Buno, wish to thank you for your consideration. Remember… the success of the raffle is important to the parish.

“DUNKEES WANTED”!!! Kim Pisani, captain of the ‘DUNKIN’ BOOTH” at the bazaar, again is making her unusual but FUN request. As Captain she needs plenty of volunteers throughout the week that are willing to get “dunked”. In order to keep her booth in operation every night of the Bazaar as well as at the Matinee she needs to schedule the “dunkees”. So…all “good sports” in the parish who are willing to help Kim… are asked to please give her a call as soon as possible @ 269-0546.

TICKETS ARE LIMITED!!! IF NOT SOLD OUT… they will continue to be sold at the Bazaar Food Ticket Booth on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

MENU: Garden Salad, Ziti in Meat Sauce, Meatballs, Bread & Butter, Beverage and Dessert

Check out the other specials going on at our 37th Annual Bazaar by reading our bazaar program, inserted into this week’s bulletin! Enjoy the week with your family, friends, and fellow parishioners of Most Holy Trinity Parish!