FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 20 TO OCTOBER 28

7:30H Salvatore Greco and daughter, Sallyann Greco (Wife, Mom, Sal, Doreen and families)

7:30H The deceased members of the Bergonzi & Camia Families (Leslie and Marie Bergami)

FOR YOUR INFORMATION….OCTOBER COUNT – Just a reminder that during the month of October the Archdiocese requires all parishes to count the attendance at Masses, as well as a taking a count of those receiving the Holy Eucharist. Our ushers will be stationed in several locations in the Church to do this each week in October. We are sorry for any inconvenience.

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

“NEW DAY” / OUR PARISH BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP meets on Wednesday, October 31. 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.

PRE-BAPTISM CLASSES – The next class is scheduled for this Tuesday, October 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.

CCD Thanksgiving Food Drive runs until Saturday, November 3rd. All students and parents are urged to participate in this project.SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27 IS THE LAST DAY OF THE CCD “READY-TO-WEAR” SOCK AND COAT DRIVE Check your closets and drawers for any NEW or SLIGHTLY USED, (but CLEAN AND READY-TO-WEAR!) socks and coats. Then bundle them up and drop them off at the CCD Office, 1st floor of Holy Trinity School . Donations will be taken until Saturday, October 27. Call the CCD office with questions at 265-6300. The weekend of October 27 and 28 CCD students will be selling donuts after all Masses.

SUNDAY BIBLE SCHOOL is in session in the Church Hall during the 9:00 AM Mass. The Sunday Bible School program is designed for pre-schoolers (3-5 year old boys and girls who are potty-trained, please). The program includes arts & crafts, songs, bible stories and learning prayers. Parents wishing to register their children are asked to please be in the church hall between 8:45 AM and 9:00 AM; or call the Religious Education Office at 265-6300.

YOUTH GROUP (for high school students) will meet at the Parish Center on Sunday, October 21 from 7-8:30 PM.

DYNAMIC DISCIPLES (the group for junior high students) meet Sunday, October 21 in the parish center from 6:30-8:00 PM

GIVE THE GIFT OF ENTERTAINMENT -2008 ENTERTAINMENT BOOKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE for purchase at Holy Trinity School or at the rectory office. The New Haven book is $25 and the Hartford book is $30. Give a great gift and Save $$$. Your ENTERTAINMENT BOOK will include a certificate for a free Entertainment On Vacation membership… valued at $9.95!

- BINGO - Join in the game on Friday, October 26 beginning at 7:00 PM in the Church Hall.

OPTIONS FOR ADOPTION 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, October 21, 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

The ziti dinner will be held in the church hall on Monday, October 22 at 6:00 PM.

Have dinner at McDonald’s on Wednesday, October 24th from 4:00 to 7:00 PM to help the school. A percentage of that evenings proceeds will be donated to Holy Trinity School .

There will be a Halloween event in the Church Hall at 6:00 PM on October 25th for Grades K-5.

ENTRANCE EXAM AT FAIRFIELD PREPARATORY SCHOOL , Farifield- Attention all 8th grade boys! Registrations for the Fairfield Prep entrance exams are being accepted for November 17. Please call the Fairfield Prep Admissions Office at 203-254-4210 to register.

OPEN HOUSE AT LAURALTON HALL/ACADEMY OF O/L OF MERCY, Milford- an all-girls Catholic College preparatory school will host and Open House on Sunday, October 28 from 12 noon to 3:00 PM. The Entrance Test will be given on Saturday, November 10th or November 17th. For further information, call the Admissions Office at 203-877-2786x144. The school is on 200 High Street .

MERCY HIGH SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE, Middletown- opens their doors for the Open House for young women at 1740 Randolph Road on Sunday, November 4. A presentation by the Administration will begin at 2:00 PM and a tour of the school from 2:30-4:00 PM. The Entrance Exam for the Class of 2012 will be given Saturday, November 17 from 8-11:30 AM. The testing fee is $20 and pre-registration is not required. Visit www.mercyhigh.com for a look at Mercy High or call 860-346-6659.

HELP SUPPORT THE “CHALLENGE GIRLS CLUB” RAISE MONEY FOR CHALLENGE AS WELL AS HOLY TRINITY PARISH… Register by Monday, October 22 to Lauren Reinmann, 269-6514. The Skate Date is Saturday, October 27 from 1-3 PM at the Quinnipiac Trail/Community Lake, Wallingford . $10 per person or $25 per family. Come and enjoy some family fun!

Reminder: If paying monthly, having your payment in each month helps keep our records accurate, and keeps you eligible to be the monthly “Lucky-1” ! ! ! “Lucky-1” for Week #34 is Chris Olin Captain: Kathleen Dietle

HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR AT THE CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION , 115 Pond Hill Road , Wallingford , will be held on Saturday, November 10th, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM. There will be Handmade Crafts, White Elephant, Country Kitchen, Bake Sale, Basket Raffle, and Holiday Raffle. Come and check out the many wonderful crafted items and baked goodies. Enjoy a luncheon of delicious soups, sandwiches, and desserts. Raffle drawing is Sunday, November 11 at Noon. For information call the church at 265-1694.

“LUNCH BUNCH” BROWN BAG LUNCH PROGRAM FOR THE WALLINGFORD EMERGENCY SHELTER

Sample: Sandwich , Fruit, Juice box or Soda, Snacks, Chips, Candy, Gum, Crackers

Again, this season, Kathy Dietle and the Christians In Action Committee are asking for volunteers to provide lunches for the clients of the Wallingford Emergency Shelter. The shelter closes at 7 AM and does not reopen until 6 PM. The lunches are given to the clients when they leave in the morning to provide nourishment for the day. The lunches are made in your home, with food items that you provide, and brought to the shelter the evening. Any help is greatly appreciated. Please contact Kathy at 269-2267 to schedule your day or with any questions about this important service to our community.

FUND RAISER TO BENEFIT “MASTER’S MANNA” (a non-profit organization that feeds the hungry) will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Quinnipiac Street on Saturday, October 27 from 5:00-10:00 PM. Donation is $25 per person. This event will feature food, music, raffle prizes, and fun for all. Please purchase your ticket and help the hungry in Wallingford . Tickets may be purchased at Louie’s Pizza, Grand Central Café, Sabbaticals Restaurant, or by calling Lori Holda at 269-3342, Rosemary Barbieri at 949-0863, or Rae or Dick Barbieri at 269-9813. May God bless you abundantly for helping.

SPECIAL LITURGY (MASS) FOR THE DECEASED OF OUR PARISH As a parish family we are well aware that change has been brought to many of our families who have experienced the death of a loved one within this past year. We invite all families – as well as all members of our parish family –to a special Mass on Wednesday, November 7 at 7:00 PM. Members of our parish bereavement groups will also be in attendance at his special Mass. Following the Mass, the Parish Hospitality Committee will host a reception in the church hall for everyone in attendance. Every attempt is being made to contact, via mail, at least one member of the immediate family of those who have died between November 2006 up to the present. If, as the date grows closer, you have yet to receive an invitation please know that your loved one will be remembered at this Mass and make plans to attend.

CONNECTICUT RIGHT TO LIFE CONVENTION Plan now to set aside Saturday, October 27 to attend the CRLC state convention at the Courtyard by Marriott in Cromwell. The keynote speaker at the evening’s banquet will be Fr. Tad Pacholczyk, a national expert on human cloning and embryonic stem cell research, and Director of Education at the National Catholic Bioethics Center . Other speakers will be Suzanne Vitadamo, sister of Terri Schiavo who died in 2005 in Florida , who will speak on the family’s fight to save Terri and the end of life issues they confronted in trying to care for her. Also, Georgette Forney, president of Anglicans for Life, a post-abortive woman and co-founder of Silent No More America. The convention will feature a workshop, pro-life vendor booths and annual awards for outstanding pro-life activism. The cost, including the banquet, is $40 per person, $70 for married couple and $20 per student. Plan to be there! Reservations should be made in advance by calling Janet Sayles at 203-878-4097.

CREDO CATHOLIC SINGLES have come up with two events that will keep your feet moving. On Sunday, October 21st at 1:00 PM, join your host Stan S. for a hike along the Cheshire Linear Trail starting at Lock 12 Historic Park. Afterwards the group will enjoy a tasty treat at Claude’s Ice Cream.

A Social and Dance will be at The Dance Hall in Plainville on Friday, October 26 at 7:00 PM. A Swing Dance demo will be given. Come to watch or join in! Bring a snack to share. Beverages can be purchased. Admission is $10. The web is at www.credocath.com.

THE CATHOLIC DINNER CLUB PRESENTS FATHER JEFF GUBBIOTTI at their next gathering for prayer and Catholic adult education (adults aged 21 and up), at the Holy Apostles Seminary in Cromwell on Saturday, November 10th. Father Jeff’s topic will be “Living in the Spirit: How to Nurture the Fruits of the Spirit in Your Heart.” Dinner is professionally catered by Boucher’s Buffets at a cost of $25 per person for non-members, $20 for members. Reservations must be made by November 2 by contacting Keith at 860-747-3513 or e-mail him at waterboy777@comcast.net. A free will offering will be taken for the speakers. There is no Dinner Club in December.

XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI AND HOME & SCHOOL PREPARE FOR 16TH ANNUAL AUCTION at the High School on 181 Randolph Road , Middletown on November 3rd. This year the event planners are featuring “A Taste of Xavier”, “a sampling of Connecticut ’s finest restaurants”, from 6-7:30 PM, plus live and silent auctions from 7:45-10 PM. The auction has been a sellout for the last 4 years. Advance tickets are underway at $35 per person. They will be $40 at the door. Anyone interested in assisting in the auction, whether for gift solicitation, ticket sales, or volunteering can contact Joe Lane at 860-347-6079.

MARRIED COUPLES,… ARE YOU DIETING, JOGGING, EXERCISING, PLAYING GOLF OR TENNIS TO STAY IN SHAPE? What are you doing to keep your marriage in shape? Why not attend a Worldwide Marriage Encounter Weekend and discover what your relationship can be? The next weekend is November 9-11. For more information or to register, please contact John & Bev Maley at 203-364-0836 or bikmaley@aol.com or visit www.wwme.org.

BEGINNING EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE WHO ARE DIVORCED, WIDOWED, OR SEPARATED- there is a special heartache for those who find themselves alone again. “A Beginning Experience Weekend” to help resolve the pain and grief of losing the marriage relationship will be held October 26 to 28 at Our Lady of Calvary Retreat Center in Farmington . The weekend begins Friday evening and continues through Sunday afternoon, concluding with Mass. The weekend fee is $225/person, which includes the program, program materials, meals on Saturday and Sunday and 2 nights’ stay. A $75 deposit is required with your application. For more information, call Yvonne at 1-860-693-1913 or Sr. Maureen O’Brien, OP at the Archdiocesan Family Life Office at 230-2460.

CONNECTICUT HOSPICE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS If you or someone you know is looking for an opportunity to serve others in your community, we would like to hear from you. Our patients and families are in need of your care and support. As a CT Hospice Volunteer, you can fill your hours (weekdays/evenings or weekends) by assisting in an administrative capacity or offering direct care as a friendly visitor, provide pastoral or bereavement care, help in the arts or meet transportation needs. You can also use your volunteer work to acquire new job skills and experience; volunteer work is a good addition to your resume. For more information, please call Pat Corradino, Director of Volunteer Services at 1-203--315-7510 or you can e-mail her at pnowak@hospice. com.

DEMONSTRATION AGAINST EMBRYONIC STEM CELL RESEARCH AT UCONN In a recent article in the September 2007 “CT Right To Life” Newsletter, “ Connecticut has awarded nearly $20 million to fund projects involving embryonic stem cell research at UCONN in Storrs , UCONN Health Center in Farmington , and Yale and Wesleyan Universities . According to statements in the Hartford Courant, researchers at those institutions intend to obtain the embryonic stem cells from frozen embryos, “leftovers” from in vitro fertilization, which will kill these embryonic human beings.In addition, at least one state funded project at UCONN will involve cloning human beings for the purpose of killing them within the first two weeks of life in order to take their embryonic stem cells. CRLC is planning a demonstration at UCONN Health Center in Farmington on Sunday, November 4 from 2:30 to 4:00 PM to protest the killing of human beings being created through either in vitro fertilization or cloning. Please come to protest…the state’s policy to “clone and kill” human beings!” – CRLC, Sept. 2007. Call 203-757-5213 for more information.

BISHOP ROSAZZA TO RECEIVE PASSIONIST HEART AWARD- West Hartford’s Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center will honor Bishop Rosazza with the first ever Passionist Heart Award for his work for peace and social justice around the world. The award will be presented at the Gershwin In Concert benefit. Proceeds from the concert will support Holy Family’s ministry to youth and those in recovery from substance abuse. The concert will take place on Friday, November 9 at 8:00 PM at the Palace Theater in Waterbury . Visit www.holyfamilyretreat.org/gershwin or call 860-521-0440 x116 for tickets or to become a sponsor or take out a congratulatory as in the program.

RACHEL’S VINEYARD RETREAT WEEKEND This confidential and supportive retreat is given for spiritual and emotional healing for women – and men- hurting inside after abortion. These retreats include post-abortive women and men, and even, grandparents and siblings who feel they were in some manner responsible. For more information contact Mary at 203-882-1326. or email her at mmhdfc@sbcglobal.net.

Masses that day will be 8:30 AM, 12:05 PM, 5:30 PM and 7:00 PM Mass in Spanish

(* the 6:30 AM Mass was discontinued. The intentions for that Mass will be prayed for at the 8:30 AM Mass)

THE FEAST OF ALL SOULS The Feast of All Souls will be celebrated on Friday, November 2nd. Each year the Church sets aside a day to remember all the Faithfully Departed. Enclosed in your envelope packets you will find the All Souls envelope. You are asked to return your All Souls Envelope as soon as possible. All envelopes received will be placed in front of the altar for the month of November. All Souls envelopes are also available at the entrances of the church. MASSES FOR ALL SOULS DAY WILL BE 8:30 AM, 12:05 PM (it’s also First Friday), 6:00 Mass in Spanish with a procession to the cemetery. ALL SOULS DAY is not a holy day of obligation but we encourage everyone to join us for the Mass on Friday, November 2nd at to remember our deceased loved ones. HOLY HOUR WILL BE AT 8:00 PM THAT EVENING.

GET CRAFTY ON TUESDAY NIGHT–The TLC Crafters (Trinity Ladies Club) invite you to join them on Tuesday, October 23 in the Church Hall from 7-9 PM If you can cut, paste, glue or sew they can use a hand.. Call Donna Mierzejewski, 265-0881 for more information about the projects or the crafting times.

CRAFTING AT HOME is a great way to spend your time as the nights get longer and darker. And the Trinity Ladies Club members are hoping that all parishioners who can sew, paint, make floral arrangements or items out of wood, metal, ceramics, or whatever will share their “GOD-GIVEN TALENTS” and donate craft items that can be sold with all proceeds going to the parish. The sale of parishioner’s donatons will continue on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4, following the 7:30, 9:00 and 10:30 Masses. Donations may be brought to the rectory during office hours… weekdays 9 AM to 4 PM. NEW AND USED JEWELRY DONATIONS, TOO! Open to the public…TLC hopes that many, many parish family members will come down to the hall and give support to this event that they sponsor annually. There will be something for everyone! The “Country Kitchen” will open in the morning with coffee, tea, juice, donuts, muffins and bagels on the menu. At 11:30 AM, lunch will be available featuring a variety of soups, sandwiches, and home-made pies for dessert.

Traditionally, the Parish Arts & Crafts Fair, serves pie by the slice and sells whole pies to go! Of course, the more pies, the more the profit. And, where do these pies come from??? Why, of course… the members of our parish family who baked them for us!!! And, so if you bake pies… PLEASE consider baking at least one for the fair. The Parish Arts & Crafts Fair gives all parishioners the “opportunity to GET INVOLVED!!! Contact Peggy Phelan, 294-0608, if you wish information regarding the fair.

HAVE DINNER AT McDONALD’S ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 FROM 4 – 7 PM AND HELP HOLY TRINITY SCHOOL . A percentage of that evening’s proceeds will be donated to Holy Trinity School . Take a night off from cooking and enjoy a “happy meal” at McDonald’s! Thank you!