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Pastoral Reflections
We are in the spring time of the Church – the celebration of rising to new life.
 
For Holy Trinity Church, in some ways, it means embracing a life of sacred history.
On May 15th we celebrate the 111th anniversary of the laying of the cornerstone for  the third church structure in the 161-year history of this parish.
 
The cornerstone reads:  “In the year of our Lord 1898.  Pope XIII – the so-called “pope of the working man” and Archbishop J. J. Kain.  For generous German speaking Catholics.
 
It is a reminder to all that “we are built on a foundation laid by apostles and prophets with the cornerstone being Christ Jesus…In union with him we are being built into a place where God lives through the Spirit.
 
     -- St. Paul to the Ephesians
 
We are, in fact, a work in progress, as the saying goes.  Rooted in the celebration of the sacraments, especially the Eucharist, the process of growth continues. It is a work of becoming more diverse in our membership, it is a work of sewing the Good News into the fabric of the neighborhood around us, and it is a work of wise use of the resources with which we have been blessed.
 
On Trinity Sunday, June 7 we will celebrate that God is leading us toward a very bright future.  We will honor the name of our parish and our church that day at 9:30 am mass, and we will again host an old fashioned block party in the street from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM.  Invited to join us will be our Hyde Park and Old North St. Louis neighbors, area businesses and civic organizations.  We can all catch our breath and look forward to the next 161 years.
 
We especially invite you to join us that day to participate in both celebrations, or to come visit us at 9:30 am mass on any other Sunday.  We simply enjoy having guests!
 


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