The Parish Council has met with Fr. Peter Stephen, who has been appointed Pastor of both Holy Trinity and St. Joachim’s. After a lengthy discussion regarding Mass times in both parishes, they have agreed to the following:

On Saturdays, St. Joachim’s will have Mass at 4pm and Holy Trinity at 6pm.

On Sundays, Holy Trinity will have Mass at 9:30am and St. Joachim’s at 11:30am.

On weekdays, Holy Trinity will have Mass on Tuesday and Thursday at 12 noon, while St. Joachim’s will have Mass on Wednesday and Friday at 12 noon.

Funerals, when required at Holy Trinity, will be held at 12 noon.

Although changes to schedules are always difficult and present challenges, we hope that you will continue to support our vibrant faith community. You are an important part of Holy Trinity Parish. Thank you.

The Most Reverend Robert Harris, Bishop of Saint John, announces the following clergy assignments effective September 1, 2010.

Rev. Paul Doucet, Chaplain of the Saint John Regional Hospital and Administrator of Holy Trinity Parish, has been appointed Pastor of both Holy Rosary Parish, and St. Stephen’s Parish in St. Stephen.

Rev. Peter Stephen, on sabbatical during the past year, has been appointed Pastor of both Holy Trinity and St. Joachim’s in Saint John.

A full list of all of the changes in the Diocese is available below.

Click here to open the list in Adobe Acrobat.

This coming weekend we welcome Msgr. Brian Sheehan and Deacon Dan Bastarache to Holy Trinity.

Deacon Bastarache will be celebrating Liturgy of the Word on Saturday. Msgr. Sheehan will be celebrating Mass on Sunday.

On Saturday, August 21st, Fr. Doug McNeill will be celebrating Mass at Holy Trinity. We are awaiting confirmation on who will be here on Sunday, August 22nd.

On the weekend of August 28th & 29th, Fr. Raymund Stack has graciously agreed to fill in.

The following letter, inviting all in the Diocese to a special Mass to be celebrated at St. Joseph’s Cemetery, will be attached to this weekend’s bulletin.

Click here to open the Bishop’s letter in Adobe Acrobat.

The next ministry schedule is about to be prepared. If you know that you will be unavailable at any time during the months of October, November or December please contact Cindy Doyle (633-5895 or doylewil@rogers.com) by Sunday, September 12^th.

Fr. Doucet had successful surgery on his foot on Tuesday. He expects to be released from the hospital soon, and will be taking a couple of weeks to recover. Since the stairs in the rectory are too difficult to navigate on crutches he won’t be staying there, but any cards or letters can be sent to the parish address and they will be forwarded to him.

We would like to thank Msgr. Brian Sheehan and Fr. Doug McNeill for adding to their already heavy workloads by celebrating Masses at Holy Trinity this weekend. Fr. McNeill will be here on Saturday, and Msgr. Sheehan will join us on Sunday.

The lock on the Family Centre/Canon Street door has been giving us issues for several years, and last week it finally gave out. New parts are on order, but in the meantime the door is inoperative (although it can still be opened in case of a fire).

When the Family Centre door is repaired in a few weeks, we will also be taking the opportunity to change the locks on all of the other doors in the church. Through the years, some keys have been either misplaced or we no longer have a record of who actually has them. New locks will enable us to start fresh and maintain an accurate record of who has a key. We will be contacting those individuals requiring a key to let them know when their replacement is available.