The annual Holy Trinity CWL Christmas Dinner will be held on Tuesday, December 7^th. Mass will be celebrated at 5pm, followed by a pot luck dinner in the Family Center. Members are asked to bring a gift for a boy or girl. Please do not wrap the gift, but bring a gift bag or wrapping paper.

We have received a donation of 55 frozen turkeys for our Christmas Baskets. Unfortunately, we aren’t able to store all of them in the church. If you have a little extra space in your freezer and can give a frozen turkey a loving home between now and December 20^th, please call Sr. Nickerson (696-1500).

This year we are asking for your assistance as we decorate Holy Trinity for Christmas. We encourage you to make a donation towards our Christmas flowers in memory of a loved one. Simply write the name(s) of those you would like to remember on one of our Building fund envelopes. Please also indicate that the envelope is for “Flowers”, and include your envelope number. The names of all those being honored will be included in our Christmas bulletin.

Last year’s Memorial Mass honoured those who had died over the previous two years. Given the success of that Mass, our Liturgy Committee has decided that they we will only be holding the Memorial Mass every second year. As a result, we will not be having a Memorial Mass this month, rather, we will remember those whose funerals were celebrated here at Holy Trinity during 2010 & 2011 next November.

It has been several years since Holy Trinity had a proper sign outside of the church. Fr. Stephen has decided that the community should once again know that our Parish is “open for Business” and has commissioned a new sign for our front lawn. The new sign will be over 10 feet tall and will prominently display our Mass times – and we hope to have it in place for Christmas. Our new sign will cost approximately $7,000, so we are once again asking for your help in the form of donations. If you would like to help make a donation to offset the cost of our new sign, please place a donation in the collection with the envelope marked “Parish Sign”. As always, we thank you in advance for your generosity.

Each year, as Christmas approaches, people think of family members and friends who have died. Many have found our Memorial Tree to be a helpful way of remembering and dealing with feelings of loss during an otherwise happy time. If this is helpful for you, you are invited to print the names(s) of deceased relatives and friends on an envelope and mark it “Memorial Tree”. These names will be placed on ornaments prepared and decorated by the children in our Religious Education Program and the ornaments will be placed on the Tree. While you may also use the same envelope to make a voluntary donation to our Building Fund, a donation is not required. Deadline for submission of names is Sunday, December 19^th.

The following are the Mass times for Christmas at Holy Trinity: