(For more information about or to volunteer for any of these opportunities, contact the Parish Office)
Adult Confirmation
Adult Confirmation Classes, facilitated by Emily & Manny Urban, are offered twice a year.
Alienated Catholics Anonymous
A process to welcome back into the church anyone who has been away for whatever reasons.
Disciples in Mission
Several faith-sharing groups regularly meet during the Lenten season and throughout the year to study scripture and apply its lessons to the broader community. These groups meet at various times during the day and evening. Materials and training are provided for those wishing to become small group leaders.
Pre-Baptism Ministry
The Pre-Baptism Committee is responsible for a private meeting with all couples desiring to have their children baptized as well as assisting at the Saturday morning preparation class. One member of the committee is needed to help coordinate each baptism. Men, women, and couples are encouraged to become a part of this ministry. Training is provided.
Pre-Marriage Ministry
All couples desiring to be married at Most Holy Trinity Parish must attend either the diocesan sponsored Engaged Encounter Weekend or the preparation offered by specially trained couples in the parish. Training to be a sponsor couple is offered on a periodic basis.
Rite for the Christian Initiation of Adults
Individuals and couples are always needed to facilitate a discussion on the Sunday readings and homily.
Catechists are also needed to facilitate discussion and teaching on the various aspects of our faith. The most important qualities needed are, being a good listener, having a willingness to share one's faith and answer ordinary questions about Catholicism. Training is provided, as are materials, resources and support. For more information contact the parish office.
Catechists are also needed to facilitate discussion and teaching on the various aspects of our faith. The most important qualities needed are, being a good listener, having a willingness to share one's faith and answer ordinary questions about Catholicism. Training is provided, as are materials, resources and support. For more information contact the parish office.
Lay Salvatorians
The Lay Salvatorians were developed and sponsored by the North American Province of the Society of the Divine Savior (and later joined by the Congregation of the Sisters of the Divine Savior) as part of the Society's renewal after the Second Vatican Council.
Lay Salvatorians explore and live out the Gospel demands of ministry, service, and love within the context of the larger Salvatorian family. Father Francis Jordan, founder of the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians), turned to lay people for help long before many others thought to do so. From the very beginning, Fr. Jordan and Mother Mary saw clearly that lay people had an important and essential part to play in the Church. These concepts are still vitally important in today's world. Fr. Jordan wanted to mobilize the entire Catholic world and all its resources. He wanted to inspire all Catholics with a missionary sense of responsibility for their neighbor's welfare.
Salvatorians have as their primary goal the apostolic proclamation of the presence of the Kingdom of God already begun here on earth. Therefore, the individual Lay Salvatorian will be involved in some apostolic ministerial activity on a part-time or full-time basis. The keystone of this apostolic activity is that it involves working with, and being of service to, other people in some direct and significant way.
The Lay Salvatorian signs a covenant embracing the Gospel counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience as a member of the Salvatorian Community. The implication of this commitment is that the individual Lay Salvatorian is publicly voicing a decision to carry out a ministry of leadership, service, and love.
Each individual Lay Salvatorian has a unique contribution to make, based on a variety of experiences, talents, leadership potential, and professional expertise in many fields. Like other Salvatorians, the Lay Salvatorian can carry out an apostolic ministry in a secular, ecumenical, or parish setting. Lay Salvatorians are involved in such ministries as raising a family; religious education; parish work; care of the sick, needy, elderly, and children; social justice; teaching; and ecumenical work.
The Lay Salvatorians are an integral part of the Salvatorian religious community rather than an independent organization. Each member is encouraged to relate to a specific local community of Salvatorians, as well as to the Provincial level. Each local community meets regularly and develops its own agenda and plan of action. On the Provincial level, the Lay Salvatorians are directed by the Lay Salvatorian National Board. The Board consists of lay members who are elected by the Lay Salvatorians, and one member elected by each the Society and the Congregation. The board charts and develops future directions and objectives for Lay Salvatorians. Salvatorians can more fully carry out their roles of leadership, ministry, and service in this inclusive community.
Christian men and women, married or single, who are willing to explore a more explicit role of ministry and leadership in the Church and the world may apply to the Lay Salvatorians.
Lay Salvatorians explore and live out the Gospel demands of ministry, service, and love within the context of the larger Salvatorian family. Father Francis Jordan, founder of the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians), turned to lay people for help long before many others thought to do so. From the very beginning, Fr. Jordan and Mother Mary saw clearly that lay people had an important and essential part to play in the Church. These concepts are still vitally important in today's world. Fr. Jordan wanted to mobilize the entire Catholic world and all its resources. He wanted to inspire all Catholics with a missionary sense of responsibility for their neighbor's welfare.
Salvatorians have as their primary goal the apostolic proclamation of the presence of the Kingdom of God already begun here on earth. Therefore, the individual Lay Salvatorian will be involved in some apostolic ministerial activity on a part-time or full-time basis. The keystone of this apostolic activity is that it involves working with, and being of service to, other people in some direct and significant way.
The Lay Salvatorian signs a covenant embracing the Gospel counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience as a member of the Salvatorian Community. The implication of this commitment is that the individual Lay Salvatorian is publicly voicing a decision to carry out a ministry of leadership, service, and love.
Each individual Lay Salvatorian has a unique contribution to make, based on a variety of experiences, talents, leadership potential, and professional expertise in many fields. Like other Salvatorians, the Lay Salvatorian can carry out an apostolic ministry in a secular, ecumenical, or parish setting. Lay Salvatorians are involved in such ministries as raising a family; religious education; parish work; care of the sick, needy, elderly, and children; social justice; teaching; and ecumenical work.
The Lay Salvatorians are an integral part of the Salvatorian religious community rather than an independent organization. Each member is encouraged to relate to a specific local community of Salvatorians, as well as to the Provincial level. Each local community meets regularly and develops its own agenda and plan of action. On the Provincial level, the Lay Salvatorians are directed by the Lay Salvatorian National Board. The Board consists of lay members who are elected by the Lay Salvatorians, and one member elected by each the Society and the Congregation. The board charts and develops future directions and objectives for Lay Salvatorians. Salvatorians can more fully carry out their roles of leadership, ministry, and service in this inclusive community.
Christian men and women, married or single, who are willing to explore a more explicit role of ministry and leadership in the Church and the world may apply to the Lay Salvatorians.