PARISH ADDRESS:Holy Trinity Parish429 E. Allen St. – P. O. Box 323Hudson, NY 12534

ST. MARY’S CHURCH429 East Allen St.- P.O. Box 323

Hudson, New York 12534(518) 828-1334

MASS SCHEDULES:Hudson:

Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 PMSunday Mass: 9:00 AMDaily Mass: 7:15 AM (Monday – Friday)Holy Days: As Announced

Germantown:

Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 PM(Resurrection, Germantown)

Sunday Mass: 11:00 AM(Resurrection, Germantown)

Daily Mass: Fridays, 9:00 a.m.Holy Days: As Announced

CONFESSIONS IN HUDSON:Saturday: 2:30 - 3:45 PM; 7:15 - 7:45 PMAnytime by appointment

CONFESSIONS IN GERMANTOWN:15 minutes prior to all MassesAnytime by appointment

HOLY TRINITY PARISHHudson and Germantown, New York

PHONE: (518) 828 - 1334

WEBSITE: www.holytrinityhudson.org

E-MAIL: holytrinityhudson@gmail.com

WORSHIP SITES:

NATIVITY CHAPELCty. Rt.31 & Cty. Rt. 10

Linlithgo, New York

STAFF

Rev. Dr. Anthony Barratt, PastorRev. Winston Bath, Pastor EmeritusRev. Mr. Richard H. A. Washburn, DeaconMrs. Arlene Liepshutz,

Business & FinanceMrs. Sally Hotaling,

Office ManagerMrs. Maura Nedwell, Administrator of

Religious Education, HudsonMr. Michael W. Van Allen,

Liturgical Coordinator/SacristanMrs. Rita Koeppel,

Director of Music, HudsonMrs. Linda Meicht, Pastoral CareMr. Orville Maxwell, Maintenance

WELCOMEWe are always happy to welcome people

into our parish community. Visitors orthose who are new to our parish arecordially invited to make their presenceknown by introducing themselves to thepriest or deacon after Mass.

RESURRECTION CHURCH9 Church Ave.- P.O. Box 96

Germantown, New York 12526(518) 537-6136

Please contact the Rectory Officeduring the week to register so that we canbe of better service to you.

BAPTISM

Please call the Parish Office at 828-1334 to initiate the process.

MARRIAGE

Arrangements should begin eightmonths to a year in advance to allowsufficient time for instruction andpreparation.

MINISTRY TO THE HOMEBOUNDWe gladly serve anyone who cannot

celebrate Mass with us in Church becauseof illness, handicap, or age. For thesacraments at home, hospital, or nursinghome, please call the Parish Office.

ANNOINTING OF THE SICKWhen there is a need, call for a priest.

PASTOR’S INFORMATIONIf any of the following items pertain to you or your family, please check the box by that item. This information will be a great help.

(Please tear off and put in the collection basket, or mail to the rectory.)

Your Name: _________________________________________________________________________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number: _________________________________________ e-mail: ____________________________________________

Previous Address, if changing: ___________________________________________________________________________________

New in Parish; would like to register at St. Mary’s Church, Hudson Resurrection Church, Germantown Nativity Chapel, Linlithgo,

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HOLY TRINITY PARISH GERMANTOWN & HUDSON, NEW YORK

THE WEEK AHEADREADINGS AND HYMNS (HUDSON)

Reading: p.106 ; Opening Hymn: #252; Closing: #524

MASSES FOR THIS WEEKMONDAY: Lenten Weekday (March 20)

7:15 AM Pamela White - Gloria Campeta

Albert Craft - Sharon Novak-Craft

TUESDAY: Lenten Weekday (March 21)

7:15 AM Eunice Nabozny - Dan & Jennifer Pelesz

Kathryn McDonald - Christopher & Michelle Paul

WEDNESDAY: Lenten Weekday (March 22)

7:15 AM D’Onofrio & Flanagan Families - Marion Coons

Eunice Nabozny - Liz & Mike Koskowski & Family

THURSDAY:Lenten Weekday (March 23)

7:15 AM Anibal Murcia - Margo

Kathryn McDonald - Sally & Bill Hotaling

FRIDAY: Lenten Weekday (March 24)

7:15 AM Joan E. McHale - Daughter, Joanne

(HUD) Dorothy, Leory & Dirk Van DeCarr - The Family

9:00 AM Pro Populo(G’TWN)

FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENTSATURDAY VIGIL MASS: (March 25)4:00 PM Anne D. Miller - Ellen & Dan Miller

(HUD) Mary & Al Warakomski -Son, Dave

Felix & Mary Ambrose - Ron & Arlene Gabriele

5:30 PM For the Living & Deceased of the Parish(G’TWN)

SUNDAY MORNING MASS: (March 26)

9:00 AM Living & Deceased of the Rix & Rose Families(HUD)

- Jane and Bill Martin

Christine Pierro - Cappy & Leitha Pierro

Eunice Nabozny - Matilda Wagner

11:00 AM George Dembosky (special intention-Birthday)(G’TWN) - Sister, Fran Lasher

SAT. 4 PM

PH:R. Gabriele

M. A. Vieni

S. Hotaling

Y. Crawford

OH:

F. VanDeusen PC:

OC:

C.A. French

M. Anuska

†M:

CI:

CB:

B. Van Allen

M. Osuch

D. Teegarden

PH:

OH:

R. Jason

M.E. Pierro

PC:

OC:

S. McHale

M.E. Vincent

†M:

T. Malak

CH: Deacon

LECTORS: EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: SERVERS:

LITURGICAL ROLESMARCH 25 - 26

CI:

CB:

SUN. 9 AM DeaconCH: W. Meyer

M. Meyer

A. Do

LECTORS: GREETERS: SERVERS:

SAT. 5:30 PM

SUN. 11 AM

S. Hotaling

D. Brown

T. Snyder

D. Krein

THURSDAY, March 23

Bible Study: 7:00 p.m. St. Mary’s Rectory

FRIDAY, March 24

Stations of the Cross:6:30 p.m.,

St. Mary’s

WARM,FRESH-FROM-

THE-OVEN,BANANA BREAD!

This Weekend,March 18th & 19th

Just $5.00!

We are so grateful to you for your support withthese monthly sales! Our February bake netted a profitof $1006! We will attempt, once again this weekend,to fill the Church with the aroma of Banana Bread andtempt your tasted buds. Our teens were busy bakingthis Saturday afternoon, and again, bright and early, at6:00 a.m. this Sunday morning! Thank you SO muchfor being so kind and supportive!

WEDNESDAY, March 22

CommunalReconciliationService

Join us for the celebration of theLord’s mercy and compassion in aLenten Communal Penance Service,

with several priests hearing individual confessions, thisThursday, March 22nd, at 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY, March 21

St. Anthony Novena: 7:00 p.m. St. Mary’s

LENT SUNDAY THREE:JESUS MEETS THE WOMAN AT THE WELL

Last Sunday, we reflected on our Gospel of the Trans-figuration of Jesus by using the famous painting of thisGospel event by the artist Raphael. This week, we are pre-sented with another very human and yet very dramatic Gos-pel as Jesus meets the Samaritan woman at Jacob’s well. Aneveryday and rather mundane task of fetching water be-comes, for the woman, a life-transforming encounter as shemeets Jesus and enters into a conversation with him. Ulti-mately, that conversation becomes also a conversion forher: she drinks from the water of eternal life. The Frenchartist Nicolas Colombel (1644-1717) was very taken withthis Gospel story and so he painted a beautiful picture of theencounter between Jesus and the woman). Colombel wantsthose who look at his painting not just to see a picture ofthis encounter, but to be transported into it. When this hap-pens, we can better understand all that is going on and solearn from the event and apply it to our own lives.

So, what can we notice in his painting…? First of all, wenotice the realism. The city can be seen in the distance asthe encounter would have taken place outside the town atthe well of Jacob. Also; notice how there are virtually noshadows and the scene is brightly lit. This is because thewoman came to the well at noon, in the heat of the day,since no one else would be there. Why was this? She wentto the well at this time because she was despised andshunned by the townspeople as a woman of bad repute.(Some artists make this point by showing the woman asscantily dressed, but Colombel does this by showing her asnot covering her hair: a “good” woman would always gooutside with her hair covered and this would have been avery strict custom at the time of Jesus). Some commentatorsalso think that all the rope gathered in her hand (presumably

to let the bucket down into the deep well) is also a symbolof the entangled life that she had lead up to this point.

We can also see the animated conversation between theJesus and the woman in their gestures and in the fluidmovement of their bodies. We can easily see how Jesusreaches out towards the woman and how animated his faceseems to be. It is a sure sign of his thirst: not for water(although he would have been hot and thirsty in the noon-day heat), but rather his thirst for the woman’s soul and forher conversion to a new life. So, Jesus gently but surelymoves towards the woman to encourage her and to wel-come her, just as the Lord makes the first move towards usas he thirsts for our soul and life too.

By contrast to this moving and tranquil scene, we cansee in the distance on the right hand side of the picture, theflustered disciples hurrying towards Jesus, no doubt won-dering what on earth he is doing talking with this person ofill-repute. Sometimes, judgments about others, even if well-meaning, can actually be a barrier or a hindrance to God’slove and mercy working in a situation or in a person.In this our third week of our journey of Lent together, let usbe open to Jesus’s love and thirst in our life. Let us engagein conversation (prayer) with him, just as the woman at thewell did and, like her, welcome his healing presence intoour lives so that our conversation with Jesus turns into ourconversion.

Our Bishop’s Appeal 2017

How One Office ServesCatholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany

“Catholic Charities, recognizing human needat all stages of life, responds to all persons re-gardless of race, creed, or lifestyle, with spe-cial emphasis on the economically poor andthe vulnerable.

Catholic Charities, a ministry of the CatholicDiocese of Albany, is committed to active wit-ness on behalf of the Scriptural values ofmercy and justice.

Catholic Charities serves and empowerspersons in need, advocates for a just soci-ety, calls forth and collaborates withwomen and men of good will in fulfillmentof its mission”.

In 2016 Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, one of the largest, private,social service agencies in Upstate New York, helped improve the lives of more than 81,000 peoplein the 14 counties of the Albany Diocese. Our programs focus on responding to those in crisis, pro-viding basic needs, and protecting and supporting the vulnerable.

Catholic Charities’ services include food pantries and soup kitchens; homeless shelters andhousing; domestic violence assistance programs; counseling and mental health assistance; sup-port for adults and children with developmental disabilities; help for seniors and their caregivers;substance abuse prevention; chronic disease management; and many other services. What guidesus in our work is to recognize Christ in the poor, the downtrodden, in those who are suffering,people in our midst who are in need of hope and assistance. We seek to encounter those in needwhere they are, and to walk with them.

Through the financial support of generous donors to Catholic Charities and to the Bishop’s Ap-peal, we are able to serve those who turn to us with compassionate assistance and respect for thedignity of each person who walks through the door

For more information, visit our website at www.ccrcda.org

BISHOP'S OFFICEPASTORAL CENTER

40 NORTH MAIN AVENUE, ALBANY, NEW YORK 12203

FAX (518) 453-6795 • TELEPHONE (518) 453-6611

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

Next weekend our diocese will be taking up The CatholicRelief Services Collection (CRSC). By participating in thiscollection, you are responding to Jesus in disguise in someof the most marginalized communities in our world. TheCRSC provides services for immigrants, humanitarian aidin the wake of natural disasters, refuge for the displaced,and advocacy for peace and justice around the world. Let usjoin together in this collection to support those sufferingand on the margins of society.

For example, in Niger, changes in climate in westernAfrica are adversely affecting poor and rural farmers. Nomatter how hard these farmers work, droughts are shorten-ing the rainy season, leaving harvests too small to supportfamilies and communities. Your support of the CRSC ishelping connect businesses that provide drought-resistantseeds to these communities. These new relationships areproviding hope to these communities for a sustainable fu-ture.

Your support of this collection makes a difference for somany around the world. Please prayerfully consider howyou can support the collection this year. If you want to learnmore about the collection and the people who benefit,please visit www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.

Please answer the knock of Jesus in disguise, and begenerous to The Catholic Relief Services Collection. Yoursupport truly makes a difference.

Faithfully yours in Christ,

Edward B. ScharfenbergerBishop of Albany

For more information on The Catholic Relief ServicesCollection and the organizations it supports,please visit www.usccb.org/catholic-relief.

Next week, our parish will take upThe Catholic Relief Services Col-lection. This collection supportssix Catholic agencies that touchmore than 100 million lives aroundthe world. The funds from this col-lection help provide food to thehungry, support to displaced refu-

gees, and Christ’s love and respect to all people. Next week,please give generously to The Catholic Relief Services Col-lection and help Jesus in disguise.

SUNDAY, March 19

Christian ServiceMeetingGermantownAfter the 11:00 Mass in Ger-

mantown this Sunday, March 19thth, there will be a lunch-eon meeting to discuss future social events, fund raising,and maintenance needs of the community. Please come andhelp to maintain the strength and vitality of our parish com-munity.

YANKEE CANDLE SALE

Fundraising for National Catho-lic Youth Conference

Paying for Bus Fare!

Catalogues still available

Twelve high school students in our parish, have com-mitted this entire year to working hard to earn their wayto the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indian-apolis in November, an event that our young people inthe past have called “life changing.”

Along with our monthly Banana Bread Bakes, weare now offering a Yankee Candle Sale which is un-derway now and ends March 26th. Thanks to our won-derfully supportive parishioners (YOU!), this sale hasalways been a great success, and will, with God's goodgrace, pay our bus fair to Indianapolis.

We are SO grateful to you all for your overwhelmingsupport of our Banana Bread Bakes and our Ginger-bread Sale — the teens are truly humbled by the out-pouring of love and encouragement that you continue togive them.

Please, if you can, consider taking a Yankee Candlepacket and sharing it with friends and/or relatives. Allorders placed will arrive in time for Mothers Day.

Remember…..orders need to be in by March 26th.

Sacrificial GivingEvery opportunity to give generously is an opportunity to

receive innumerable blessings.

HUDSON

Regular Offertory Last Weekend (Mar 12)……..….... $5,048.00Heat and Fuel…………………………………...…… $ 562.00Peter’s Pence………………………………………... $ 90.00

GERMANTOWN

Regular Offertory Last Weekend (Mar. 12)…….….... $1,486.00Heat and Fuel………………………...………...……. $ 100.00Easter Flowers………………………………………. $ 355.00Seminarian Support…………………………………. $ 101.00

A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE by Bud Ozar

Our children are like the Samaritan woman in today’s Gospel.They need more than material things. They need the ‘living wa-ter” only the adults can give. It will teach them how to make de-cisions, take responsibility, respect themselves and others andlive their commitments. With this “living water” they will “neverthirst.”

Feet neededWe are seeking the help of

twelve parishioners to volun-teer for the Rite of the Wash-ing of the Feet on Holy Thurs-day, April 13th, 5:30 p.m.

Last year Pope Francis decreed that participation inthe Holy Thursday Foot Washing Ceremony is open toeveryone regardless of gender, age, nationality, or reli-gious affiliation. We encourage ALL parishioners toconsider participating.

If you can assist, please sign up in the Church vestibules,or call the Rectory at 828-1334.

Need your Rosary repaired?A parishioner has decided for her Lenten obser-

vance to repair broken Rosaries. If you have a Rosary thatis damaged in any way, we invite you to place it in the col-lection basket during Lent. Put your Rosary in an envelopewith your name, address, and telephone number on it. Afterthe Rosary is repaired, we will contact you and arrange foryour repaired Rosary to be returned to you.

Pastoral Council meets April 4Because of the inclement weather last week, the Pastoral

Council of Holy Trinity Parish will now meet on Tuesday,April 4th, 5:30 p.m., at St. Mary's Academy, Hudson. Weask all Council members and those interested in the work ofthe Council to please be present for this important meeting.

Soup Fest 2017The Soup Fest is back again….bigger

and better than ever. Say goodbye towinter, the cold, and the snow by enjoying

a tasty selection of wonderful homemade soups and accompaniments.

Join us in the warmth while tastingdifferent soups all in one place!

Bring your friends and family to Fr.

Gerken Hall and be a part of what every-one is calling the must-attend event of

the season! There will be a lot of fun; sobe sure to join us on

Saturday, March 25th,4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Father Gerken Hall(behind Resurrection Church).

Tickets are $6.00 at the dooron the day of the event.

THE THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT MARCH 19, 2017

Reflections on today’s Scriptures

The Third Sunday of Lent

“But the hour is coming, and is now here, when true wor-shippers will worship the Father in Spirit and truth.” Are wetrue worshippers? Do we praise and honor God the Fatherin the way Jesus described to the Samaritan woman at thewell?

It seems that this woman was caught up in logisticsabout WHERE to worship more than HOW to worship. Herpeople worshiped in one place, the Jews in another. Shewas puzzled by this and, even though she could see thatJesus was a prophet, she challenged him because shethought perhaps he wasn't a true worshipper of God. TheLord’s response to her was to shift the focus away from aparticular physical location for honoring God. In essence,he told her that what mattered was that we worship God bybeing filled with his Spirit, “the Spirit of truth, [who] willguide you to all truth,” as Jesus will say later in John’s Gos-pel (16:13). This woman, whose life was marked by such asad string of broken relationships, had been missing thepoint.

Worshipping God means more than merely practic-ing a community ritual or frequenting a sacred site. If wedon’t come to truly know God by welcoming his Spirit intoour hearts, then our worship will be empty and our liveswill always be missing something. The deep fulfillment thatis meant to come from following the Lord is a fruit of beingfilled with his Spirit. Without drinking fully of this ‘livingwater’ that is available to all of us through the waters ofbaptism, we will always be seeking something more, likethis poor woman. Instead, may we be true worshippers, whodrink with satisfaction from the Lord's own ‘spring of waterwelling up to eternal life.’

–– Gina Loehr

©2017 Liturgical Publications Inc.

Readings for the Week of March 19

Sunday: Ex 17:3-7/Ps 95:1-2, 6-9/Rom 5:1-2, 5-8/Jn 4:5-42or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42

Monday: 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16/Ps 89:2-5, 27, 29/Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22/Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a

or Lk 2:41-51aTuesday: Dn 3:25, 34-43/Ps 25:4-5ab, 6, 7bc, 8-9/Mt 18:21-35Wednesday: Dt 4:1, 5-9/Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20/Mt 5:17-19Thursday: Jer 7:23-28/Ps 95:1-2, 6-9/Lk 11:14-23Friday: Hos 14:2-10/Ps 81:6c-11ab, 14, 17/Mk 12:28-34Saturday: Is 7:10-14; 8:10/Ps 40:3-4, 18-21ab/Heb 10:4-10

/Lk 1:26-38Sunday: 1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a/Ps 23:1-6/Eph 5:8-14/

Fernando’s storyFernando dreams of becoming a businessman. He also

dreams of a better future for his family, and this motivateshim to sell cookbooks on San Salvador’s buses. It’s danger-ous work for $10 a day—gangs frequently stop and harassdrivers and passengers—but he keeps going, determined toachieve his dreams.

It was his dreams that led him to YouthBuild, a six-month, CRS-sponsored program that trains young people inbusiness. There, he found a positive community to help himpursue his passion, despite the challenges of life in El Sal-vador. “When I tell my classmates that I want to do some-thing, they tell me to try it and to not hold back.”

Training for six months with YouthBuild wasn’t easyon Fernando or his family. Without his wife to support himand care for their two young daughters, the early morningsand long days might have been impossible. “YouthBuild isa family because families help you realize your dreams,”Fernando says. It’s a fact he knows well.

Fernando is putting his newfound skills to work. Aftergraduating from YouthBuild in 2016, he took part in a se-ries of entrepreneur workshops organized by CRS and iscurrently working on a new business plan. He is also a partof the YouthBuild network of graduates, youth leaders whomentor other young people and look for new opportunitiesfor employment and growth.

“We have a saying,” says Fernando. “Once a Youth-Builder, always a YouthBuilder.”

Through your Lenten contributions to Operation RiceBowl, you will be helping an untold number of strugglingpeople like Fernando and his family find a better way oflife.