Trinity Weekly

Volume 5, Issue 7

September 10, 2021

Mrs. Rachel Arnold, Trinity's new College and Career Counselor, will meet with the parents of seniors on Wednesday, September 22, 2021, to discuss the college application process and the use of Naviance. She will also present information on Financial Aid and a recorded presentation provided by our local PHEAA representative. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria. Please note that masks are required at this event.

Trinity participates in the state-wide initiative Safe2Say, which facilitates anonymous reports concerning safety issues. Reports go through a state dispatcher who determines whether reports should be forwarded to the local police department or to the school. Safe2Say is not a place to register mild complaints about other students or Trinity policies. We ask that you contact a member of the Trinity Administration with these issues and reserve Safe2Say for matters of student safety.

Stream the Trinity Football game at Upper Dauphin via their school network. The game begins at 7:00 p.m. Watch here. Go Rocks!

Time is running out to place your order for the Central PA Crab, Beer, and Wine Festival!

Eat delicious hard shell crabs from Harbour House or chicken from Redd's BBQ! Order here by Thursday, September 16 for pickup on Saturday, September 18!

Trinity's Beef and Beer event is now open for business! Tickets and sponsorships are available for purchase. For online sponsorships or ticket sales, click here. Tickets can be picked up at the time of the event or sent in advance if requested. If you would like to purchase at the school or via mail, please click here for a printable donation form. Can't wait to see you at the event!

The Trinity Boys Lacrosse Team will have a parent meeting on Thursday, September 16, at 6:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. This will be the primary informational meeting for the 2022 season, and all parents of returning, new, and prospective players are encouraged to attend. For further information, please contact Coach Heisey.

If you would like to share your student's COVID-19 vaccination status with us, you may do so here. Sharing this information is completely voluntary. In the event that we need to make decisions concerning quarantine due to exposure to COVID-19, we will use this self-reported information to help us make our determination.

Your 2022 yearbook is now available for preorder! Order with this paper form or online.

Parents of seniors, celebrate your senior with a baby ad in the yearbook! Place orders by November 30 using this form.

September is Suicide Prevention Month In the United States, with the week of September 5-11 identified as National Suicide Prevention Week. Around the world, September 10 is recognized as World Suicide Prevention Day. The goal of annual suicide prevention observances is to provide education and encourage advocacy around this public health challenge toward which prevention efforts can and should occur every single day.

The last day to request a change in classes is Thursday, September 16. All requests to change classes must be in writing from a parent and must include the $100 course change fee.

We will once again run our 10th period study hall on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 2:45 until 3:30 p.m. If you student is here after school waiting for a ride or for a practice to begin, please encourage attendance in 10th period study hall. Students can get their homework started or ask for help from a teacher or a National Honor Society student.  Signs around the building will indicate the rooms for these study halls each day.

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All are welcome to join us and help plan the Beef and Beer event. Zoom here or attend in person.

Pick up your Harbour House Crabs and/or Redd's BBQ at Trinity and enjoy them with friends and family at your home! All orders must be placed by Thursday, September 16, at 6:00 p.m. Order here!

The Trinity High School Marching Band is hosting a drive-through Chicken BBQ Fundraiser. The cost is $10 per dinner (half a BBQ chicken, baked potato, apple sauce, and a dinner roll). Tickets can be purchased ahead of time by contacting Mrs. Dana Facius at (717) 856-2939, but walk-ins are also welcome!

Join us for the annual Harry DeFrank Golf Tournament, hosted by Trinity Girls Basketball, on September 26 beginning at 8:00 a.m. See more information here.

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Jesus and his disciples set out for the villages of Caesarea Philippi. Along the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" They said in reply, "John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others one of the prophets." And he asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter said to him in reply, "You are the Christ." Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days. He spoke this openly. Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do." He summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the gospel will save it."--Mark 8:27-35

See all of Sunday's readings here.

"But who do you say that I am?" Jesus asks this question of us. In today's world, people will say that he was a nice man, a great teacher, an all-around nice guy. But Jesus is more than that. He is the Christ. He is God. He loves us. In that love, he challenges us to be the best version of ourselves that we can be. The challenge of taking up our cross is not from a nice guy who wants us to be comfortable in our lives. The challenge of taking up our cross is a call into a loving relationship with our Lord and our God.

Lord Jesus -

Help us to recognize your presence in every moment of our lives. We know that you are the Christ and desire to be your disciples. Help us to take up our cross daily and follow you. Give us the grace we need to carry our cross. Make our hearts burn with your love so that we can help others carry their crosses. May all we do be for your honor and glory. Amen.

Basketball Registration is open! The Saint Joseph Athletic Association Basketball Program is for all girls and boys in grades 9-12 who are baptized Catholic (or in an RCIA program) and are active members of Saint Joseph, Saint Katharine Drexel, or Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton parishes. High- school-aged kids who are members of neighboring parishes that do not field a CYO high school team for either boys or girls may also play for another parish that does field one, including Saint Joseph. Register online.

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