Holy Trinity Catholic School Newsletter Vol 23. Feb 14-21, 2019
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From the Principal's Office:

In my last newsletter blurb, I spoke about my opportunity to visit the Holy Land of Israel with the School of Faith ministry.  Thank you all for the prayers.  Many of you had also reached out with prayers and intentions.  We took all of these and placed them on all the Holy Sites.  The experience simply put was life changing.  Being able to visit all the sites that Jesus and His mother Mary lived and preached was amazing.  The gospel readings and Mass will never be the same.  I wanted to share with you what I took from this experience and let you know what future plans I have in spreading this gift to others.  Although there were many lessons learned from this experience, the most important is that God is real and He loves us. He has also challenged us to share his teachings with others.  We are a faith that is in trouble.  Starting in the Middle East and spreading across Europe to the United States, God is being forgotten about and set aside. Through our schools, politics, laws and communities, we are not only ignoring Him, we are actually disrespecting Him.  He suffered and died for us.  We must understand that.  What can we do?  That’s a question I had answered on this pilgrimage.  Pray the rosary, stand up and defend Jesus, and proclaim his love for ALL.  Mary will win this war on our faith, but we must do our part.  I am reminded of judgement day.  When God comes back what side of the line do you want to be on?  Have you done enough to be given the eternal gift of heaven?

In bringing this back to HTS, we must love our school and our community.  Attending Mass and having a personal relationship with God is a huge part of earning eternal salvation.  The Eucharist is the closest way we can commune with God.  Why would we not what that?  Make Mass a priority and pray as a family. Take at least an hour out of your day for God.  The devil is working hard to keep us busy in our lives and give us excuses for not attending Mass and praying daily.

Thank you again for choosing Catholic education.  Having a Catholic education is more important than ever in these times.  We have to educate our children and prepare them for the temptations of the world.  If you have not already registered for next year do so ASAP.  We have an incredible school with many resources that prepare our students for success.  If our numbers decline, we will have to make decisions that may affect that level of support.  Get out there and spread the good news to others.  Share with them the gift that HTS is. Welcome them and have them contact us.   

Make your faith your #1 priority.  If you do this, you will be rewarded.

To conclude, I wanted to let you know my plans for the school after this experience.  Many may know we have several staff who have been to the Holy Land.  We will be working on curriculum for the classrooms that take the pilgrimage information and pictures and couple that with prayer and small group sharing. More information will be coming.
We are very blessed to have an incredibly faithful community here at Holy Trinity.  We must all do our part to prioritize this in our lives and strive to be better Catholics working towards the ultimate goal of heaven.   
God Bless, 
​Mr Merfen    
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​HTS Calendar

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Thursday, February 14
 ​     DRESS DOWN DAY
  • 2:15 PM     Class Parties
Friday, February 15
  •  8:15 AM     7-8 Mass


Monday, February 18
              NO SCHOOL
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Tuesday, February 19
              NO SCHOOL
Wednesday, February 20
  • 8:15 AM     K-6  Mass
Friday, February 21
  •  8:15 AM     7-8 Mass
Tuesday, February 26
  • 8:15 AM     K-3 Mass
Wednesday, February 27
  • 8:15 AM     4-6 Mass
  • 7-8:45   PM    Confirmation Sponsor/Child Meeting - Quigley
Thursday, February 28
        SPIRIT WEAR DAY
**Bring $1 to participate in wearing HTS Spirit Wear

Friday, March 1
         Kindergarten Round-Up - NO KINDERGARTEN CLASSES
  •  8:15 AM     7-8 Mass
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Tuesday, March 5   
  • 1:00 PM     Willy Wonka Assembly Grades K-3
  • 7:00 PM    Willy Wonka Performance - gym
Wednesday, March 6      
  • 8:15 AM     All-School Mass
Thursday, March 7
  • 1:00 PM     Willy Wonka Assembly Grades 4-8
  • 7:00 PM    Willy Wonka Performance - gym
Friday, March 8
           NO SCHOOL
  • End of 3rd Quarter

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2019-2020 Online Enrollment  now open in EduConnect
​https://htslenexa.eduk12.net/login

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Dear Holy Trinity Friends and Families,
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The HTS 2020 graduating class is creating a custom cookbook featuring favorite recipes from our parishioners. These cookbooks will be professionally published and are sure to be a treasured keepsake for all. Cookbooks will be sold for $20 and money raised will be used for 8th Grade Graduation and Festivities.

Please submit 3-5 of your favorite family recipes so you can be represented in our cookbook. Lots of tried and true recipes from our congregation will ensure a cookbook success!  

We have ONE month, the month of February to easily submit recipes online.  Recipes are due Thursday, February 28, 2019.  Please submit your recipes by February 28 so we can meet our deadline.  We don’t want you to miss out!

To submit recipes online:
*Go to www.typensave.com and click “Login”.
*Enter Username:  2020Mustangs
*Enter Password:  cucumber20
*Enter your name and click “Continue”.
*Click “Add Recipes” to begin adding your recipes.

Please email with questions at 2020Mustangs@gmail.com
You can also reserve a cookbook by emailing us with the number of cookbooks you would like to receive.  

Thank you!
Vicki Ryan and 8th grade Committee



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Interactive Lunch Menu Page
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Teacher Feature

Brought to you by the Yearbook Students...
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Clubs

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​BSA Troop 181

Are you ready for outdoor adventure?  Troop 181 of Holy Trinity invites any boy from 5th grade on up to join them.   This scout troop has monthly adventures that range from backpacking to canoeing and climbing to caving.  They are starting their new scout year and would love to show you what Scouting has to offer.   Join them Monday, March 11 at 7pm in the Quigley center.  Questions?  Contact John Whiteside at jbwhiteslenexa@gmail.com or 913-492-7322.


Other News

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Archived Newsletters

Vol 22. Feb 7-14, 2019
​Vol 21. Jan 31-Feb 7, 2019
Vol 20. Jan 24-31, 2019
Vol 19. Jan 17-24, 2019
Vol 18. Jan 10-17, 2019

Vol 17.  Dec 14-Jan 4, 2019
Vol 16. Dec 7-14
Vol 15. - Nov 30-Dec 7
Vol 14. file unavailable
Vol 13. Nov 9-15


Vol 12. - Nov 2-9
Vol 11. - Oct 26-Nov2
Vol 10. - Oct 19-26
Vol 9. -Oct 12-19
Vol 8. - Oct 5-12
Vol 7. - Sept 28-Oct 5
Vol 6. - Sept. 21-28
Vol 4. - Sept 7-14
Vol 3. - Aug 31-Sept 7
Vol 2. - Aug 24-31
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