429 E. Allen St. – P. O. Box 323, Hudson, NY

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(Nativity, Linlithgo)

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 PARISH

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. Winston Bath, PastorRev. 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, 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,

Change of Address Moving out of Parish

Request collection envelopes Need information, please phone

Request free subscription to The Evangelist, our diocesan newspaper New telephone number: ______________________

HOLY TRINITY PARISH GERMANTOWN & HUDSON, NEW YORK

THE WEEK AHEAD

Sacrificial Giving

If truth doesn’t set you free, generosity of spirit will.

–– Katerina Stoykova Klemer

HUDSON

Regular Offertory Last Weekend (Jan. 29)……..….... $6,639.00Evangelist……………………………….……...…… $ 28.00

GERMANTOWN

Regular Offertory Last Weekend (Jan. 29)……...…... $ 995.00Seminarian Support………………...………...……. $ 90.00

READINGS AND HYMNS (HUDSON)Reading: p.89 ; Opening Hymn: #552 ; Closing: # 463

MASSES FOR THIS WEEKMONDAY: St Paul Miki & Companions (February 6)

7:15 AM Walter Nyfeler - Mike & Kathy Nabozny

TUESDAY: Weekday (February 7)

7:15 AM Helen K. Novack - Halloran Family

WEDNESDAY: Weekday (February 8)

7:15 AM Dec’d Members of the Pizza Family - Chic Loomis

George Thulen - Joann Thulen

THURSDAY: Weekday (February 9)

7:15 AM Veronica Simmons - Teresa Riegel

FRIDAY: St. Scholastica, Virgin (February 10)

7:15 AM Alfred Ublacker - St. Mary’s Christian Service Committee(HUD)

9:00 AM For Vocations to the Priesthood(G’TWN)

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

SATURDAY VIGIL MASS: (February 11)4:00 PM Harold W. & Anna M. Rowen - Ray & Carol Ann Paul

(HUD) Gail Marie Gabriele - Ron & Arlene Gabriele

Paul & Anna Colwell - Vera & Tom Colwell

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

SUNDAY MORNING MASS: (February 12)

9:00 AM Mr. & Mrs. George Gardener Sr.

(HUD) - Maureen, George Gardner &

FamilyJosephine Wisniak - (daughter) Marlene & Charles Polisky

Thomas C. Quigley & Marylou Bujanow - the Family

11:00 AM Vicky & John Fellin - the Liepshutz Family

SAT. 4 PM

PH:R. Gabriele

M. Ronsani

M. Howard

M. Martin

OH:

F. VanDeusen PC:

OC:

C.A. French

M. Anuska

†M:

CI:

CB:

D. Teegarden

M. Osuch

T. Rogers

PH:

OH:

M.E. Vincent

C. Vieni

PC:

OC:

S. McHale

M.A. Vieni

†M:

T. Malak

CH: Deacon

LECTORS: EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS: SERVERS:

LITURGICAL ROLESFEBRUARY 11-12

CI:

CB:

SUN. 9 AM DeaconCH: M. Sapcoe

G. Cozzolino

A. Do

LECTORS: GREETERS: SERVERS:

SAT. 5:30 PM

SUN. 11 AM

D. Brown

D. Brownson

Tom Snyder

Angelo Castello

S U N D A Y , F e b r u a r y 5

FOOD PANTRY COLLECTION:Your continued support of the

Community Food Pantry is a greatblessing for the needy in our area.Cash donations are used to purchasepackaged foods at the Regional FoodBank, where items can be obtained at afraction of their commercial cost.

WEDNESDAY, February 8

■ The Gathering: Please come and share in the on-going study of Sacred Scripture. , 7:30 to 9:00 p.m., at theSt. Mary’s Academy Library.

ORPERSONAL CARE CLOSET DRIVE

Catholic Charities and the Germantown Food Pantryalso find the people they serve have need of personalcare items. So for the month of February we ask thosedonating to the Food Pantries consider donating someof the following items:

Laundry DetergentDeodorant

Dish SoapShampoo

THURSDAY February 9

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

If truth doesn’t set you free, generosity of spirit will.

HabemusPastor novus!

New PastorAppointed

ForHoly Trinity Parish

The Rev. Dr.Anthony M. Barratt

Fr. Bath and Fr. Anthony (pronounced An-ton-i — the “h” is silent) review some of thematerial involving the beginning of his ministry and service to Holy Trinity Parish, Hudsonand Germantown.

Dear Brothers and Sisters of Holy Trinity Parish:

With great pleasure I share the good news that in the near future we will be welcoming a new pastor to our parish, theRev. Dr. Anthony Barratt. (He tells me he invites folks to call him Father Anthony (pronounced: An-ton-i — the “h” is si-lent)). He hails from Great Britain, but he has been serving in the Diocese of Albany for a dozen years, first in Ilion andFrankfort, and recently at St. Ambrose Church in Latham. Back in October he was also appointed Diocesan Director ofPrayer and Worship, and he will continue to serve in that capacity. His service will begin in Columbia County on AshWednesday, March 1st.

Gifted with an outstanding intellect, Fr. Anthony has a half dozen academic degrees, including a Ph.D. Along with every-thing else, he is teaching courses at Sienna College and at St. Bernard’s Institute. He has frequently been invited to givepresentations at diocesan gatherings, and invariably receives an enthusiastic response. I have never been present with him ata Mass, but from what I know of him so far, I believe that we are going to be in for some very impressive homilies.

I have had several conversations with Fr. Anthony over the past few days, and I can’t help but believe that the Lord hastruly blessed us by sending him here. He is articulate, cordial, gracious, friendly, and has a great sense of humor. My lateAunt Martha would call him “an old shoe,” someone very comfortable and easy to be around.

Fr. Anthony has invited me to stay on and continue ministering at Holy Trinity Parish; so I am in the process of movingto the third floor of the Rectory and making plans to retire from administrative duties — which means that in the near futureno more meetings, coping with clogged plumbing, cranking out the bulletin, or worrying whether we have sufficient funds topay the bills. Along with helping at Masses, I will continue doing the work I enjoy, such visiting hospitals, nursing homesand the homebound. Fr. Anthony has also asked me to “look after the Parish for him” at times when he is away temporarily.

With Fr. Anthony’s presence and service in our parish, I believe our future is going to be more promising than ever. Inyour prayers, thank the Lord for providing for us in such a wonderful way.

God bless us all!

Greetings from Father Anthony,the new Pastor

This is just a brief note to say hello to everyone! First of all,I am sure it has been difficult for you over the last fewmonths, knowing of Fr. Bath’s retirement, but not knowingabout the future. It is, unfortunately, a further sign of theacute shortage of priests that we have all been talking aboutfor so long and have certainly experienced very personally,of course, with parish mergers etc. At the same time, it is soimportant to pay tribute to the many years of love and ser-vice that Fr. Bath has given to us and the wider community,as well as all the hard work of the parish staff, ministers andvolunteers It is great that Fr. Bath is going to remain, in re-tirement, at the Rectory in Hudson.

Well, you are having a priest from England which is a bitunusual, but, hopefully, a good thing (no comments aboutaccents etc…!). You might be thinking, what is the connec-tion with Albany? I came to Albany Diocese for many sum-mers to look after St. Francis de Sales Parish (now Christ,Our Light Parish) while the pastor was away. Luckily, al-though vocations to the priesthood have declined in Eng-land, we still have a good number of priests. For example,my home parish is a large, suburban parish rather like St.Ambrose where I am moving from to you, but they havethree priests and three deacons!

Since you may not know me, a few words about myselfmight help to fill in the picture. I am 57 (where did the timego!) and I have lots of interests including gardening, music,literature, drawing and most things outdoors (hiking, cy-cling etc.). I come from a close Catholic family. Both myparents are thankfully alive (and may well visit next sum-mer). I have one brother and two sisters, three nephews,five nieces, three great nephews and four great nieces. Allmy family live in England and, of course, it can be verytough at times to be so far from all of them!

I was ordained as a priest in 1985 having completed all myformation for priesthood in Rome, Italy (at the VenerableEnglish College: the oldest continuous English institutionoutside of England, founded in 1362). I was ordained forthe Archdiocese of Southwark (covering London south ofthe River Thames and the County of Kent). After ordina-tion, I served in two parishes, first a large suburban parishwith a school and then at the Cathedral parish (very muchan inner city parish also with a school as well as a largehospital). Then I was appointed to the inter-diocesan semi-nary of St. John’s as a formator, professor of theology,priest in charge of liturgy, librarian and vice-rector.

I came to Albany “on loan” in 2004 and I became a priestfor Albany Diocese in 2011. In that time I have been pastorof Annunciation Church in Ilion (from 2004), and then ad-ditionally of Our Lady, Queen of Apostles, Frankfort in2008 and also Dean of Herkimer County. In 2012, I wasappointed pastor of St. Ambrose parish in Latham. Otherministries include teaching and catechesis: I am an adjunct

professor at Siena College and also at St. Bernard’s, teach-ing various MA and M.Div. courses as well as giving work-shops and days of recollection in parishes/deaneries andevents such as Spring Enrichment or the Autumn Gathering.I am also a member of various Diocesan groups and com-mittees such as pastoral planning, the Diaconate FormationBoard and the Priesthood Formation Team.

In October 2016, Bishop Scharfenberger appointed me asDirector of Prayer and Worship for the Diocese (this isquite a major responsibility). So, no danger of getting boredthen…!

People often ask about a vision of priestly service andpriesthood. I would see the priest/pastor as above all a spiri-tual leader. He is a steward of the “mysteries”: the sacra-ments and prayer, the Word (preaching and catechesis) andof the mystery that is each one of us (enabling people to usetheir many gifts well and helping them to grow in their rela-tionship with the Lord and to share this with others). So,evangelization, pastoral care, good liturgy/preaching andcatechesis would be priorities. Although people say I amgood at it, I really do not like administration and sitting at adesk or behind a computer!

Well, this has ended up being something far more than abrief note! As I begin a new phase of priestly service withyou, I am both excited and daunted. Please do keep me inyour prayers and do be patient (you can put things thatmight go awry down to English eccentricity!). I hope to besettling in once I return from visiting my family in Englandon 23rd February and to begin, in earnest on Ash Wednes-day, 1st March. Fittingly, this is the season when we try torenew and refresh and refocus on faith and our relationshipwith our Lord. Jokingly, we could say that we hope it willnot be a penance for any of us!

I very much look forward to meeting everyone soon, butuntil then, my love and prayers to you and your families,

Fr. Anthony

Last Minute Request:Used children’s clothing items

neededHudson Schools are in need of some used clothing items.

The nurses’ offices in the Primary and Intermediate Schoolsin Hudson would like gently used pants and underwear thatwould fit children ages 4 to 11. These are used when a childhas a bathroom accident and a quick change can get themback into their classrooms. Please don’t rush out to buyanything new. Just make sure your donations are laundered— a few stains, or wear or tear is fine. Leave your clothingoff in the Church vestibules, and the nurses will pick it upand put the items to good use.

FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FEBRUARY 5, 2017

A FAMILY PERSPECTIVE by Bud Ozar

Today’s Gospel challenges us to be a “light” to our family.Parents shine their guiding light, not in front but behind them,inviting their children to follow their “good deeds.”

Reflections on today’s Scriptures

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

“You are the light of the world.” Speaking to his follow-ers, Jesus tells them of the influence they are meant to have.Like the seasoning that gives food its flavor, they are to be“the salt of the earth” and like a lamp on a lampstand that“gives light to all in the house.” Clearly, their influence onthe people around them is meant to be positive and substan-tial. But what is the source of this irreplaceable influence?

Elsewhere in the Gospels, Jesus declares that HE is“the light of the world” (cf. Jn 8:12). So when he tells hisdisciples that “your light must shine before others,” he isspeaking about the light that comes from following him,from believing in him, from living their lives for him andwith him. The light of Christ brightens the world, showingus the truth and meaning of our existence. And to the extentthat we have that light in our hearts, it naturally spreads outto impact those around us.

So, today we must ask ourselves whether or not weare shining the way we are meant to as Christians. Do webrighten up our families, our workplaces, our neighbor-hoods, and our parishes? Are people encouraged, inspired,edified, and supported by our presence? Do we bring thekind of flavor that enriches life with a taste of the authentictruth, beauty, and goodness that comes from God alone? Orhave we become a bit bland, like salt that “loses its taste” orlight that is hidden “under a bushel basket”? It's importantto be on guard against any tendency to let our faith be re-duced to a mere routine or ritual. Rather, when we nurtureour faith to be a living force that defines us and our actions,it will be a source of joy and renewal not only for us, but forthe whole world.

–– Gina Loehr

Readings for the Week of February 5Sunday: Is 58:7-10/Ps 112:4-9/1 Cor 2:1-5/Mt 5:13-16Monday: Gn 1:1-19/Ps 104:1-2a, 5-6, 10, 12, 24, 35c/Mk 6:53-56Tuesday: Gn 1:20--2:4a/Ps 8:4-9/Mk 7:1-13Wednesday: Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17/Ps 104:1-2a, 27-28, 29bc-30/Mk7:14-23Thursday: Gn 2:18-25/Ps 128:1-5/Mk 7:24-30Friday: Gn 3:1-8/Ps 32:1-2, 5-7/Mk 7:31-37Saturday: Gn 3:9-24/Ps 90:2-4abc, 5-6, 12-13/Mk 8:1-10Sunday: Sir 15:15-20/Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 17-18, 33-34/1 Cor 2:6-10

/Mt 5:17-37 or 5:20-22a, 27-28, 33-34a, 37

Liturgical

Lebanon Valley College ChoirHOST FAMILIES NEEDED!

On Saturday, April 1, the Lebanon Valley College Choir ofAnnville, PA, will be visiting our parish to sing at our 4 pm

Vigil Mass and to present a wonderful concert at 7:30 p.m.the same evening in our beautiful Church. I am sure it will

be an evening to be remembered for a long time!

Our parish is responsible for hosting these 56 collegestudents for the evening of April 1.

Host responsibilities are:1) bring the students to your home after the concerton Saturday night2) provide a place for them to sleep--a couch, pillow,and a blanket are perfectly acceptable3) feed them breakfast in the morning4) return them to the Church on Sunday morning

I need, at least, 20 host homes. The Choir Director asksthat hosts agree to take at least 2 students, with 3 or moreeven better, i.e. they discourage a host home taking only

one student.

My own family has hosted over 30 students in our lives andwe have truly wonderful memories of each special time.

I need to have my list of host homes finalized by March 1.If we do not have host families for these students, they willfind hotel lodging; but this really stretches the budget thin

for this wonderful ministry group.

Would you please check your calendars and see if you areavailable to help with this request on Saturday, April 1st?

Please contact me at:home - 851-3688e-mail - maura.nedwell@gmail.comFacebook Message - Religious Ed

Thank you,

Time toBring In Your

PalmsIn about a month from now the season of Lent will be-

gin with our Ash Wednesday celebrations on March 1st. Weinvite parishioners to bring in their palms from last PalmSunday, which we will convert into ashes. Loose palmsmay be left in any of the Church vestibules. Please do notplace plastic bags, rubber bands twist ties, etc. in thereceptacles. Thank you.