When every night is winter,
And every town is Bethlehem,
And every inn seems filled,
And on every ear those words are heard,
“Will you let me in?”
May we have eyes to see the star
May we have ears to hear the choir,
May we have hearts that finally speak:

Yes, yes, by all means, come in.
Come in and stay.

Amen.

~ copied from ACE Advent Reflections.

Week of December 2nd

Monday, December 2nd

• Monday class schedule
  
• School starts at 8:15 and ends at 3:45
• Uniform: regular uniform
• Prayer Service: Faculty Reflection
• Temple Christmas Parade - leave HT @ 4:14 - parade begins @ 6:30

Tuesday, December 3rd

• Tuesday class schedule
• School starts at 8:15 and ends at 3:45
• Uniform: regular uniform
• Prayer Service: Praise & Worship (PWP)
• Informational Night for Prospective Parents @ HTCHS - 6pm - Fr. Charlie Chapel
• Basketball game vs Rapoport Academy HS @ HTCHS - Girls 6:00 pm - Boys 7:30

Wednesday, December 4th

• Wednesday regular schedule - No Mass
  
• School starts at 8:15 and ends at 3:45
  
• Uniform: Mass uniform
  
• Prayer Service: Rosary

Thursday, December 5th

• Thursday Mass at St. Mary's - Mass bell schedule
• School starts at 8:15 AT St. Mary's Catholic Church - ends at 3:45
  
• Uniform: regular uniform
• Prayer Service: Mass at St. Mary's with Father Kurtis
• Girls Basketball Tournament @ Moody - 12/5th, 6th, 7th - times TBD
• Boys Basketball Tournament @ Bruceville Eddy - 12/5th,6th,7th - times TBD
• Salado Christmas Parade - leave HT @ 4:00 - parade begins at 6 pm

Friday, December 6th

• Friday class schedule
  
• School starts at 8:15 and ends at 3:45
• Uniform: spirit wear
• Prayer Service: Adoration
• Girls Basketball Tournament @ Moody - 12/5th, 6th, 7th - times TBD
• Boys Basketball Tournament @ Bruceville-Eddy - 12/5th,6th,7th - times TBD
• FORENSICS: Bay City Invitational ( Dec. 6th & 7th)

Saturday, December 7th

• FORENSICS: Bay City Invitational ( Dec. 6th & 7th)
• Girls Basketball Tournament @ Moody - 12/5th, 6th, 7th - times TBD
• Boys Basketball Tournament @ Bruceville-Eddy - 12/6th,7th - times TBD

Monday, December 9th

• Monday class schedule
  
• School starts at 8:15 and ends at 3:45
• Uniform: regular uniform
• Prayer Service: Faculty Reflection
• Boys Soccer Game: vs. St. Joseph @ HTCHS - 6:30pm

Mr. Ken Valka, who serves on our HTCHS Board of Trustees, has been working with the Food for Families Temple Food Drive for many years. He was there to greet our students at S&W as they delivered over 2300 lbs of non-perishable food items donated by our Celtic families. Thank you Mr. Valka for everything you do for our school and for our community!

She has been accepted to Missouri Valley College and offered an Athletic Scholarship of $14,000 per year totaling $56,000 for four years and a Pell Grant of $6,195 per year totaling $24,780 for four years.

She has been accepted to the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor and offered the Presidential Scholarship of $18,000 per year totaling $72,000 for four years.

Here are the winners!

Jencie Tomasek

Anna Marie Cruz

De'anndra Rico

Bryce Eichelkraut

Madison Congelosi

Madi Hare

Grace Morrison

Andrew Stevenson

Caeleigh Salazar

Stephen Galvez

A sincere thanks to all our students who supported our librarian, Mrs. Ciupek's initiative to make our Library a vibrant place of learning!

See Ms. Snyder to sign up for DCYC weekend Jan. 31st - Feb. 2nd, 2020. This year the conference is in Waco.

St. Mary's Catholic School is holding it's annual Christmas Bazaar this Saturday from 9am to 3pm in their school gym. Come do your Christmas shopping and support our local artisans and crafters! The Bazaar is open to all so bring your friends and family and support our sister school!

Come enjoy Temple's own Symphony Orchestra this Saturday at 7:30pm for their annual Holiday Concert. This year's theme is "Escape the Ordinary" with guest artist Anthony Pulgram.

Concert tickets can be purchased online www.TEMPLESYMPHONY.org or by calling 254-778-6683

All High School men are invited to the monthly Discernment Dinners at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Dinners are every 1st Thursday at 7pm. For more information call: 254-773-6779. Join Fr. Francisco for Food and Fellowship.

If you are interested in our Interact Club or in Temple Rotary, please consider participating in the RYLA (Rotaray Youth Leadership Award program. For more information, including brochures, contact Mrs. Christy Dunstan at cdunstan@holytrinitychs.org

The Annual Holy Trinity Gala is the most important fundraiser of the year. We invite you to consider being a part of the fun by joining our dynamic team of volunteers. Below are two areas we are in need of volunteers for:

* Class Baskets: In past years, each class (Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior) makes a "basket" for the Gala. It's approaching that time of year again and we are in need of parents for each grade level to help organize and oversee the creation of the class baskets.

***We auction all 4 class "baskets" at the Live Auction during the Gala.***

The baskets do really well and are loved by all and are well bid on items at the Gala. They help us make meet our fundraising goal and are essential to the success of our Gala. Come be a part of a special group of families that helps make our Gala special.

* Planning and Coordinating: We are putting together our planning and coordinating teams and would love to invite you to join the fun. There is everything from helping advertise our gala, to decorating, planning the dinner, planning games, helping with the Silent and/or Live Auctions. Everything you do helps our Gala, which helps our school.

Helping with the Celtic Gala is a great way to support Holy Trinity and meet other families and work 'behind the scenes'. If you are interested in being on a Class Basket Team or on the Planning and Coordinating Team (or both!), please contact Mrs. Jordanna Richesin: jrichesin@holytrinitychs.org.

All families are encouraged to volunteer in their communities. Like our students who serve at school AND out in their community, Families can apply up to 10hrs of community service to their 20hr Family Service requirements. If you can wear an HT Spirit T-shirt to a community service event, we'd love a picture so we can share your wonderful community spirit!

EIM TRAINING FOR ALL VOLUNTEERS

Ethics and Integrity Ministry (EIM)

In an effort to protect our children, the Diocese of Austin mandates that all individuals who have contact with our children must be in compliance with the Ethics and Integrity in Ministry Policy, which equips each of us with the tools and knowledge to protect our children from possible abuse and perpetrators. All parents MUST complete this process to volunteer at the school.

Registration is required through the Diocese. In order to register for an EIM Workshop, you must first complete the volunteer application which is on their website. Once you have attended the workshop please submit a copy of the certificate to the school office. This workshop is for new parents and those who are in need of the refresher course.

For more information, go to: https://austindiocese.org/eim

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Website: www.holytrinitychs.org
Location: 6608 West Adams Avenue, Temple, TX, USA
Phone: 254-771-0787
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