Community Voices

Aug 10, 20222 min read

St. Jean Baptiste-Haiti/Holy Trinity Scholarship Fund

by Mike Conway, Coordinator of the St Jean Baptiste Scholarship Fund Education in Haiti is challenged by the economy, civil and...

Jul 21, 20223 min read

Graces of the Ignatian Year

Linda Gray speaks during the April 2 “Pilgrimage to Remember our Forgotten Black Parishioners.” As the Ignatian Year comes to a close on...

Jun 28, 20222 min read

Meet the Mbalas Family

The upcoming Fourth of July holiday is a time to reflect on and appreciate the freedoms and blessings we enjoy as Americans. Since 2017,...

Jun 1, 20222 min read

Listening and Speaking on the Way to the Synod

(Left to Right) Holy Trinity parishioners Kate Stewart-Gerry, Chris Hannigan, Deacon Charles Huber and the Deacon’s wife Jean Plummer...

May 11, 20222 min read

Self-Nominations for Parish Pastoral Council Due May 27

Have you ever wanted to be more engaged in providing guidance to our clergy and staff on the future direction of Holy Trinity Church? Are...

Apr 13, 20223 min read

Emails from Siberia

Fr. Kevin Gillespie, SJ, shares with us two recent emails from fellow Jesuit and former Holy Trinity priest Fr. Thomas M. Simisky, SJ who...

Mar 30, 20222 min read

Results of the Holy Trinity Parish Synod on Synodality Listening Process

by Tania Chomiak-Salvi, President and Jennifer Dorsey, Vice President On behalf of the Parish Pastoral Council In 2023, the Vatican will...

Jan 26, 20222 min read

The Road to Setting Captives Free

By Martina O’Shea Five years ago, Father Gap LoBiondo, S.J. then superior of the Jesuit Community at Gonzaga College High School,...

Jan 18, 20223 min read

Raft

By Jeanne Rossomme One of my New Year resolutions has been to create a more regular prayer practice. My hope is to drown out the noise of...

Nov 3, 20213 min read

Eight Years of Feeding the Marginalized at Saturday and Sunday Suppers

By Diana Villiers Negroponte As an outgrowth of the enthusiastic support for the Winter Shelter in McKenna Hall and recognizing the need...

Oct 27, 20214 min read

Sitting with the Souls in Mount Zion Cemetery

By Maria Race The first time I set foot on the sacred ground of the historic Mount Zion/Female Union Band Society Cemeteries, located at...

Sep 22, 20217 min read

Towards an Ever Wider "We": Faces of the HT Migrant Familia

Members of the HT Migrant Team gather with the "familia" at their annual fiesta. September 26 is World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The...

Sep 15, 202115 min read

Maryland Jesuits and Slavery, Pt. II

By Bernard A. Cook Georgetown College in 1789. In 1820, Fr. Thaddeus Brzozowski, S.J., the Father General of the Jesuits in Rome, in...

Sep 8, 202117 min read

Maryland Jesuits and Slavery, Pt. I

By Bernard A. Cook A Map of Maryland Jesuit Stations of the 17th-19th Centuries. After Pope Clement XIV had suppressed the Jesuit order...

Aug 11, 20214 min read

Falling in Love With Nature

Living Laudato Si' in the Year of Ignatius By Gary Gardner The great Harvard biologist Stephen Jay Gould once wrote that to save our...

Jun 23, 20213 min read

At Christ’s Table, No One Is the Greatest and No One Is the Least

A Reflection from a Shepherd’s Flock Catechist By Luci Cedrone “We do not need to include those with disabilities in the liturgy.” A few...

Jun 16, 20214 min read

All God Asks of Us

By Rebecca Hoesterey On Friday, June 6, Holy Trinity School celebrated the graduation of the Class of 2021. As their religion teacher, I...

Jun 9, 20214 min read

Who Is My Neighbor? (Pt. II)

By Peter J. Albert Missed the previous article in this series? Who Is My Neighbor? (Pt. I) Houses at 3606, 3608, and 3610 N Street, NW,...

Jun 2, 20214 min read

Making a Difference Locally and Globally: Holy Trinity's Social Justice Tithe

Students in the after school program led by Higher Achievement, one of this year's Large Grant recipients. Since the 1980s, Holy Trinity...

May 26, 20217 min read

Snapshots of Haiti Through the Lens of Hunger and Hope

By Kathleen Kaye Parishioner Lead, St. Jean Baptiste Sister Parish Committee Whenever I eat a mango, I remember a small courtyard at the...