Holy Trinity Catholic Church

06/26/2026

STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Please contact the office if you donated to the Stations of the Cross. Especially if you donated one of the station statues. We are trying to cross-check our records. 417-678-3714

06/25/2026

DIOCESAN DEVELOPMENT FUND (DDF)
To date our parish has given 62% toward our goal and 38 donors which is 47% of our 81 donors goal. Thank you! Across the diocese, $803,609.55 has been pledged toward the $3,100,000.00 goal. The diocese and Church in southern Missouri need your participation. If you have not yet made your pledge, please add your gift, whatever the amount, in unity with those who have already given by returning a pledge card or clicking the link below.

Bishop’s Annual Appeal 2026 Diocesan Development Fund (DDF) On August 15, 2026, the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau will gather in West Plains, MO, to celebrate our first-ever Diocesan Eucharistic Congress. This will be a significant event to mark the 70th anniversary of the diocese establis...

06/24/2026

TOTUS TUUS
There's still time to sign up for Totus Tuus at Holy Trinity in Aurora July 12-17. Forms and information are in the small hall or click on this link: https://dioscg.formstack.com/forms/totus_tuus_registration

We almost hit our capacity of students last year so please make sure to turn in your forms as soon as possible. For more information, or to register your children, please contact Sheri Conn at (417)393-5139 or [email protected].

Totus Tuus is a summer Catholic youth program dedicated to sharing the Gospel and promoting the Catholic faith through evangelization, catechesis, Christian witness, and Eucharistic worship. A team of energetic young adults will lead the children of the parish in games, skits, lessons, prayer, discu...

06/23/2026

NEW PARISH PICTURE DIRECTORY
We will be doing another picture directory for our parish family this fall possibly September or October, using professional photographers with Universal Church Directories in the fall and are needing everyone to participate. We will have signup lists for you to let us know if you are interested in being in the directory. You will receive an 8x10 of the picture going into the directory and a directory free of charge.

06/23/2026

CONSECRATION OF THE UNITED STATES TO MARY
Starting on May 15th we will be praying for each state of the country for the Consecration of the United States to Mary each day of June until July 4th. This can be done at home and then on July 4th we will pray the Patriotic Rosary here at church.

06/20/2026

When I was growing up, priests ran the church and nuns taught the school. Lay people were expected to “pay, pray and obey.” Our parish had lay trustees because the state required this, but they had very little responsibility. I remember one trustee telling my dad that all he had been asked to do was to fix the plumbing. Pastors who didn’t want lay involvement in decision making could treat the parish councils that began after Vatican II as window dressing.

But in this era of priest shortages and synodality, we are ALL called to full participation in the life of our church including exercising leadership and authority. In Elise Allen’s inspiring new biography of Pope Leo, she describes how he has long embraced this idea. In Peru, he appointed lay people including numerous women to positions of authority. In his parishes and diocese. Will this become his model for the whole Church? Let’s hope so for the good of the Church.

Leadership studies have shown that organizations do best with a mixture of male and female administrators and that surely includes the Church., I’ve seen the positive impact that our female pastoral minister has made. By the time Pope Leo’s successor is elected, will lay women and men be running numerous departments in the Vatican and dioceses worldwide? There are no theological barriers to this.

Today when we “ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for the harvest,” we need to ask God to inspire “laborers” of all states of life to give their best talents to the Church and for ordained “laborers” to maximize the use of those gifts.

06/20/2026

CATHOLIC COMMUNICATIONS COLLECTION
This weekend our special collection is for Catholic Communications campaign. This campaign connects people with Christ in the United States as well as other countries through internet, television, radio and print media. Half of the funds collected stays here in Springfield-Cape Girardeau Diocese to fund local communications efforts. Your support helps spread the Gospel message!

06/20/2026

2026 is the year of St. Francis, with special indulgences for going to certain sites. A group of parishioners from Aurora and Pulaskifield went yesterday to St. Francis of the Assisi parish in Nixa, MO. They partook in Adoration and Mass. Afterwards they were fed a delicious breakfast by the men of the Nixa parish.

06/14/2026

June 14th, 2026- Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

06/07/2026

June 7, 2026 Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ.