Blessed Trinity Catholic School

05/27/2026

Saint Max Fest is just around the corner! Learn more at www.stmaxfest.org.

05/24/2026

Mark your Calendars for the Saint Max Fest, June 12 & 13!

05/18/2026

Blessed Trinity has LOVED working with some of these amazing SLPs over the last few years. They engage our students in fun and meaningful ways, becoming part of the BTS team helping our students grow. Thank you for all that you do and loving our kiddos! 🤩

Today, on National Speech Pathologist Day, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our amazing school speech and language therapists: Ashley Anderson, Lindsey Stiner, Jen Fafinski, Nora Mack, and Megan Rhode. 💙🤍

Your dedication, expertise, and passion for helping our students communicate and thrive is truly inspiring. Thank you for your support and commitment to ensuring every student reaches their full potential. You are a vital part of our school community, and we are so grateful for everything you do! ☺️🗣️

05/13/2026

We hope you can join us for a Mass of Thanksgiving on the last day of school! Please help us spread the word 🥰

05/13/2026

Our students partnered with our Sheriff Deputies to put together appreciation bags for our local first responders! Thank you for all that you do! 😊👮‍♀️🧑‍🚒🚨

05/11/2026

05/02/2026

We are excited to welcome 12 families (25 students) from Blessed Trinity into our SJS family next year! We are also thrilled to announce two teachers who will be joining SJS from Blessed Trinity:

Mrs. Zepp is currently the BTS principal and teaches grades 2/3. She will be our second-grade teacher and our school's assistant principal.

Mrs. Bischoff is currently the K/1 teacher at BTS and will be teaching 1st grade at our school next year.

04/29/2026

All graduating high school seniors and their families are invited to join us at St. John the Baptist on Sunday, May 17th for a special blessing at the 10:30 Mass. Following Mass, graduates are welcome to join us in the Gathering Room, adjacent to the old church, for a social. We would love to see our seniors wearing their graduation gowns. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Dylann Harrington ([email protected]) in the parish office. Congratulations to all of our graduates!

04/11/2026

Rounding out our 4-5th grade essay contest award presentations at Blessed Trinity Catholic School in Dane! We are so happy to have their school involved!

4th grade
2nd place- Anne Sauter
Blessed Trinity Catholic School, Dane
Teacher: Joye Hellenbrand

04/11/2026

Dear Parishioners, Blessed Trinity School Families, Alumni, Staff, and Benefactors,

After much prayer, consultation, and careful consideration, we write to share a decision that is both painful and hopeful: Blessed Trinity School (BTS) will merge into St. John’s School in Waunakee beginning next school year. We know that practical questions will follow, and we promise to walk through every one of them in the days ahead.

This decision was not made lightly or in isolation. Bishop Hying and Michael Lancaster, the Superintendent of Catholic Schools, were consulted throughout this process and are in agreement with this decision. Additionally, after seeking advisement from the parish trustees, the pastoral council, and the finance council, this decision has been made with the guidance of those entrusted to help shepherd our parish and its mission.

In effect, this means the closure of BTS as a freestanding apostolate. The building that has shaped so many lives, the classrooms where faith and knowledge have intertwined for generations, the school that has meant so much to so many — these will change. We do not minimize that loss, and we will not pretend it is anything other than what it is. Grief is appropriate — and it’s shared by everyone who has to face this painful truth.

After an honest assessment of enrollment trends, demographic decline, and longstanding systemic challenges, no path forward was identified that could address both next year’s immediate needs and long-term sustainability. We are grateful to everyone who submitted proposals, asked questions, and fought for this school. But the realities we face are serious and sustained — and they are not unique to us. Small rural Catholic schools across our diocese and throughout the country are facing this same hard reality. In the end, this was not so much a decision as it was an acknowledgment of what the facts required of us.

And yet let us be clear about what this is not. This is not a closure that leaves our mission behind. What we built at BTS does not end here. It comes with us to St. John’s School. This decision, at its heart, is about our children — about ensuring they have the stability, the community, and the faith-filled education they deserve. The identity of BTS has never been a building or a name — it has been the people, the faith, and the mission. Those endure.

I cannot let this letter end without saying this is personal for us too. Alicia and I have loved this school deeply — and that love is exactly why this hurts. We have given our all to BTS because we believe in it — in these students, in these families, and in what this place means. Having to close this chapter is heartbreaking in ways that words cannot express.

This is not the ending any of us wanted. But it is not the end of what we love.

As we mark the end of this chapter together, we invite you to join us in gratitude for all that Blessed Trinity School has been and all the lives it has touched. Bishop Hying will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving on Friday, May 29th at 8:00 AM. All are welcome to attend.

United in what endures,

Fr. Joseph Baker
Pastor

04/04/2026

“Do not be afraid! I know that you are seeking Jesus the crucified. He is not here, for he has been raised just as he said." -- Matthew 8:5-6