Weekly Announcements
NOTE UPDATED FOOD PANTRY TURKEY DATES – The Food Pantry will be having its annual Turkey Day on November 14th, with the bags of sides and fixin’s distributed on Saturday, November 18th. While we do receive a limited amount of turkeys from the Food Bank, the demand outweighs the amount each year (we are hoping for 25 more medium (6-8 lb.) turkeys). If you would like to donate a turkey, please do so by Tuesday, November 13th (if necessary, late turkeys can be re-homed after the “official” turkey day.) You can contact Patrice in the Cathedral office at (609) 392-3805 ext. 100 to arrange drop-off. If you would like to contribute non-perishable side dishes (stuffing, boxed potatoes, gravy, canned vegetables, etc.) they can be brought to the Cathedral anytime on weekdays through November 12th (or bring to Sunday Mass.) Financial contributions are always welcome.
Angel Tree – The Angel Tree Committee is gearing up for our 2023 Prison Fellowship Angel Tree Christmas. Details on this year’s schedule (availability of gift request tags, gift wrapping, and gift distribution) will be forthcoming shortly. Again this year, gifts will be distributed from Synod Hall approximately one week before Christmas. If you have any questions regarding this ministry or if you wish to volunteer, please contact Judith Miller at (609) 586-0915 or judithm2@verizon.net.
Christmas Wreath Sale – Our Christmas Wreath sale is ON for 2023! We are finalizing a date and will notify everyone when they will be available for purchase. In the meantime, it is VERY helpful if folks RSVP and let us know how many they would like to reserve (helps when placing our orders for materials). If you would like to wreath or two, please contact Georgia Koenig at (609) 273-3351 or gbkoenig@verizon.net, or call the office.
Cathedral Cookbook is coming along! – If you would like to submit a recipe or two, we can still accept them. We would like the cookbook to be interesting, diverse, and full of great recipes! You can fill out the form printed in the bulletin (there are larger forms on the literature table in the main hallway) or if you’re tech-savvy, you can take a photo of your recipe and E-mail it to Lucy Adams at lkadams55@comcast.net. Proceeds from the Cathedral cookbook will go toward supplying our Food Pantry families with fresh fruits and vegetables!
On occasion, our parishioners are approached by folks in the parking lot – and sometimes in church – asking for money. While we want to actively support our neighbors in need, it is most appropriate to do this through outreach programs like our Food Pantry and other organized means. Please, for safety reasons, refrain from giving cash to people who approach you in the parking lot or church.
Trinity parishioner John Gummere will be showing his paintings in a solo exhibit at the Trenton Social, through October 31, at 449 South Broad Street, near US1 and Sacred Heart Church. 10% of any sales will benefit Urban Promise Trenton. John’s work is online at be.net/JohnGummere .
Join us for Sunday Hospitality! – Enjoy coffee, cold drinks and snacks each week. On the first Sunday of each month, we will have cake to celebrate all of our congregants’ birthdays for that month. If you would like to help out with Hospitality hour, please speak with Larry Spears on Sundays.
The next Food Pantry distribution date is – Saturday, October 28th (2nd & 4th Saturdays this month) from 9-11:00 am. All food contributions to the Pantry are welcomed, along with monetary donations to purchase additional food from the food bank and local groceries.
Each Thursday, we distribute hot dinners “to go” from 5:00–6:00pm at the Overbrook Avenue entrance as a satellite location for the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen.
The Cathedral is currently offering communion with both Christ’s Body and Blood. You may choose to receive only the host at this time. Should you choose to receive the wine, one vessel will be offered for those who want to sip the wine from the common cup. Another vessel will be offered for those who wish to receive by intinction (the host dipped in the wine.) Please note only the Chalice Administrator will intinct the host. (Diocese of New Jersey revised protocols.)