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# Holy Trinity: Columbia, PA

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- [Register With Us](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/register-with-us/): All Catholics who regularly attend Sunday and Holy Day Mass at Holy Trinity Church are encouraged to register with our Parish. Please contact the Parish Office by phone (717) 684-2711 or email register@holytrinitycolumbiapa.com to register.
- [Visitation to the Sick and Homebound](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/about/visitation-to-the-sick/): Holy Trinity Church is happy to visit those who live within our Parish who are unable to join us for Sunday Mass due to being seriously ill, recovering from injuries or medical procedures, or homebound. These visits can be arranged by contacting the Parish Office, either by phone (phone number) or email (email address). These visits to either the homebound or the residents of long-term care facility are typically performed by the Priest, Deacon, or Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion from our Parish. For those who are in a long-term care facility or are hospitalized, the staff can assist with arranging a visit from a Catholic Priest, a Deacon, or an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion.
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- [Liturgical Ministries](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/liturgy/liturgical-ministries/): Students in 4th through 12th grades are invited to assist the priest as an altar server. If your student is interested, please contact ministries@holytrinitycolumbiapa.com to learn more about the next available training session.
- [Unused](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/unused/)
- [Stewardship](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/giving/): You can make a one time donation or recurring weekly offering through the Parish Giving online platform.
- [Faith Formation](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/faith-formation/): Click on the following links to explore faith formation at Holy Trinity:
- [Parish Life](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/): Click on the following links to explore parish life at Holy Trinity:
- [Home](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/): Join us to worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the celebration of the Liturgy. Through Word and Sacrament, we are given the strength to go forth and live out our faith in our daily lives, bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to all we encounter.
- [Fastnacht Shop](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/shop/): Holy Trinity Catholic Church
- [Diocesan Annual Campaign](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/giving/diocesan-annual-campaign/): The Diocesan Annual Campaign provides resources, expertise, guidance and support for more than 90 ministries and programs throughout the 15 counties of the Diocese of Harrisburg. Gifts from donors like you sustain, expand and support our ongoing evangelization efforts, provide continuing education programs for our Catholic schools and Religious Education programs, seminarians, clergy and permanent deacons, and investments in pro-life activities. Now, more than ever, the programs and ministries that received funding from the Diocesan Annual Campaign need your prayers and steadfast support. Your gift, no matter the size, truly makes a difference. On behalf of those who benefit from our ministries, please accept our heartfelt appreciation and deep gratitude.
- [Companions on a Journey](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/companions-on-a-journey/): Founded in 2018, Companions on a Journey is a group whose purpose is to provide both spiritual and social activities to enrich the participants in interesting, enjoyable, and educational ways. The calendar of events is flexible and designed to meet the needs and interests of its members. The calendar includes one planned activity each month, and additional suggestions for activities are always welcome. Non-members are invited to attend special events.
- [Pro-Life Advocacy](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/pro-life-advocacy/): The mission of A Woman's Concern is to compassionately support and counsel those in our community as a Pro-Life Advocacy. Holy Trinity Parish supports and contributes to A Woman's Concern, a non-profit organization in Lancaster County facing the challenges of pregnancy. As a pregnancy and parenting resource, the group is committed to met the needs of women, men, and families. The services are confidential and are available at no cost. No insurance is required and there are no income qualifications. This is a community-based organization focused on empowering clients to make informed decisions. They believe that pregnancy and parenting choices are the clients' to make, but that the clients don't have to make them alone. Some supplied services include: focused classes, dedicated support, and material assistance.
- [Archives Committee](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/archives-committee/): Founded just prior to the celebration of Holy Trinity Parish's 150th Anniversary in 2010, the Archives Committee preserves the history of the parish by collecting, organizing, and exhibiting materials that document the parish's long and rich past. The Archival Collection consists of documents, photographs, blueprints, and artifacts dating from the late 19th century through the present. These resources provide the basis for the exhibits which the committee prepares for the exhibit case in the vestibule of the church, and help to inform newsletter articles related to the church's history. The committee also responds to history-related questions from individuals both within and outside the parish.
- [Parish Health Ministry](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/health-ministry/): The Health Ministry is available for parishioners to contact for assistance in finding resources to aide in any health or medical issues they may be experiencing.
- [Mens Club](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/mens-club/): The Men's Club serves the parish community through hosting social events and service opportunities to bring together our parish family in love and service. Men's Club activities have included events such as the Parish Festival, Parish Picnic, and Parish Christmas Party as well as collecting supplies for the seminarians at Mount St. Mary's. The Men's Club helps to support many parish activities such as Youth Ministry and Our Lady of the Angels School.
- [St. Vincent de Paul Society](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/st-vincent-de-paul-society/): The Society of St. Vincent de Paul is a worldwide Christian community. Founded in Paris, France on April 23, 1833, 200 years after the time of St. Vincent de Paul, a group of seven Catholic men established the first: "Conference of Charity." Following the prompting of Sister Rosalie Rendu, superior of a convent of the Daughters of Charity, the Conference placed itself under the patronage of St. Vincent de Paul and followed his example of service to the poor. Within a few years, the original group of seven grew to 600, spreading to 15 other cities and towns in France, expanding to 2,000 members. Twelve years later, in 1845, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul crossed the ocean to St. Louis, Missouri, where the first American conference was formed. To the day, St. Louis remains the Society's national headquarters which supports nearly 100,000 Vincentians, men and women in 5,000 conferences across the United States. On June 4, 1922, 89 years after the Society was founded in Paris, France, the conference at Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Columbia, Pennsylvania was established.
- [Holy Name Society](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/holy-name-society/): The Holy Name Society is a fraternal organization dedicated to enhancing the Sacred Name of Jesus Christ. The purpose of our ministry is to spread and increase love for the Sacred Name of Jesus Christ by word and by the example of a sensible secular religious life fulfilling the petition of the Lord's Prayer. This Society is established to assist its members in accomplishing all the purposes requested of Public Associations of Christ's Faithful as defined in Canon Law through prayer, frequent reception of the sacraments, fraternal cooperation, and spiritual works of mercy, and finally, and with great vigor, by public demonstrations of Faith through the veneration of the Holy Names of God and Jesus Christ. This Society is fundamentally a spiritual organization for Catholics - lay and religious, whose purpose is to give honor to the Most Sacred Names of God and Jesus and to assist members to grow in holiness and achieve their personal salvation.
- [Altar Rosary Society](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/altar-rosary-society/): The Holy Trinity Altar Rosary Society is an organization open to all women of Holy Trinity Parish. The purpose of he organization is to help with the behind the scenes workings of the parish. Those duties include helping with the cleaning of the sacristy, sanctuary, confessionals, and the purchasing of altar linens. Members help with many parish functions such as, the festival, fastnachts, 40 Hours devotions, Father/Son Breakfast, hosting the Mother/Daughter Banquet, and raising funds for A Woman's Concern with the flower sale on Mother's Day. Our Spiritual Offerings include the Pentecost Collection and Mass stipends for the deceased women of the parish. The most important work of the Society is to promote devotion to Our Mother Mary through the rosary.
- [Online Giving](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/giving/online-giving/): Thank you for considering donating to our parish using PARISH GIVING online giving, and thank you for your generous support of our parish family. If you are a parishioner or other frequent donor to our parish, we encourage you to create an account that saves your information, and allows you more options, such as scheduling a recurring donation. This would be ideal for the weekly Sunday offering. You could also use it for various frequent secondary offerings, such as tuition assistance, organ, buildings & grounds, etc. If you would prefer to simply make a one-time donation, look up in the top right of the next screen, and click "Pay Now" to give without setting up an account. CLICK HERE to go to Online Giving.   Virtual Prayer Candle Lighting candles has long been a sacred ritual in all traditions, creating precious moments in our own and other people's lives where we pray for loved ones, friends, and ask for or give support. The light signifies our prayer offered in faith coming into the light of God— allowing us to be filled with His light. With the light of faith, we petition our Lord in prayer... or we might ask a saint for intercession, to pray with us and for us to the Lord. The light also shows a special reverence and our desire to remain present to the Lord in prayer even though we may go about our daily business. We invite you to participate in our community of faith by lighting a Virtual Prayer Candle online. When you light a candle in prayer, it becomes a sacramental. Not only is it YOU praying for your special intention, but the WHOLE BODY OF CHRIST, in heaven and on earth, joins with you in praying for your special intention. Christ's sacrifice on the cross provided an infinite surplus of grace, and so every prayer intention has all the grace as though it were the only one. Of course, it is still GOD OUR FATHER who responds to all of our prayer requests, and His response indeed may be to answer our prayer because it conforms to His will and His plan. Or He may decline to give you what you pray for, because He has a better plan, even though it may not be what you presently want (and He knows you don't presently understand). Or He may be asking you to persevere in prayer and patience, growing in desire and holiness as you continue to pray, so that you may receive the even greater gift He wishes to give you, or that His plan (for you, or for your special intention) is better served a bit into the future rather than right now, and He wants you to continue trusting Him. But we know that GOD HEARS AND ANSWERS ALL OF OUR PRAYERS, just not always how we want Him to or how we might think that He should. He is our perfect God; our perfect Father; we trust Him, even when His will is not our will. That is our task of holiness: to be able to end all of our prayers to God through Jesus, adding to our prayers Jesus' own words in the Garden of Gethsemane: "Not my will, but thy will be done." Preparation for your offering your special intention Step 1: Please clear your thoughts and focus on your special intention. Step 2: Make the sign of the cross and pray for your special intention. Step 3: CLICK HERE TO ENTER YOUR VIRTUAL PRAYER INTENTION AND DONATION INFORMATION.
- [Divine Mercy Novena](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/unused/divine-mercy-novena/): In Divine Mercy in My Soul: Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska, Jesus revealed to Saint Faustina a nine-day novena that He desired be prayed in preparation for Divine Mercy Sunday. The novena was to begin on Good Friday and be prayed each day of the Triduum and of Easter Week in preparation for the glorious Feast of Mercy which was to take place on the Eighth Day of Easter (The Sunday after Easter Day) (See Diary #1209-1230).
- [Parish Calendar](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/about/calendar/)
- [Order Fastnachts](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/shop/order/): Welcome to Holy Trinity's  FASTNACHT SHOP ONLINE! ******************************************* Fastnacht orders will open to the general public on Monday, February 3rd! We appreciate your support of Holy Trinity Catholic Church by purchasing our wonderful FASTNACHTS! God bless you! If you have any questions about ordering fastnachts, please contact us by email HTFastnacht@gmail.com. Please do not call the Holy Trinity Parish Office. All fastnacht orders must be picked up between 10:00AM and 1:00PM on the date of the order. If not, they will be offered for sale to the public. *** Failure to pick up fastnachts forfeits your order. No refunds. All orders are final. *** Payments for orders that are not picked up become donations.  ALL FASTNACHT ORDERS ARE BY DOZEN ONLY.  *** FASTNACHT PICK UP LOCATION *** The pick-up location is the Holy Trinity Parish Center (new part of Our Lady of the Angels school) on the SE corner of 4th & Cherry. *** Pick up location will be at the BACK door to the small parking lot. *** At 1:00 p.m. fastnachts that were made in addition to those ordered, and any fastnachts not picked up ***MIGHT*** be available to purchase on site. There's never a guarantee that extra fastnachts will be available. If you experience problems using a mobile device... Go to the top of your browser, and there are usually 3 little dots on the right side for changing the browser options. If you click that, then the menu should have an option something like "Desktop Site" or "Request Desktop Version of Website" with an empty check box next to it. If you check that box it will switch from the mobile version to the desktop version, and should work for ordering fastnachts! Thank you to those who figured this out! If this doesn't work, please use a Laptop or Desktop PC.  
- [Mass Schedule, Confessions, and Location](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/liturgy/the-mass/): Saturday Vigil Mass: 4:00 pm
- [Legion of Mary](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/legion-of-mary/): Tessera (Legion of Mary Prayers)
- [Parish Forms](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/unused/parish-forms/): All forms can be obtained by contacting the parish office.
- [My Account](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/shop/my-account/): Login Username or email address *Required Password *Required Remember me Log in Lost your password?
- [Checkout](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/shop/checkout/): Pickup Instructions To collect your order, please present your email receipt at the pickup location.
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- Unclaimed orders will be forfeited.
- No refunds will be issued.
- All sales are final and prepaid.  Pickup Time Fastnacht orders must be picked up between 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM on the date of the order.
If not, they will be offered for sale to the public. Pickup Location Holy Trinity Parish Center (new part of Our Lady of the Angels school) on the SE corner of 4th & Cherry.
Pick up location will be at the back door to the small parking lot. Click here for a Google Map pin. Order Confirmation If you have any questions about ordering fastnachts, please contact us by email fastnacht@holytrinitycolumbiapa.com.
Please do not call the Holy Trinity Parish Office.
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- [Holy Trinity Cemetery](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/about/cemetery/): Holy Trinity Catholic Church is proud to maintain our own beautiful parish cemetery, founded in 1865. Located between Manor St., 10th St., and Barber St., our cemetery is the resting place for those of our parish families and friends who have gone before us. Our cemetery chapel, built in 1894, donated by Fr. Pieper (along with the statues within), is no longer used for funeral services, but is opened each year on All Souls' Day for the memorial service for those who died in the previous year.
- [Fellowship and Service](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/fellowship-and-service/): The Altar Rosary Society is a parish based, Catholic organization, open to all women of the church. Our mission is to honor the Blessed Virgin Mary through prayer, especially the rosary. We also help maintain the church altar and assist the parish in any way needed.
- [Liturgy](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/liturgy/): Click on the following links to explore liturgical life at Holy Trinity:
- [Advisory](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/advisory/): Guided by the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, the Pastoral Council is advisory to our Pastor and representative to our parish family. We are dedicated to maintaining a welcoming, worshiping, and nurturing faith community and to preserving our Catholic beliefs.
- [Organizations](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/organizations/): Click on the following links to explore parish organizations at Holy Trinity:
- [Sacraments](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/liturgy/sacraments/): Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life and the door which gives access to the other sacraments (CCC 1213).
- [Christian Initiation of Adults](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/faith-formation/christian-initiation-of-adults/): Let us journey with you. 
- [Parish Religious Education Program](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/faith-formation/religious-education/): Welcome to Holy Trinity’s Parish Religious Education Program (PREP).  It is our privilege and joy to assist parents and guardians in the faith formation of their children. The Church teaching is that parents are the primary educators of their children. The Parish Religious Education program is designed and intended to supplement the religious formation provided in the family by parents, who also provide for their children the example of their living faith. The living faith (or lack thereof) of their parents will impact children far more than the weekly time of class.
- [Adult Faith Formation](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/faith-formation/adult-faith-formation/): Several parish organizations, including, but not limited to Walking With Purpose, That Man is You!, Holy Name Society, and Companions on a Journey, provide catechetical programs and events. Learn more about the Catholic Church and her teachings through bible studies, book clubs, informational events, pilgrimages, retreats, and more!
- [Links](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/unused/links/): Vatican Harrisburg Diocese   Lancaster Catholic High School   Our Lady of the Angels School   Pennsylvania Catholic Conference   U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Search Mass Times for Travel
- [Forms](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/unused/forms/): We will be adding more forms as they become available.
- [Parish History](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/about/parish-history/): In the beginning . . . .
- [Parish Staff](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/about/parish-staff/): A native of St. Joseph Parish, Dallastown, and attended Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary, Emmitsburg, MD, where he earned a Master’s of Divinity and a Master’s of Arts (Dogmatic Theology). Fr. Wilke was ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 2013 at St. Patrick Cathedral, Harrisburg. With his first Mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church Dallastown.
- [Weekly Bulletin](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/about/news/): View or download our most recent bulletins below:
- [OLD home](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/unused/old-home/): As a parish founded by St. John Neumann and dedicated to the Holy Trinity, we worship the Father, Son and Holy Spirit in the celebration of the Liturgy. Through Word and Sacrament, we are then given the strength to go forth to live out our faith in our daily lives, bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to all we encounter.
- [Contact Us](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/contact-us/): office@holytrinitycolumbiapa.com
- [Youth Ministry](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/faith-formation/youth/): Columbia Catholic Youth Ministry (CCYM) serves students in 7th-12th grades from the Catholic parishes of Holy Trinity and St. Peter's in Columbia. Our students attend parochial, public, and cyber/charter schools, all are welcome!
- [About Us](https://holytrinitycolumbiapa.com/parish-life/about/): Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Columbia, PA is a parish of the Diocese of Harrisburg, in full communion with the Holy Roman Catholic Church. Our parish community gathers for fellowship, service, and most importantly, Holy Mass.

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