This past Monday May 11th, a number of students and staff from Our Lady of Lourdes High School delivered food to Holy Trinity for the Food Pantry. The students of the high school ran a food drive from which we benefitted for our patrons of the food pantry. It is truly a blessing to collaborate with the high school under the care of Mrs. Catherine Merryman. Thank you to the Lourdes Students for their act of Christian Charity towards those in need!

Dear Catholic School Community, Our Catholic schools have successfully adapted and overcome every obstacle the coronavirus crisis has put in our path. Staying true to our faith based and future focused education, we strive to provide each student entrusted to our care an academically excellent program. Teachers have been teaching, and students have been learning, coming together each day to pray, study, laugh and love. Our parents have contributed immeasurably to the success. Each of us is indeed blessed to be part of this larger family of faith, and we will continue to support one other as we continue to walk through this struggle together. As directed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s executive order, our Catholic schools will remain closed through the end of June, thus making home-based learning our format as we close the academic year. The Health and Safety Task Force of the Office of the Superintendent of Schools will remain proactive, we continue to adapt, and we will absolutely overcome this challenge. We along with our principals and teachers will ensure for those celebrating stepping up milestones, graduations, and other achievements are honored and recognized. We continue to assemble resources for our families as we all confront this challenge: • Offering our counseling program, ADAPP, which continues to be available to you and our students. You will be hearing more from them directly in the coming week with many additional resources. We must ensure we take advantage of these resources. • Ensuring all students have access to meals, linked here are distribution sites throughout theArchdiocese. • Expanding extended year summer learning options, both remote and in person, if feasible, will continue to be explored and offered to the widest audience possible. • Working to ensure that if a family needs a device for learning and cannot afford one we secure one through loan by the school, donors or through government resources. • Partnering with Catholic Charities NY myriad of offerings, download its FindHelp App today! As always, we will continue to update our website CatholicSchoolsNY.org with additional information, resources and updates. We join our Holy Father, Cardinal Dolan, and the Bishops of the United States, placing our trust in our Mary our Mother. We know that by entrusting ourselves to her maternal care we will feel the solace of her embrace. We remain inspired by the fact that as each day passes, we are closer to a resolution and better, happier days, united, in our schools, our churches, and our community, to teach, to learn and to pray together once more. Sincerely, Mr. Michael J. Deegan Superintendent of Schools Archdiocese of New York

It is important that we are able to reach our parish community. The way in which we are communicating is through the parish website, our Facebook page, and most importantly Flocknote. It is essential to read the Flocknotes that are sent. If you are not finding them, please check your SPAM mailbox. Also, if you have not, or are not please register in the parish and then sign up for Flocknote. These tools are vital for communication in any parish. I encourage you to make use of these important tools for our parish. Some may not have access to one or all, so please spread the word to your family, friends and all your loved ones. These are certainly troubling and unprecedented times in our history. Remember that we are together in prayer at mass Live Streamed and in the silence of our hearts when we pray privately. God Bless you always, Father Mizzi-Gili

Greetings to you all. As we continue to hunker down, I write to all requesting your assistance. First, let me thank those of you who have been generous and concerned regarding the weekly church envelope. Your thoughtfulness and generosity is greatly appreciated. Secondly, In this time of crisis, at the direction of Cardinal Dolan our Archbishop, the church building remains open for private prayer. That being said, I ask for your assistance as we further sacrifice, to help us in maintaining the resources of the parish. You may choose to mail in or drop off your weekly church contribution to the rectory, or join in the electronic online giving known as WESHARE. This will aid the parish in maintaining its resources. Please frequent the parish website at holytrinitypoughkeepsie.com. Also, many people still have not signed-up for FLOCKNOTE. Please spread the word to the parishioners sign-up and or for those who do not know about the website, please tell them to go on and keep up with parish news. The weekly bulletin is available on the website too. Sign ups for FLOCKNOTE and WESHARE are on the website. Thank you for continued generosity and support in these difficult times. We are together when we pray even in our private prayers. My blessings and thanks go out to you all, Fr. Mizzi-Gili