Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - June 7

Today the Church celebrates the Mystery of the Most Blessed Trinity in the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit. This mystery of the three persons in the One Godhead has been a foundational theological belief of the Church from her beginning. It was Jesus who commanded the Apostles to go out and to baptized all the name of the Father, and the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. As a trinitarian based church, many of the things we do, and how we pray is based on our belief in the Trinity. While we as humans cannot fully understand this most holy mystery, we accept it with faith and see how the community within God reflects our community with each other.

I want to take the opportunity at the end of the Easter Season to thank so many people who gave so much of their talents and time to the parish during these fifty days. First and foremost, to Diane Kraft who heads up the Liturgy Committee, for all the organizing, scheduling, doing art and environment, especially when feasts would change from one day to another, and for all the behind the scene work that it takes to make our Oakhurst so beautiful during Easter. To all the committee chairs, such schedulers of the EM and Lectors, Altar Servers, and all other involved in the Masses and ceremonies. To all who donated and made possible the beautiful flowers that made all three churches so beautiful and colorful. To our Religious Education Director, Peggy Stewart, as we celebrated the First Communions and Confirmation. More thanks are offered to the Women's Guild for their participations, and to the Knights of Columbus for the Tri-Tip BBQ on the day of Confirmation. Also to the great folks in North Fork and Bass Lake who labored to make Easter special in our missions.

We are most thankful also to all the Music Ministry people. I appreciate the North Fork choir coming to sing for the Confirmation Mass at Oakhurst. Thanks to Efraim for his constant drive up from Fresno to assist us, to Jim Bryant and our Oakhurst choir, and to Dianna Sullivan, who leads the choir in Bass Lake. A huge thank you to our newest member in Music Ministry, Kevin Jonas. Kevin, who recently moved from the Los Angeles, now lives here in the Oakhurst area and will be an integral part of the parish liturgy ministry.

Coming up on Father's Day, is the Fresno Diocesan Priest Retirement Fund collection will be taken up. Last year, our parish gave $2, 415 to the fund, and we hope to increase our contribution. Let us remember that we have two priests that are now in retirement who served this parish, Monsignor Herman and Father Jerry.