In June of
1962, a group of faithful, prayerful people gathered to worship as a
mission of St. John Vianney at Conway Elementary School. By 1965
Archbishop Hurley had approved the name "Blessed Trinity" for our
new parish.
Fr. John Caulfield became pastor in August 1966, and at noon on
Trinity Sunday of 1967 (see above) he turned the first shovel of
earth for the first church. On Christmas Eve of that same year he
celebrated Eucharist in the new church for the first time. The first
Blessed Trinity Church, a multi-use building, was formally dedicated
on May 12, 1968. Since then, our history has been one of growth in
numbers and ministries. We are eternally indebted to those early
parishioners for their commitment. Their personal sacrifice made
possible the building up of God's kingdom among us here in our
parish in the Conway area of Orlando.
See some of our earliest Parish Bulletins here.
Like
our founders, we have many challenges to meet and many gifts to
share. We have four
Sunday Masses and a Saturday evening
Vigil Mass, and over 50
ministries and organizations.
Parish team and staff, both cleric and lay, work with hundreds of
volunteers to meet the needs of our parishioners and many others who
seek our help. Our growth has been remarkable, and indeed, we
continue to grow. Our brand new church, dedicated by Bishop Wenski
on December 17, 2005, and our soon-to-be-refurbished Education
Building and Great Hall will help us to accommodate better our
religious education classes, ministries, social functions and
meetings.
(Below: The
memorable day when we moved the "White House" down the street and
onto our property. This is now our Parish Office Building.)
