In the heart of Haughville on the corner of North Holmes Avenue & West St. Clair Street on the near westside of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Some of you already know who I am, for those of you who do not, please allow me to introduce myself.  My name is Kathy Ivancic.  I am married to Norman Ivancic; and, on our next wedding anniversary, Norman and I will have been married for 24 years.  We were married here at Holy Trinity on March 30, 1985, by Father Larry Crawford.  We live at the homestead of Oscar and Rose Ivancic, in Haughville, on Medford Avenue.  Norman has lived at this address since 1955 when the home was built by his parents.  We have one son, Jeff, who lives out of the city.  We talk with him frequently and exchange letters and cards.

Norman, along with his brother, Gary, their parents and many other relatives grew up in Haughville and the Holy Trinity Parish.  I am a newbie; I have only been a member of Holy Trinity for about 30 years.

Norman and I attend Mass on Sunday mornings.  We sit on the left side of the church.  I always like to be able to see Father, so when there are no decorations on the left side, we sit at about the third pew.  If there are decorations, then we sit maybe about the sixth or seventh pew, because, I always like to be able to see Father and our beautiful statues. 

I am starting my 2nd year of being on the Stewardship Commission and a member of Parish Partners.  This will be my first year of being on the Parish Council.  I am a member of and help out with the Altar Society.  And, I enjoy being a greeter at Sunday Mass, as I am scheduled.  Although I am not a very good singer . . . . . I love to sing.  And, I especially like the songs in our Lead Me, Guide Me song book.  I love the Christmas time songs.  They are so beautiful and meaningful.

I enjoy new, different and exciting activities; and, I have been given the opportunity to try the new, different and exciting activity of preparing your monthly newsletter, The Trinitarian.

My goal is to help those of you who have stories to tell, information you would like to share with your parish family, to prepare your stories in written format for publication in The Trinitarian.

Several people I have talked with would like to see such things as births, graduations, engagements, weddings, family reunions, etc. in the newsletter.  I would also like to try to get the children and youth (grandchildren) involved.  Does a child or youth (grandchildren) have a fun activity or award for school, sports, other outside activity, etc?  It might be fun for the child to have their parent/grandparent point out an article in the newsletter that was written about the child.  Do you or your child (grandchild) have a favorite poem or short story that may be uplifting and interesting?

In any case, I would like for all of you to feel free to call or e-mail me any time with your story and we will get it printed in The Trinitarian.  My home telephone number is 317.631.3019.  If I am not available, please leave a message and I will return your call as soon as possible.  My e-mail address is as follows:  medfordgirl@earthlink.net.

Let’s all work together to help spread the Good News of Holy Trinity Parish.

Again, my name is Kathy Ivancic and I look forward to talking with you.

I wish you all very happy and joyful holidays!

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