Holy Trinity School

Holy Trinity Catholic School will open in the fall of 2015 to serve all of Dubois County. Teams will compete as the Saints, and the school colors will be purple, white and gold.

Father Gary Kaiser, pastor of Precious Blood Parish in Jasper and St. Mary Parish in Ireland, also serves as Bishop Charles C. Thompson’s delegate for school administration. He announced the name, mascot and colors Thursday morning (Sept. 25) in the gymnasium of Kundek Hall on the campus of St. Joseph Parish in Jasper. The parish hosted a Mass for students and families from the three Catholic schools that are coming together to create Holy Trinity.

Father Kaiser told the crowd that the naming process proved to be truly inspired.

“We asked for input from Catholics across the county – all 11 parishes – and many suggested Holy Trinity because we are bringing three schools into one,” Father Kaiser said. “It was the strongest name; it came from our students and from adults.”

After this school year, Precious Blood and Holy Family schools in Jasper and St. Mary School in Ireland will come together to form the foundation of Holy Trinity, which is intended to serve all of Dubois County.

“During the Diocesan Strategic Planning process, it became clear to the Jasper Deanery Core Team that Catholic education was of the utmost importance to our families,” Father Kaiser said. “That team recommended that we consolidate and create a county-wide Catholic school system, and we are extremely happy to make that a reality in Holy Trinity.”

Father John Boeglin, pastor of Holy Family Parish, said, “Creating a new Dubois County Catholic School from Holy Family, Precious Blood and St. Mary schools will make us a more vibrant Catholic community of service, which is centered around the table of the Lord.”

“In all of our efforts to continue Catholic education in Dubois County and to help it to grow, our unity and commitment will make it the best education system possible,” said Father Ray Brenner, pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Jasper and Dean of the diocese’s Jasper Deanery. “This will take all of us working together every step of the way, but it will be worth it in the long run. May God bless our endeavors.”

Father Kaiser went on to thank the transition team from the Jasper Deanery that has spent the past nine months working on the project. “We will hold a meeting in the very near future to provide more information about Holy Trinity and the ongoing planning.  All of our students and their families are anxious to learn more about the home of the Saints, and we look forward to sharing lots of news with them in the coming weeks.”