History & Mission

In 1962, 12 acres of peach orchard were purchased to start Holy Trinity Parish.  Pooling envelope collections from the Cedar Hills and Aloha areas raised the funds for the purchase and resale of a 20-acre parcel.  On the 12 acres, Holy Trinity School was constructed, and the first four grades moved in December of 1962.  The gymnasium was finished as a temporary church.The first Mass was celebrated on Palm Sunday 1963.  Holy Trinity continued to be a mission until the fall of 1965 when Father Mai was appointed as pastor serving 250 registered families.  During 1966, a $100,000 gift from St. Cecilia’s allowed the completion of the lower part of the school building, and the fifth through eighth grades were established under the leadership of Father O’Connell.  Father Crowe served as pastor for a brief time until 1968, when Father C.J. Linehan assumed the role of pastor for an extended time.

By 1978, the parish had grown to 1200 families.  Due to economic conditions, the school was operating six grades.  With Father Linehan’s guidance, funds were raised to reopen the 7th and 8th grades, and to begin paying off the original building debt.  By the time Father Linehan was reassigned in 1980, the parish was in much better shape.

Father Engle served as pastor from 1980-1991.  Much guidance was needed to sort out the changes brought on by Vatican II, and Holy trinity mirrored the growing pains of other parishes at that time.  During this period, the original building debt was paid off, and the school facilities were expanded.  The church was modernized and many church programs were updated.

In 1982, with the opening of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Aloha, there was some shifting of parish families.  The arrival of new families didn’t offset the number of families moving to the new parish, and parish enrollment dropped to 950 families. 

In 1991, Father John Waldron accepted the assignment as pastor.  The school became fully accredited in 2001 through the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and the Western Catholic Education Association.

The new church was completed in the fall of 2001, the main floor bathrooms were remodeled in order to meet ADA requirements and the old church was converted back into the gym it was meant to be.  The children started using the gym in January 2002.

In 2004, Fr. John McGrann became pastor of the parish. From 2007-2022 Fr. Dave Gutmann was our pastor.  Fr. Bill Holtzinger  began his service as pastor in  2022.  School enrollment is 262 students representing 200 families.