It seems that Archbishop Vehr had a fondness for churches named “Holy Trinity”. Under Vehr, Holy Trinity in Westminster started in 1949, and in 1959 another Holy Trinity starting in Colorado Springs. At that time, Colorado Springs was still part of the Archdiocese of Denver.
Here’s more about Holy Trinity in Colorado Springs:
HOLY TRINITY PARISH HISTORY
On August 28, 1959, Archbishop Urban J. Vehr of the Denver Archdiocese established the parish of Holy Trinity in Colorado Springs. Land was acquired from A.V. (Tony) Venetucci, who owned 66 acres of what is now the Venetian Village neighborhood. After selling 5.6 acres to the parish, Venetucci returned half of the purchase price as a donation in memory of his brother Rocco, who had died in a well explosion on the property 15 years before.Archbishop Vehr named Father John L. Aylward as the founding pastor; he was a young priest from St. Thomas Seminary in Denver who had served as pastor for St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Minturn. When he arrived, Holy Trinity had 450 families, but no buildings, so Father Aylward said Mass in the Crazy Cat Lounge, a bar on North Nevada. Some parishioners described it as a “dump”, but on Sunday mornings it became a church. Volunteers went early to hide the half-full beer mugs and ashtrays, sweep the floors, and push together tables to make an altar. With a few linens and a traveling Mass kit, the bar became a serviceable chapel, the congregation seated on folding chairs on the dance floor.
See more, including their full parish history on their web page:
Holy Trinity Catholic Parish
3122 Poinsetta Dr.
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
http://www.holytrinitycs.com/
