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April 25, 2021 346 NW First St, Gresham OR. 97030 Ph. 503-665-9129 / Fax 503-665-8238 Email: [email protected] Flocknotes: sthenrygresham.flocknote.com FORMED: www.formed.org Website: sthenrygresham.org Pastoral Council: Don Schantz; Chair, Juan Avila; Vice Chair, Art Abbott, Guillermina Hernandez, Doug Klein, Marcy Marlow ,Gerald McAfee, Cristino Pina, Terry Tygielska, Sharon Williams Administrative Council: Robert Ferek, Dan Troglin, Claudia Lorena Marron, Deacon Larry Loumena, Cecilia Pelayo, Tom Barrie, Randy Shearer, Jesus Torres Staff: Pastor...Fr. Charles Zach, Parochial Vicar / Habla Español...Fr. Julio Torres, Deacon...Larry Loumena, Deacon / Habla Español...Lou De Sitter, Business Manager…Claire Clow , Administrative Assistant…Terri Heitzman, Maintenance / Grounds…Ed Kurtz, Youth Ministry / Young Adults…Emma Bavarskas, Liturgy / Sacraments…Sara Wise, Faith Formation…Jeanne Chambers, Music...Barbara Adams, Bookkeeper… Anita Weber, Project Manager...David Mastroieni The Office of St. Henry is closed at this time. Staff is available by appointment only. Please call the office Monday - Thursday at 503-665-9129 to make an appointment Calendar for April 25 - May 2 Mass Intentions April 26 - May 2 Sunday April 25 All Masses in the Church Today M LaVerne Olson (Dingman Family) Mass 8:30am & 11am English T -Tom & Mary Neal (Carol O’Bill) 1:30pm Spanish +Helen Ramsey (Family) Monday April 26 W +St. Philomena (Monique Pundyk) Mass: 8am in the Fireside room T +Phillip Pham (Loan Nguyen) Tuesday April 27 +Helen Ramsey (Family) Masses: 8am English, 7pm Spanish Both Masses in the Fireside room F +Officer Eric Talley (Ron Welsh) St. Vincent de Paul 10am (SVDPP) S -Men of Meadows/Huachuca (Ron Welsh) Wednesday April 28 +Sr. Rosemary Antonich, SNJM (Ron Welsh) Mass: 8am in the Fireside room S +Andrea Hartsock (Ron Welsh) YM 7th Grade 4:30pm (ZOOM) End to Abortion (Susanna Perletti) YM First Communion Class 6:30pm (GYM) +Adela Villa (Nancy Haley) YM Confirmation 1 & 2 6:30pm (ZOOM) St. Henry Construction Workers (Nancy Haley) YM Post Confirmation 6:30pm (Rm 8) -Hartsock Family (Ron Welsh) Thursday April 29 Mass: 8am English, 7pm Spanish Prayer List Both Masses in the Fireside room Day Shelter 1:30pm (GYM) “What you ask in my name, I will do” John 14:13. Friday April 30 Please pray for... Mass: 8am in the Fireside room Janell Beaudry, Tyler Bourgo, Imelda Broyles, Stephanie Burton, Pete Clark, Angela Donnelly, Saturday May 1 Bryan Donnelly, Lee Eberhardt, Masses: 8am English, In the Fireside Room Michael Dennis Farrell, Mary Pat Giglotti, 5pm Vigil English in the Church First Communion Bill Hay, Mary Hay, Amy Jameson, Tense Kinner, Spanish Baptism Class 9am (Must Pre-Register) Dawn Martian, Duane Martian, Dr. Richard H. Miller, St. Vincent de Paul Pantry 10am (SVDPP) Karyn ML., Patricia Mulkey, Connie Ostlund, Confessions 3pm (FSR) Lori Scienski, Joi Shervey , Sisters of Our Lady of Sunday May 2 First Communion at all Masses Peace Retreat, Mari Spring, Leah Trice All Masses in the Church Today Out of respect for an individuals privacy, we print only Mass 8:30am & 11am English the names of those who give their permission to have 1:30pm Spanish their names published. Covid-19 Information 4/14/2021 Next Weekend...May 1at 5pm, & May 2 at 8:30am, 11am and St. Henry is allowed by the State to be at 50% 1:30pm is capacity. We are sorry for the misscommuni- First Communion Weekend cation in last weeks bulletin. Every other pew has been designated “Closed” So please stay Please pray for these young home if you are not feeling well or are uncomfort- able attending Mass. St Henry still offers live folks as they prepare to streamed Mass and communion in the parking lot receive Jesus after Mass. through the View the live stream at: https://www.facebook.com/sthenrygresham Holy Eucharist or after Mass at sthenrygresham.org. Pg 2 Pastor’s Note ~ 4th Sunday of Easter 2021 “My Sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me. I give them eternal life. They shall never perish.” John 10: 27ff What about those who don’t hear? Who walk away after Jesus gives this assurance? One of the saddest sayings in the gos- pels: “those who walk away”, “and Jesus wept.” Times of doubt and questioning. Jesus weeps compassion and lack of faith. We all have family members who have walked away. Like Je- sus, we weep. We pray, we encourage, we invite. Jesus did the same. Remember that on Good Friday 11 of the 12 cho- sen apostles walked away. How many times? many! did he appear to them after the resurrection to pray with him, to en- courage them, and to invite them! That’s Mother Church! What part of Jesus’ words today don’t resonate with us? What would we rather hear? What signs would we rather have as proof of what He and the Father offer? How many atheists and agnostics are there who want more reasoned proofs before they will succumb to the love of God. Because the language of the Easter Good Shepherd is a lan- guage of love. Today, there are many “faith rattling events.” We can all probably name at least a few. In the Church; in our families; in politics; on our streets; in world events; natural disasters. Some events might be very personal and others we bear witness to from the comfort of our homes. In today’s reading, my hope comes from the evangelist's explanation that Jesus, the eternal Son of God, is in perfect unity with the Father. Together they hold us. Nothing can pull us away, no matter what hap- pens. There may be more “faith rattling events” in my future, or yours, but there is one constant, one eternal hope. God holds us. God will not drop us. Or, said another way, God has our backs, no mat- ter what happens. Even when we say, “Where were you Lord? You shut me out.” No one can take them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one. "Mysteries revealed by God cannot be harmful to us, nor should they remain as treasures hidden in a field, useless." Pius XII, Mystici Corporis, 1943. This, of course, was not a new teaching. St Paul comes back to it again and again. Here are a few instances: "Christ is the head of the body, the church" (Colossians 1: 18) "For as in one body we have many members, and not all the members have the same function, so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and indi- vidually we are members one of another" (Romans 12:4-5) For in the one Spirit we were all baptised into one body - Jews or Greeks, slaves or free - and we were all made to drink of one Spirit" (1 Corinthians 12:13) St Paul's was not a lone voice. Pius XII adds, "The unbroken tradi- tion of the Fathers from the earliest times teaches that the Divine Redeemer and the Church which is His Body form but one mysti- cal person, that is to say, the whole Christ." Pg 3 Vespers Service For Mothers In honor of all mothers, the St. Henry Respect Life Committee is holding a Vesper Service on Mon- day, May 10th at 7:00 p.m. in the church. All are invited to come and participate in this beautiful prayer service to honor our mothers. We will be praying for all mothers, espe- cially for those currently carrying a child in utero. Come and honor your mother and pray for her and mothers who are experiencing difficulty of any type. Deacon Larry Loumena will be presiding and there will be music as we recite the psalms and prayers and hymns that make up this beautiful liturgical service. The service will last about a half hour. Covid precautions will be observed. Questions: Jerry McAfee, Phone# 503-260-8995. April 25, World Day of Prayer for Vocations Vocation is how God calls you to serve Him in the world. God calls you through Baptism and Confirmation to serve Him in a specific way of life. You can follow God’s call as a single person, married person, ordained priest or vowed religious. Pg 4 April 25, The 4th Sunday of Easter First Reading Gospel Reading Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said: Jesus said: “Leaders of the people and elders: If we are “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays being examined today about a good deed done down his life for the sheep. A hired man, who is to a cripple, namely, by what means he was not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his saved, then all of you and all the people of Israel own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep should know that it was in the name of Jesus and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters Christ the Nazorean whom you crucified, whom them. This is because he works for pay and has God raised from the dead; no concern for the sheep. I am the good shep- in his name this man stands before you healed. herd, and I know mine and mine know me, He is the stone rejected by you, the builders, just as the Father knows me and I know the Fa- which has become the cornerstone. ther; and I will lay down my life for the sheep. There is no salvation through anyone else, nor is I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold.