March 1, 2020

346 NW First St, Gresham OR. 97030

Ph. 503-665-9129 / Fax 503-665-8238

Email: sthenry_gresham@archdpdx.org

Website: sthenrygresham.org

Flocknotes: sthenrygresham.flocknote.com

FORMED: www.formed.org

Parish Code 3FHQK3

Masses

Saturday Vigil: 5:00pm English

Sunday: 8:30am & 11:00am English, 1:30pm Spanish

Monday ~ Saturday Morning: 8:00am English

Thursday Evening: 7:00pm Spanish

Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Saturday 3:00 - 4:30pm & Thursday 6:00pm - 6:50pm

Pastor… Fr. Charles Zach Parochial Vicar / Habla Español… Fr. Julio Torres

Deacon… Larry Loumena Deacon / Habla Español… Lou De Sitter

Business Manager… Claire Clow Bookkeeper… Anita Weber

Administrative Assistant… Terri Heitzman Parish Secretary… Veronikka Mayer Maintenance / Grounds… Ed Kurtz Liturgy / Sacraments… Sara Wise

Faith Formation… Jeanne Chambers Youth Ministry… Emma Hoke

RCIA / Adult Education… Connie Ostlund Music… Barbara Adams

Administrative Council

Tom Barrie, Robert Ferek, Deacon Larry Loumena, Rod Moritz, Raul Ramirez, Jesús Torres, Dan Troglin

Chair… Glenn Zmuda Organizations… Sharon Williams

Vocations… Doug Klein Outreach/Catholic Action… Don Schantz Spanish Liaison… Guillermina Hernandez

Education… Terry Tygielska Communications… Art Abbott

Board Membership… Marcy Marlow Evangelization… Gerald McAfee

Staff

Pastoral Council

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Prayer List

M +Harriet Rice (Joseph Olbrich) +Dorothy Elizabeth Wand (Wand Family)

T Christian Unity (Ron Welsh) Eleanor O’Donnell (Bob & Rosie O’Donnell)

W +Bob Tobiassen (Arlene Harris)

T Persecuted Christians (Ron Welsh) Priestly Vocations (Ron Welsh)

F +Delores Sensebaugh (Joseph Olbrich)

S +Larry & +Mabeline Broschart (Pat & Kathy Bigelow) +Lynn Houck-Horton (Mary & Bill Hay) +Cecilia Houck (Mary & Bill Hay)

S Souls in Purgatory (Ron Welsh) +Marvin Wilson (Shirley Wilson) +Robert Woods (Joseph Olbrich) Youth of the Church (Ron Welsh)

Mass Intentions March 2 - 8

Calendar for March 1 - 8

“What you ask in my name, I will do” John 14:13.

Please pray for…Janell Beaudry, Imelda Broyles,

Donald Caldwell, Pete Clark,

Kathy Eisenzimmer, Brenda Finnerty,

David Heitzman, Harry Heitzman,

George Lee Held, Lisa Hills, Bill Hunter,

Sindi Jackson, Mary Lafferty, Sarah Marek,

Dawn Martian, Duane Martian, Jim Martin,

Gladie Mederios, Dr. Richard H. Miller,

Ayden Mills, Patricia Mulkey, Kerri O’Leary,

Connie Ostlund, Nicole Price,

Gwen Ragnone, Norm Ragnone,

Vickie Rizzo, Jerry Ruff, Lori Scienski,

Lyn Stevens, Shay Van Smith, Zabloudil Family.

Please call the office if you would

like to be included on this list.

Out of respect for an individuals privacy, we print only

the names of those who give their

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Sunday March 1 Lent 1

Masses 8:30am & 11am English, 1:30pmSpanish

Book Sale in the Gym 9:30am - 3pm Knights of Columbus Breakfast 9:30am (GYM)

Everyday Strength Cancer Support 9:30am (OMT)

Elem. FF & Sacra. Prep 9:45am & 12:15pm (P/C)

English Basketball 4pm (GYM)

Spanish Basketball 7pm (GYM)

Monday March 2 Mass 8am English Spanish Couples Group 7pm (FSR)

Tuesday March 3 Mass 8am English Pointers Prayer Group 8:45am (MR)

Al-Anon 10am (RM 6)

St. Vincent de Paul Pantry 10am (SVDPP)

Spanish RCIA 7pm (FSR)

Adult Bible Study w/ Deacon Larry 7pm (RM 6)

Nar-Anon 7pm (RM 7)

Choir 7pm (CH)

Wednesday March 4 Mass 8am

12noon - Stations of the Cross Adult Education w/Connie 9am (RM 6)

OA 10:30am (RM 7)

Spanish Bible Study 6:30pm (RM 6)

Spanish Choir 7pm (CH)

Youth Ministry 7pm P/C

Thursday March 5 Mass 8am English

Confessions 6pm - 6:50pm Mass 7pm Spanish

Adult Bible Study w/ Deacon Larry 9am (RM 6)

Day Shelter 1:00pm (GYM)

Spanish Fellowship 7:30pm (FSR)

English RCIA 7pm (RM 6)

Folk Group 7:30pm (CH)

Friday March 6 Mass 8am English

6pm Confession

7pm Holy Hour w/Stations of the Cross Hosted by Catholic Family Life

Soup Dinner @ 6pm (FSR)

Saturday March 7 Masses 8am English

Vigil 5pm English

Confessions 3pm - 4:30pm Bilingual Fatima Prayer Cell 8:45am (CH) Spanish Baptism Class (Pre-Registered) 9am (RM 7) St. Vincent de Paul Pantry 10am (SVDPP) #4 Quinceanera Class 10am (RM 6)

Sunday March 8 Lent 2

Masses 8:30am & 11am English

1:30pmSpanish

Day Light Savings (1hr forward) Everyday Strength Cancer Support 9:30am (OMT)

Coffee & Donuts 9:30am (GYM)

Library Open 9:45am

Elem. FF & Sacra Prep 9:45am & 12:15pm (P/C)

English Basketball 4pm (GYM)

Spanish Basketball 7pm (GYM)

~ Pastors Note ~ 1st Lent 2020 ~ Matthew 4: 1-11

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Welcome Center ~ Next Step

After the temptations, ”Then the devil left Him and, behold, angels came and ministered to Him.”

Christmas, come and gone… There were nice gatherings at the Christmas Masses…but how about Ash Wednesday!? Three Masses on a day that is not a Holy Day of Obligation (8am, noon, 7pm. Ashes! We saw ashes on the foreheads of newscasters and even a few presidential candidates! WHY??

It is a time to connect to Jesus in a very special way, different from Christ-mas. Now Jesus is over 30 years old, and we remember him being one with us in every way but victoriously resistant to sin. We remember the willing-

ness of our Lord and Brother to experience the human condition on our terms so to teach us how to rise up against evil in all its form and overcome it.

Jesus is tempted…and so are we. We in our turn follow Him also in and out of the temptation fields of our lives (Much has been spoken and written about how we too are tempted with offerings of power, domination and possessions, as was Jesus). We forget so easily. If we don’t tell the stories of our pasts we will forget who we are. Moses did this with God’s chosen people, and we as the Church, the chosen People of God, do the same especially during lent. What would happen to our families if we didn’t celebrate our own cultic and family histories? Why we’d soon forget just how wonderful and blest we are.

Jesus shared his storied temptations with his disciples…it’s in all three Synoptics. Jesus was alone! Going into the desert is courtship time, for us too…time to block out time for God. Lent: we have to be driven into the desert again and again until we understand profoundly and embrace wholeheartedly the way of the cross…We celebrate this with Stations of the Cross on Fridays (7pm) at Holy Hour. Lent is a time to cooperate with grace, submitting to personal purification and testing. It’s an occasion of evangelization too. It is a time to process evangelization that starts in our own hearts. It is a time for prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It’s a time for charitable works too, the outpouring of grace. We call to mind three themes that we reflect upon and act upon during our personal desert sojourn: The Beatitudes, The Preferential Option for the Poor, The Ran-dom Acts of Kindness.

The eight beatitudes are found in Matthew 5: 1-12. It’s a great read summarizing the essence of Jesus’ message. The preferential option for the poor encourages us to outreach to the face of Jesus Christ in the many who suffer poverty of spirit, of hunger and want, of loneli-ness. The random acts of kindness call us to do something beautiful

and unexpected, and to do it anonymously

I am happy to announce another major step leading to construction of our Welcome Center. We have a Project Manager and will select a General Contractor by late March. We will be directing the contractor to hire parishioners as sub contractors to complete the work, those who have skill sets and documentation as roofers, carpenters, pavers, brick layers, landsca-pers, plumbers, electricians and the like. We are gathering your necessary paperwork at the office leaving it for Fr. Julio or Fr. Charles in the next two weeks. Please include a resume about your business, liability insurance and a business card. Fr. Charles Zach

Stations of the Cross

Ron Welsh will host Stations of the Cross during Lent at 12noon. Friday’s during Lent, St. Henry will host Confessions at 6:00pm and at 7:00pm Holy Hour with

Stations of the Cross hosted by different groups from our Parish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Soup Night and Stations of the Cross: Catholic Family Life Committee will be providing a soup meal before Stations of the Cross

on Friday, March 6 (6 pm, Fireside Room). Don't worry about dinner and join us for a simple meal before attending Stations of the Cross.

East Vicariate Penance Services

St. Peter ~ SE 87th in Portland Saturday, March 14 at 10am

St. Joseph the Worker ~ SE 148th in Portland Tuesday, March 17 at 7pm

St. Anne ~ SE 182nd in Portland Wednesday, March 25 at 7pm

St. Therese ~ NE 132nd in Portland Thursday, March 26 at 6pm

St. Michael ~ Langensand Rd. in Sandy Tuesday, March 31 at 7pm

St. Rita ~ NE Prescott in Portland Tuesday, March 31 at 7pm

St. Henry ~ NW First in Gresham Wednesday, April 1 at 7pm

Feasting and Fasting

Lord Jesus, as we begin this holy season of Lent help us to

-Fast from our busyness and feast on the beauty of nature.

-Fast from criticism and feast on positive communication.

-Fast from speaking and feast on listening.

-Fast from selfishness and feast on generosity.

-Fast from gossip and feast on spreading the Good News.

-Fast from apathy and feast on enthusiasm.

-Fast from complaining and feast on giving compliments.

-Fast from wasting time and feast on spending more time in prayer.

But most of all, O Lord, help us to fast from all that keeps us from recognizing you in each other, and help us to feast each day on Your unfailing love. (Shared by Ron Welsh)

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Please join us for a Bible study on the letter of James. In the video pres-entations, James: Pearls for Wise Living study, presenter Jeff Cavins shows how the teachings of James speak to those of us who feel torn be-tween the competing demands of this world and our Faith. Meant to help a fledgling Church live out its Faith in the face of persecution and a world-view opposed to the gospel, in the 11-part James program, you’ll discover wisdom you can apply to the present.

Sessions are Tuesday evenings at 7:00 pm in classroom 6 and Thursday mornings at 9:00 am also in classroom 6.

Adult Bible Study Class

Mt Hood Pops and Empty Nesters

Empty Nesters are making plans. The outing for March is to Mt. Hood Community College on March 8, 2020. Music starts at 3:30pm. You will enjoy The Greatest Showman, Symphony N9.2, Paint Your Wagon, Medley, Salute to the Big Bands, Liberty Bell and Stars and Stripes Forever. Cost is $12. Restaurant choice to be made by those attending.

Widows, Widowers and Singles

Widows, Widowers and Singles ATTENTION: We’ll be able to do a food comparison when we go to the Old Spaghetti Factory in Clackamas. Our next luncheon will be on Wednesday, March 18. Bus ($3) in the east parking lot at 12:00, lunch at 1:00. Don’t forget to call Ilene at 503-667-2500 by Sun-

day, March 15 to reserve your seat on the bus.

Begin early celebrating St Patrick’s Day at our annual Catholic Daughter St Patrick’s Day Dinner on Saturday, March 14 from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM. Join us for a delicious corned beef dinner, beverage and dessert. Special prices for seniors and families. Take-out is available. See flyers for more information in the back of church.

St. Patrick’s Day Dinner

Catholic Family Life presents guest speaker, Cathy Shannon, who will be sharing a special topic in protecting our children. Sunday, March 15, 9:50 a.m., Parish Cen-ter. Cathy Shannon is the director of Child Protection/Victim Assistance for the Arch-diocese of Portland. Join us and learn how we can protect our children. Childcare available in the nursery.

Catholic Family Life

Are you looking for a way to deepen your faith and build friendships? The St. Henry Women's Group gathers for faith sharing and a potluck brunch once a month. We wel-come all women (age 18 and older) to join us. Our next gathering is on March 14, 9-11 AM in the Parish Center (room 8). Mass and Rosary are also available at 8 a.m. in the parish.

St. Henry Women’s Group

Spiritual Enrichment

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Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Northwest Job Openings

The JV Program Coordinator (PC) is the primary representative of Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) Northwest in the communities where there are Jesuit Volunteers (JVs)/AmeriCorps members, serv-ing as a resource and facilitator to sustain a meaningful JV/AmeriCorps member experience for the local JV communities and individual JV/AmeriCorps members. The PC has responsibilities in the se-lection and maintenance of ongoing relationships with partner agencies; planning and presentation of Orientation and retreats for JV/AmeriCorps members; recruitment and selection of JV/AmeriCorps members; site monitoring for JV AmeriCorps placements; development of local support systems for the JV communities, relationship building with the diverse publics associated with JVC Northwest; and documentation, tracking, and other office tasks. This is a leadership position requiring independ-ent judgment yet the ability and desire to work as part of a team, as well as take direction and imple-ment decisions made by others.

The AmeriCorps Program Assistant will support the AmeriCorps Program Manager with duties re-lated to the smooth administration of the JVC Northwest AmeriCorps program of 142 members, liv-ing in 24 communities in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington. This position provides a great opportunity for individuals who want to gain experience in contributing to a successful national service program. The AmeriCorps Program Assistant will take a lead role in ensuring quality data collection and member file maintenance as well as promoting AmeriCorps identity among JV Ameri-Corps members and partner sites through strong use of social media. We are seeking a person who communicates effectively with diverse populations; demonstrates ability to work with many details and maintain a system of quality control; is proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Access and Outlook (required), Wordpress, and Constant Contact (a plus); is able to work independently as well as in a collaborative team environment. Office experience of at least one year is desired.

Consider applying, or share with someone who'd be a good fit! For application packet, email JVC Northwest at info@jvcnorthwest.org with the job title in the subject.

Rice Bowl ~ First Week of Lent

When Jesus feed the 5000, he said, “ Give them some food your-selves.” Reflect on the challenge of global hunger. How can you contribute to support the hungry in your community? Visit crsricebowl.org for more.

Make a commitment to reading the Sunday readings before you go to Mass. In the same way read-ing up on football players, opposing teams and coaching strategies will help you experience a game more fully, familiarizing yourself with the readings ahead of time can allow you to experience them in a deeper way on Sunday. Don’t have time to read all three readings? Then just read the Gospel.

The Spiritual Enrichment Committee will present on DVD with Rev. Robert E. Barron. He will answer questions about our Catholic Faith!! Do you have a ques-tion you would like to ask him? If you have questions about: God, The Trinity, Jesus, Spiritual Life, or Prayer, we can ask him! Were: Knights of Columbus Hall, When: March 8, 2020 at 9:40am. Coffee will be offered!

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Centro de Bienvenida - El Siguiente Paso

Si deseas Bautizar a tu (a) Los pasos son: 1. Llenar la Aplicación en la Oficina, 2) Traer los documentos Necesarios y 3) Asistir a las... Platicas pre-Bautismales Las clases son el primer del mes de Sábado 9am a 1pm Padres y padrinos entran a la clase presen-tando la copia de su aplicación ya hecha en la oficina Parroquial. Llame a la oficina para

registrarse.

¡Bienvenidos a la Iglesia St. Henry!

Bautismo

¡Bienvenidos a la Iglesia St. Henry! Extendemos una cordial bienvenida a los nuevos feligreses y a todos los visitantes. Pedimos a los nuevos feligreses que por favor se registren en la oficina de la parroquia lo antes posible. Gracias.

La Misión de St. Henry

La Iglesia católica San Enrique es una comunidad de creyentes cristianos que se esfuerzan por construir el Reino de Dios en la tierra para todas las personas. Aceptamos nuestra mi-

sión evangelizadora de Jesucristo para amar a Dios por encima de todo lo demás y amar a nuestro prójimo como a nosotros mismos. Siguiendo el ejemplo de Jesús, y en el poder del Espíritu Santo:

Ejemplificamos el amor y el perdón de Dios como se revela en Jesucristo a través del ejemplo de nuestra vida cristiana;

Adoramos a Dios en la celebración de la Eucaristía y los sacramentos y a través de la oración y la de-voción dentro de nuestras familias y grupos parroquiales;

Vivimos el mensaje del Evangelio a través de nuestro servicio el uno al otro, al mismo tiempo que abordamos las necesidades espirituales y humanas de nuestra familia parroquial y de la comunidad circundante; Abrazamos la diversidad y la riqueza que aporta a nuestras vidas, tanto espiritual como socialmente

1 de Marzo de 2020 - 1er Domingo de Cuaresma

"Está escrito: Adorarás al Señor, tu Dios, y solo a Él servirás". (MATEO 4:10) Tentado entre las ri-quezas y el poder de este mundo y el servicio a Dios, Jesús eligió el servicio a su Padre. Si desea-mos seguir verdaderamente a Jesús, nosotros también debemos decidir apartarnos del poder y las riquezas del mundo y poner a Dios en el centro de nuestras vidas. Cuaresma es nuestro tiempo pa-ra liberarnos de las cosas terrenales. Pregúntale a Dios cómo te está llamando a servir.

Estoy muy feliz de anunciar otro paso mayor que nos llevara a la construcción de nuestro Centro de Bienvenida. Ahora tenemos un Maganer para el Proyecto, y elegiremos a un Contratista General a finales de marzo. Vamos a dirigir al contratista general a elegir a miembros de la parroquia como subcontratistas para completar el trabajo; aquellos quienes tengas las capacidades apropiadas y la documentación como techadores, carpinteros, pavimentadores, instalación de ladrillos varios, jardi-nería, plomeros, electricistas y demás oficios. Recopilaremos tu papeleo necesario en la oficina, déjalos con el padre Julio o el padre Charles en las siguientes dos semanas. Por favor incluye un resume acerca de tu negocio, a seguranza de responsabilidad, y una tarjeta de negocios.

Fr. Charles Zach