S Lewis Moldenhaur (Paul & Sandy Farrows BDV) +Nick Vining (Vining Family) +Deceased Knights of Columbus (K of C) -Rand Lutomski (Claire Clow)
S End to Abortion (Susanna Perletti) For the Parish Family (Fr. Charles Zach) +Melanie Sukitch (Lezlee Grundy) -Fr. Rick Nakvasil (Ron Welsh) +Yocelyn Ruiz (Family)
Mass Intentions March 9 - 15
Calendar for March 8 - 15
“What you ask in my name, I will do” John 14:13.
Please pray for…Janell Beaudry, Imelda Broyles,
Donald Caldwell, Pete Clark, Brenda Finnerty, David
Heitzman, Harry Heitzman, George Lee Held, Lisa
Hills, Bill Hunter, Sindi Jackson, Joseph Kattanick,
Mary Lafferty, Sarah Marek, Dawn Martian, Duane
Martian, Jim Martin, Gladie Mederios, Dr. Richard H.
Miller, Ayden Mills, Patricia Mulkey, David Nadeau,
Kerri O’Leary, Connie Ostlund, Nicole Price, Gwen
Ragnone, Norm Ragnone, Vickie Rizzo, Jerry Ruff,
Lori Scienski, Lyn Stevens, Shay Van Smith, Rob
Walsh, 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 permission to have
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Sunday March 8 Lent 2
Masses 8:30am & 11am English, 1:30pmSpanish
Day Light Savings (1hr forward)
Latin Food Sale after all Masses Everyday Strength Cancer Support 9:30am (OMT)
Monday March 9 Mass 8am English Spanish Couples Group 7pm (FSR)
Tuesday March 10 Mass 8am English Pointers Prayer Group 8:45am (MR)
Al-Anon 10am (RM 6)
St. Vincent de Paul Pantry 10am (SVDPP)
Red Cross 2pm (GYM)
Spanish Planning Meeting 5pm (OMT)
Spanish RCIA 7pm (FSR)
Adult Bible Study w/ Deacon Larry 7pm (RM 6)
Nar-Anon 7pm (RM 7) Choir 7pm (CH)
Wednesday March 11 Mass 8am
12noon - Stations of the Cross Adult Education w/Connie 9am (RM 6)
St. Henry Mom’s Group 10am (RM 8)
OA 10:30am (RM 7) #1 Pinochle 11:45am (FSR)
Pastoral Council Meeting 6pm (OMT)
Spanish Bible Study 6:30pm (LIB)
Spanish Choir 7pm (CH) Youth Ministry 7pm P/C
Thursday March 12 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 13 Mass 8am English
6pm Confession
7pm Holy Hour w/Stations of the Cross Hosted by Spanish Leaders
Soup Dinner @ 6pm (FSR)
Library Open 9:30am (LIB)
Saturday March 14 Masses 8am English
Vigil 5pm English
Confessions 3pm - 4:30pm Bilingual CDA St. Patrick’s Day Dinner 4-7pm (GYM)
Women’s Prayer Group 9am (RM 8) St. Vincent de Paul Pantry 10am (SVDPP) #5 Quinceanera Class 10am (RM 6)
Sunday March 15 Lent 3
Masses 8:30am & 11am English,
1:30pmSpanish Coffee & Donuts 9:30am (GYM)
Everyday Strength Cancer Support 9:30am (OMT)
Library Open 9:45am (LIB)
Elem. FF & Sacra. Prep 9:45am & 12:15pm (P/C)
Catholic Family Life
Spec. Guest Speaker 9:45am (RM 6)
~ Pastors Note ~ 2nd Lent 2020 – The Transfiguration
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Welcome Center ~ Next Step
I am happy to announce another major step leading to construction of our Welcome Center. We have a Pro-ject 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, landscapers, plumbers, electri-cians 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 busi-ness card. Fr. Charles Zach
We go to the mountain to be enveloped. Will they (we) listen to Jesus and the voice in the cloud? This is My beloved Son, listen to him. Will we stand by Jesus as He goes into His Passion and death? We know the story: Pe-ter denied, the disciples abandoned Jesus…Only John remained with Je-sus. The readings today place on the stage the “big guns” in salvations history: Abraham, Peter, James and John. Each one came with filters on how they saw God and how they heard God in their lives. All came to understand more fully God’s presence and call in their lives b/c they refined their fil-ters, they responded to God’s grace in their lives. Abraham was promised that God would make of him a great nation. Then later he was tested when asked to sacrifice his son. Result? A new covenant. A similar thing happened when Moses went through the testing in the Sinai Desert. Result? A new covenant. The prophet Elijah battled the kings of Israel to remain faithful to God’s covenant. Result? He was a prototype of all future prophets speaking the Word of God. In today’s gospel three apostles have an intimate encounter with Jesus in His Transfiguration. Result? Listen to Him. Initially Peter, James and John did not understand but kept on walking back down from the mountain, from this hill of intimacy. They wanted to build a tent reminiscent of the Sinai tent (housing the arch of the cove-nant) which was a meeting place with God. All their filters had been challenged and changed. Now us! Today is time for our filters to be challenged and changed during lent, another opportunity. As we pray, fast and do works of love, our filters are updated, our batteries are recharged – We enter the tent of meeting during this holy time of lent. There is a Filipino tradition at the matrimony cele-bration where the couple has a veil placed over them. This veil represents the tent of meeting with God as they enact their holy covenant. Lent is our veil representing the tent of meeting with our God through Jesus Christ. He takes us by the hand to recharge our covenant and bring our filters into focus. We are called to make a difference in our society. One author stated recently that, “We are becoming the kind
of society that other 19th Century societies sent missionaries to.” The Church has had a long practice of saving and redeeming civilizations. Why then not this one? Where can we start? Perhaps this scenario can give a clue. A child saw a dust-covered book. He asked what it was. His father replied, “That’s God’s book – the bible.” The boy replied, “You better return it to God because no-body here reads it.” If our bible is in good shape, we are not. As we concentrate on the three pivots of lent (Prayer, Fasting, and Works of Love), may our prayer time always make a good finish as the apostles stated: “Lord, it is good that we are here.”
The St. Henry Business Manager is looking for counters who can help out once a month on Monday morning from 8:30am to 11:30am. Must pass a background check. Banking experience preferred. Contact Claire in the office M-F if you are interested 503-665-9129
Stations of the Cross
Spiritual Enrichment
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: Spanish Lead Committee will be providing a soup meal before Stations of the Cross on Friday,
March 13 (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
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Rice Bowl ~ Second Week of Lent
Trinh’s family are farmers in Vietnam who have been affected by climate change. What would you do if your source of nutrition was threat-ened? How can we support those whose liveli-hood are vulnerable to weather? Give to your Rice Bowl.
Challenge yourself this year and go beyond the clichés of “giving up” something. Now is a great
time to take stock of your spiritual life, and to grow in it.
The Spiritual Enrichment Committee will pre-sent on DVD with Rev. Robert E. Barron. He will answer questions about our Catholic Faith!! Do you have a question 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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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 welcome 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 Prayer Group
St. Henry Mom’s Group meets on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday monthly from 10am to 11:30am in room 8 of the Parish Center. We are a group of moms supporting each other in raising
our children within our Catholic Faith. Join us for our bimonthly meetings for friendship and special topic presentations for busy moms. Free childcare provided. Facebook: St. Henry Gresham OR MOMS Group.
St. Henry Mom’s Group
Bunco
Bunco night will be here before you know it. Save the date: Friday, April 17. Cost is only $7 per person. Light refreshments ~ All are wel-come. Call Shirley if you want to play so we can get a count on the tables. 503-618-9923
Latino Brunch
Tacos, Tamales and other goodies will be on sale in the Gym this Sunday, March 8 after the Masses. Take home is available. This event will take place once a month. Proceeds go to help fund different events throughout the year and our Capital Campaign. Pre-ordering is helpful but walk-ins are also welcome. See an order form in the back of church or the office.
Fun at the Knights Valentine Dance
Catholic Family Life Event… Parish families had a fun night of creating over 80 Valentines for parishioners at
care facilities. All valentine's were delivered to 20 different facilities over the Valentine Weekend.
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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.
Bautismo
Alentar Entendimento Más Profundo de la Escritura
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
Tamales y Tacos, y otras golosinas serán vendidas en el gimnasio este domin-go 8 de marzo después de cada misa. Órdenes para llevar (“To Go”) están dis-ponibles. Todo esto será para ayudar a financiar eventos a través del año y pa-ra nuestra Campaña Capital. Pre-ordenar nos ayuda, pero también ordenar al momento estará disponible. Las formas para ordenar por adelantado estarán en la parte de atrás de la Iglesia o en la Oficina Parroquial.
Almuerzos Latinos
Segundo Domingo de Cuaresma; la semana pasada tentación, y ahora transfiguración. Grandes contrastes que nos llevan a reflexionar en la grandeza de la presencia del Señor entre nosotros. Al resistir la tentación es que llegamos a la transfiguración. Es un juego de armonía de la gracia de Dios en la vida del ser humano. La oración colectiva de la Misa nos ayuda a reflexionar en la mara-villa de la Transfiguración: “Señor Dios, que nos mandaste escuchar a tu Hijo muy amado, dígnate alimentarnos íntimamente con tu palabra, para que, ya purificada nuestra mirada interior, nos ale-gremos en la contemplación de tu gloria.” Todos hemos sido llamados a la vida y a la luz que brilla en Cristo Transfigurado como lo atestiguan Pedro, Santiago y Juan. La Transfiguración llama a la conversión desde el fondo del corazón.
¿Qué propósito tienes en esta Cuaresma? ¿Dónde debes buscar la conversión? El Evangelio de hoy invita al encuentro con Jesús en la montaña. Si nos fijamos bien y escuchamos con cuidado, notaremos que Jesús nos mostró quien es en realidad en el misterio de la Transfiguración. Por esto Pedro le dice, convencido de la hermosura del resplandor, “Señor, ¡qué bueno sería quedarnos aquí! Si quieres, haremos aquí tres chozas, una para ti, otra para Moisés y otra para Elías.” “Quedarnos aquí” pero ¿Dónde estamos? ¿Es bueno el lugar donde estamos para quedarnos? Pi-damos en esta Eucaristía que el Espíritu Santo nos ayude a comprender que somos hijos e hijas de Dios y lo que esto significa.
