KEEPING THE EASTER SEASON
 
CHRIST IS RISEN! ALLELUIA!!
EASTER BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU.

This great feast offers us all a very special opportunity to grow in faith.  Check out Creighton University's OnLine Ministries to find daily spiritual reflections during the Easter season.

They also offer a link to the readings of the day, a brief meditation, a link to the Daily Reflection for that day and Intercessions from the Liturgy of the Hours.  Each daily prayer concludes with a spontaneous prayer they composed, as an example of the type of prayer each of us might pray, in our own words, for that day.

May Our Lord grant us all the graces we need and desire to strengthen our relationship with God and to deepen our commitment to a way of life, rooted in our baptism.  In our busy world, Easter provides us with an opportunity to reflect upon our patterns, to pray more deeply, experience sorrow for what we've done and failed to do, and to be generous to those in need.  Creighton University's Online Ministries offer resources to assist our celebration of this most solemn feast. 

Visit their Site Index to see what is available and what will be added throughout the liturgical season. Explore the following:
                                                                     
                                                                   Creighton University Online Ministries
 
 
FOR CHILDREN
 
YOUR FAMILY, ESPECIALLY THE CHILDREN, WILL ENJOY LENTEN PREPARATIONS BY VISITING THIS SITE THAT ORIGINATES FROM THE WOODLANDS JUNIOR SCHOOL IN KENT, ENGLAND.
 
What is Easter
      Thanks to the Woodlands Junior School, Kent, England 

 
 CONFIRMATION 2012
 
 
 CONFIRMATION
  
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;
and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria,
and to the ends of the earth."
Acts 1:8
 CONGRATULATIONS TO
THIS YEAR'S CONFIRMANDI
AT ST. HENRY'S
 
Jenna Rose Anthony
 Samantha Corinne Bedell
Jessica Rosemarie Bowen
 Victoria Paige Cahill
Megan Elizabeth Cardish
 Taylor Elizabeth Chenette
Megan Erin Coleman
 Lianna Francesca Crognale
Brian Robert Curtin
 Nicholas John DeVito
Jarred Charles Fink
 Abagail Frances Fischer
Emily Anne Gicewicz
 Mark John Goodall II
Emily Anne Gudewicz
 Michael Francis Hayes
Stephen Matthew Hayes
 Jenna Catherine Horton
Mark James Kamm
 Gregory Mark Kopache
Andrea Christine Kronau
 Emily Elizabeth Kronau
Alex Nicholas Listing
 Zakery Tyler Litchko
Jenna Carly Lynch
 Alexandra Christina Madsen
Alison Lucille Nunziato
 Aileen Elizabeth O'Brien
Anna Rachel Pollack
 Peter Michael Quinones
Paige Elizabeth Raposa
 Adam Jeffrey Romano
Anna Elizabeth Rosenberg
 Travis Lee Seeberger
Jeremy Michael Snyder
Nathan John Snyder
Nicholas David Snyder
Jacqueline St. Pierre
Meghan Anne Sullivan
GianCarlo Toma
Nicholas David Valenti
Raisa Martha VanAlstyne-Ponce
Kaitlyn Elizabeth Walsh
Brandan Patrick Westfall
Julia Marie Wicks
Jacqueline-Ann Willsey

And with that he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit."
John 20:22
 
 
A GAME THAT FIGHTS HUNGER
HAVE FUN, GROW IN KNOWLEDGE AS YOU DO SO!!

 
 

Click and answer the questions.  For each correct answer
10 grains of rice are donated by the UN World Food Program
to help end hunger!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A GREAT CHANCE TO ASSIST SAM GRADESS

 Sam Gradess invites you to participate and help sponsor a very worthwhile Peace Corps summer project in Burkina Faso, Africa. It is Camp G2LOW and you can learn all about it and how you can help. Click Here 
 
 
 
 
 

SCARVES CAN BIND WOUNDS

 Sr. Marian Hamwey, DC, a member of our parish knows first- hand how scarves can bind wounds for women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She ministered for 31 years in the DRC. Now her congregation has formed a project to support the violated women and girls of Eastern Congo. Since by their mid teens most girls in the Congo wear a head covering, the sisters are collecting and distributing colorful scarves to express their solidarity with them and affirm their dignity and value at a time when their self-esteem is profoundly wounded. As part of our Lenten observance, we invite you to bring colorful scarves to the church and leave them with the Mass Coordinators who will be sure the scarves reach their intended destination. For more information, contact Sr. Marian at 273-8351.
 
click this banner to find out more about Amazing God and to access our online retreat  
The Amazing God Evangelization Initiative is a diocesan wide three year initiative aimed at re-kindling the light of faith and the enthusiasm of belief for Catholics in the overall Capital District. This includes nurturing the faith of those who are already active and enthusiastic as well as seeking out those who have no particular church and welcoming back those who may have left active participation in the faith and culture of the Church. At St. Henry's we hope you will find a welcoming community within which faith is nurtured, outreach is shared, and the compassionate love of God abounds.  

 
 
 
 


 

St. Henry's is excited to offer ELECTRONIC GIVING !
Now you can set up your regular church offerings, second collections, and special contributions using your checking account.
So that you may participate fully during the Mass, you can use the Electronic Giving cards that are available in the church, or simply place your regular giving envelope in the basket during collection, indicating that you give electronically.
Just click under the "Online Offering" plate to get started with electronic giving (a new page will open).
           Click Here
 
                                                               

BLESSING OF OUR MEDITATION GARDEN
AND AEOLIAN WIND HARP
IN MEMORY OF TIM FITZMAURICE 
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 15, 2009.

The Aeolian Wind Harp
Our modern Aeolian Wind Harp with its soothing harmonic tones and contemporary design is in fact based on principles that date back to antiquity.The Aeolian wind harp, usually a box-like musical instrument strung with several harmonically-tuned strings, dates back to ancient Greece, and was said to have been the instrument of Aeolus, the Greek god of wind. It was intended to be played not by human hands, but by the God of Wind himself. Its melodies and harmonies were not those chosen by humans, but were held to be the improvisations of Nature itself. Contemporary Aeolian Wind Harps are now being used as Lawn and Garden Sculpture to create sacred spaces for private and public environments.

 
 
 
 
 
 VOCATIONS
 The Bishops' Committee on Vocations has prepared a program to actively invite men to consider a vocation to the priesthood.  Read about it here.  View it here by clicking the "Fishers Of Men" logo.
 
 
 For more information visit the Diocese of Albany Vocation Website
 
 
THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS

Pray the Official Prayer of the Church -

The Liturgy of the Hours and the Office of Readings. 

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We, the worshipping community of St. Henry's, Averill Park, rooted in the gospel and the celebration of the Eucharist, seek to make known God's Love in today's world through serving one another, sharing our faith, and welcoming all. 
 
 
 
 

 
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