Fr. Thomas Holmes passed into eternal life on Monday, January 13, 2025.
We give thanks to God for the gift that Fr. Tom was to our parish family for so many years.
Please keep the Holmes family in your prayers.
All services will be held at St. Mary's Clinton Heights Church 163 Columbia Turnpike, Rensselaer.
Visitation will be on Sunday, January 19, from 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, January 20, at 9:30 am
St. Henry's is a welcoming community fed by Christ's compassion and called to bring God's word to life in loving service to all.
Regular Mass Times
Saturday Vigil: 4:00 pm
Sunday: 8:00 am and 10:00 am
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Daily Mass: Tuesday - Friday: 8:30 am
If Averill Park Schools are closed or delayed due to inclement weather,
daily Mass will be cancelled.
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Sacrament of Reconciliation by appointment
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Pastoral Associate for Administration
The Pastoral Associate for Administration manages the Parish Office including maintaining parish sacramental records, parishioner database and overseeing the production of weekly parish bulletin. Acts as HR contact for staff maintaining personnel records and HR information. Acts as receptionist assisting parishioners and visitors with various requests, sorts mail, responds to emails and telephone calls. Performs the duties of a secretary for Pastor. Works with accountant to ensure financial records are maintained and bills are paid in a timely manner and interfaces with vendors regarding payment disputes. Interfaces with staff of our Parish Network with St. Mary’s Nassau. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Pastor. Maintains strict level of confidentiality concerning parish matters and the privacy of the pastor, staff and other parishioners. Supervises office volunteers for parish bulk mailings and entering data for parish records.
JUBILEE 2025
Pope Francis has declared a Jubilee Year of Hope in 2025.
EXCERPT FROM THE LETTER OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE NEW EVANGELIZATION, FOR THE JUBILEE 2025
"We must fan the flame of hope that has been given us, and help everyone to gain new strength and certainty by looking to the future with an open spirit, a trusting heart and far-sighted vision. The forthcoming Jubilee can contribute greatly to restoring a climate of hope and trust as a prelude to the renewal and rebirth that we so urgently desire; that is why I have chosen as the motto of the Jubilee, Pilgrims of Hope. This will indeed be the case if we are capable of recovering a sense of universal fraternity and refuse to turn a blind eye to the tragedy of rampant poverty that prevents millions of men, women, young people and children from living in a manner worthy of our human dignity. Here I think in particular of the many refugees forced to abandon their native lands. May the voices of the poor be heard throughout this time of preparation for the Jubilee, which is meant to restore access to the fruits of the earth to everyone. As the Bible teaches, “The sabbath of the land shall provide food for you, for yourself and for your male and female slaves and for your hired servant and the sojourner who lives with you; for your cattle also, and for the beasts that are in your land, all its yield shall be for food” (Lev 25:6-7)."
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With You the World Can Be Different
God expects something from you.
Have you understood that?
God expects something from you.
God wants something from you.
God hopes in you.
God comes to break down all our fences.
God comes to open the doors of our lives, our dreams, our ways of seeing things.
God comes to break open everything that keeps you closed in.
God is encouraging you to dream.
God wants to make you see that, with you, the world can be different.
For the fact is, unless you offer the best of yourselves, the world will never be different.
This is the challenge.
(Pope Francis, World Youth Day, Poland, 30th July 2016)
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