MASS TIMES
Saturday Vigil - 4:00 PM
Sunday - 8:00AM | 10:00AM
Daily Mass: Tuesday - Friday - 8:30 AM
Thursday April 1, 2025 No Daily Mass
Adoration on First Friday of the month after the 8:30 mass (9:00 am - 11:00 p\am)
If Averill Park Schools are closed or delayed due to inclement weather daily Mass will be cancelled
Sacrament of Reconciliation by appointment
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OUR MISSION
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..
DivineMercy Sunday is April 27
Jesus told St. Faustina, “On that day, the very depths of My tender mercy are open. I pour out a whole ocean of graces upon those souls who approach the fount of My mercy.”
This is a day of extraordinary grace. Our Lord promised that whomever receives Holy Communion on Divine Mercy Sunday, having already made a good Confession and being in a state of grace, will receive not only full forgiveness of sin, but also remission of all punishment due to sin.
We invite you to attend Mass at 8:00 AM or 10:00 AM at St. Henry’s Church or Father Mark Baron, MIC, invites you to come in person to the National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Our dear Pope Francis has been called home on Easter to meet our Risen Lord! As he walked with so many on our earthly journeys, especially our sisters and brothers “in the margins” – the poor, the homeless, the migrant, the disabled, and the abused – our hearts and prayers are with him on his final pilgrimage.
We are saddened by the loss of Papa Francesco’s always kind and cheerful presence. While suffering with serious health challenges himself, he continued with his mission of hope, healing, and accompaniment.
Preaching, teaching, and living the Gospel proclaimed by Jesus, he inspired us to live in the light of this saving message, not only as we remember him on his last journey and throughout this Holy Year of Hope, but for all our life.
Perhaps the most beautiful way to honor the life of a loved one is not only to recall and recount the good they have done, but to make that life well lived our own mission.
The Easter message is not to seek the living among the dead. The two on the road to Emmaus were surprised to learn the fulfillment of the promise of Jesus that “where two or three are gathered in my name, there I am in your midst.” As we commend the soul of Pope Francis to God, may we be consoled in the bond of spiritual friendship that lives for all eternity.
I invite all to attend a Memorial Mass for Pope Francis to be held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on Divine Mercy Sunday, April 27, 2025, at 5p.m.. Let us come together in prayer, as a family in faith, to celebrate the Pope’s life and the hope that his example continues to bring to each of us.
Your brother in Christ,
Bishop Edward B. Scharfenberger
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).".
“The Power of One Hour” is a five-part video series, produced by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and Sheehan Productions.
It’s aimed at enriching the understanding of the Celebration of the Eucharist and was created as a teaching tool for all who share the faith or who want to learn more about the Catholic Mass.
It was made possible by a grant from the USCCB Catholic Communication Campaign.
The Ministries of St. Henry's Church
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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