News & Announcements

All Saints Day Mass Schedule:

Thurs., Oct. 31:

7:00PM -Holy Cross, Butler

7:00PM-St. Henry, Perham (Bilingual)

Fri., Nov. 1:

8:30AM -St. Lawrence, R L

8:45AM -St. Henry, Perham

10:00AM-Perham Living

7:00PM-Sacred Heart, Dent

Part-Time Parish Secretary Job Opening

The Church of St. Henry, Perham is seeking a part-time parish secretary. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please call the parish office at 218-346-4240 or email admin@st-henrys.org

Thanksgiving Dinner

Thursday, November 28th - 11:00 am-1:00pm

St. Henry’s Area School Gym

Anyone is welcome—Free will offering

Proceeds to St. Henry’s Area School

Please call 218-298-1061 or email mikesue@arvig.net.

Help Needed: We will be making vegetable soup and apple crisp on Monday, November 4th, beginning at 8:00am in the new kitchen at St. Henry. It will be available for sale on Tuesday, November 5th. $15/half gallon and $10/pan for apple crisp. You can purchase it during the week during office hours or at the weekend Masses Nov. 9/10.

Catholic Daughters Meeting

Catholic Daughters Court St Rita #409 will have their monthly meeting at 7pm November 5, 2024 in the St. Henry's church basement. All members and interested women are welcome!

Holiday Bake, Craft & Gift Sale

On Saturday, November 23rd from 9:00 am—12:00 pm, there will be a Holiday Bake, Craft & Gift Sale in the St. Henry’s Church basement. All parishioners are encouraged to bring items.

Religious Education

Wed., Nov 6: All Grades; 6:30-7:30PM

Wed., Nov 13: All Grades; 6:30-7:30PM

"Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” The Religious Education Classes at St Henry invite you to join in on filling up their Tree of Gratitude. You will find the tree in the Narthex. There are precut leaves in a basket that you can write something that you are grateful for and hang it on the tree! The tree will remain up until Thanksgiving and you can hang as many leaves as you would like. Thank you for joining in on our Tree of Gratitude, and God Bless each and every one of you.

Michelle Sazama, DRE

218-849-9657 or religioused@st-henrys.org

Steubenville Kickoff Meeting

There will be a Steubenville Kickoff meeting on Wednesday, November 13th, at 7:35pm (following Religious Ed) in the JPII conference room to discuss fundraising and other details, if they have been made available by the time of the meeting. Please reach out to Stephanie at steph.vickmark@gmail.com or the parish office if you have questions!

Children’s Music Time

Come join a “mommy and me” time to sing, play, dance, and pray alongside your child in a fun and casual “circle time” manner.

Ages: especially engaging for children ages 3-6, but all children welcome

Where: St. Henry’s basement

When: Nov 20th, and Dec 18th

Time: 10:05-10:45am, after Children’s Adoration Hour **Parent/adult must be in attendance with their child(ren) **No fee —Text/Call Karlee Werner if planning to attend 218-849-6415

Upcoming Baptism Class

Requirements for having your first child baptized are: registration at a parish and attendance of a pre-baptism class. This class is normally offered every two months. A class will be offered on Thursday, November 14th, from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm in St. Henry’s conference room. If you want your child baptized but have not yet attended the required class, please register at 346-4240. Pre-registration for the class is required.

Adoration

We are looking for people to commit to spending a scheduled hour a week with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament at Adoration at St. Henry. The hours we need a second adorer are: Monday 1-2pm (October-April), Monday 2-3pm, Tuesday 10-11am, Tuesday 4-5pm, Tuesday 10-11pm, Tuesday 11pm-12am, Wednesday 12-1am, Wednesday, 12-1pm, Wednesday 2-3pm, Thursday 4-5pm. If you would be interested in taking this time slot, please call the parish office at 218-346-4240. If these times do not work, we do have other time slots available, as well.

Love INC

St. Henry is now a partner church for Love, INC (Love in the Name of Christ) of Eastern Otter Tail County. Love INC fosters collaboration and organizes holistic care to help churches serve their neighbors and the community through resources and relationships. What does this mean for us? We will take up a collection once a year to support Love INC financially. If you have any questions or to learn more, visit loveinceot.org.

St. Henry's Area School

Congratulations to our Calendar Raffle winner this week. 11-1-24-Stephanie and Andrew Johnson-$100.

St. Henry’s Area School is seeking a long-term substitute teacher for our 6th grade for January, February, and March. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Jason.

St. Henry’s Area School is seeking a long-term substitute para for our 4/5s preschool classroom for January and February. If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please contact Jason.

We are beginning our search for 52 $100 donations for prize money for our 2025 calendar. If you’d like to help us out, you can make your donation by placing it in an envelope marked “calendar” and putting it in the collection. All donations need to be received by the end of October. Calendars will then go for sale for $50 late November and early December. We still need about 20 more donors. The deadline for having the name printed in the square is Monday, November 11.

Thank you to everyone involved in our Marathon this year. This fundraiser made over $39,000 for the school. Thank you so much!

Mr. Jason Smith, Principal

218-346-6190 or sthenryschool@arvig.net

Widows Walk

A “Widows Walk” is an informal group of Catholic women who meet the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 5:00PM in the conference room at St. Henry’s Catholic Church. For more information and to RSVP, please contact: Judy Christopherson at 218-298-0797.

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Prayer Intentions

In the Narthex, by the Sacred Heart of Jesus statue, is a prayer intention box. Each month, as a Healing Heart Ministry group, we will pray for your intentions that are placed in the box.

Weekly Bulletin Email List

If you would like to have the bulletin emailed to you each week, please let us know by giving us a call at 218-346-4240 or by email at admin@st-henrys.org.

What is FORMED.org??

If you haven’t checked it out yet, now is the perfect time! Formed.org is a subscription-based website that our parish gifts to our parishioners. It contains a wealth of Catholic resources including MOVIES about saints, our faith and more, downloadable E-BOOKS, video-based study PROGRAMS to grow in your faith alone or with family or friends, AUDIOS to listen to, as well as KIDS programming! It is available on the web, via app on your mobile device and through Roku, AppleTV and more. Because it is subscription-based, you will need to sign up for an account to access it. Once you create an account, you simply log in to access the content. Go to Formed.org and click on ‘Sign Up’ and then ‘Sign up as a parishioner’. Enter ‘Perham’ in the search box and click on Northern Cross Area Catholic Community. You will need a valid email address you have access to in order to sign up and to sign in. This is a great gift to help you learn more and grow in your faith, please take advantage!

Attention Piano/Guitar Players!

We need your help to help fill in some spots for the three Masses at our church. We would love to have you share your talents with
piano, organ and guitar. A stipend of $75 is given to accompanists. Contact Ann or Gina.

A Message From a 100.3 FM Listener

A listener to our local Catholic radio station recently described the station as a “lifeline” and the radio programming as providing “so much good information about our faith from good sources. It gives me strength and hope, and it does the same for so many others who I listen to when they call in to the programs that take live callers.” If you haven’t yet discovered 100.3 FM, tune in to the programming which runs 24/7. If you are already a listener, encourage your friends and family to share in this resource for personal faith enrichment and tool for evangelization.