St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish 820 Susquehanna Road, Rydal, PA 19046

215-884-3252 / (NEW) sthilaryrydal@gmail.com / www.sthilarypoitiers.org

JULY 1, 2018

THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Summer Sunday Mass Schedule 5:00pm Vigil

9:00am Sunday 11:00am Sunday

Our Regular Mass Schedule Will Resume

Sunday September 9th

WEEKDAY MASSES 8 AM on Monday - Friday

(No morning Mass on Saturdays) CONFESSIONS

Saturday 4:00 – 4:45 PM

Pastor - Rev. Kevin P. Murray Resident - Rev. Lawrence J. Gleason

Weekend Assistance - Rev. Edward Dixey, OSA Weekend Assistant—Msgr. Gregory J. Fairbanks

Permanent Deacon - Deacon John K. Hunter Pastor Emeritus - Msgr. Michael J. Carroll St. Hilary School Principal - Mrs. Eileen Fagan Prep Program Coordinator - Karen Navarrette Music Director, Justin Jue jjue@sainthilaryschool.com Maureen Maher, Business Manager

Kate Jaanus, Parish Secretary

Rectory Phone (215) 884-3252 School Phone (215) 887-4520

BAPTISM: First and third Sundays of the month.

Contact the Rectory for more information.

MATRIMONY: Couples planning to marry

should contact the Rectory six months before the

date desired for the wedding.

RECTORY OFFICE HOURS

The following are the Rectory Office Hours: Monday thru Thursday 9 AM to 4 PM: closed for lunch 12:00-1:00pm. Friday Schedule 9AM to 12:00PM

St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish † July, 1 2018 The Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday, July 1, 2018 The 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00pm Vigil Catherine & George Bayer 9:00am Celeste Manley 11:00am Paul Clark

13th Week in Ordinary Time

Monday, July 2, 2018 8:00am Victor Trappler St. Thomas the Apostel

Tuesday, July 3, 2018 8:00am Diana Bradley Independence Day

Wednesday, July 4, 2018 8:00am John M. King St. Anthony Zaccaria

Thursday, July 5, 2018 8:00am Living & Deceased Members of St. Hilary’s Parish St. Maria Goretti

Friday, July 6, 2018 8:00am Anne C. Welsh

Summer Mass Schedule

July 8,2018 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time 5:00pm Peter Hopkins 9 :00am Jimmy Wade 11:00am James Wise

The daily rosary is recited after the 8:00am mass. All are welcome to join. The rosary is the most beautiful and most rich in graces of all prayers, it is the prayer that touches most the Heart of the Mother of God. If you wish peace to reign in your homes, recite the family rosary.” St Pius X

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Stewardship Report TOTAL WEEKLY SUNDAY COLLECTION June 25, 2017 June 24, 2018

Sunday Offering: $ 5,514.00 $ 4,876.00 E-Giving $ 1,229.00 $ 1,318.00 Total Collection $ 6,743.00 $ 6,194.00 YTD 2017 $464,166.00 vs 2018 $484,408.00 Difference 2018 vs 2017 –20,242.00

Pastor’s Corner

“by His poverty you might become

rich.” II Corinthians 8

It seems the father in the gospel today

has exhausted all human remedies and re-

sources to help his sick and dying daugh-

ter. In great humility Jarius this synagogue

official comes to Jesus for help. He wanted

Jesus to do something before it was too

late. Then he hears those devastating

words “your daughter is dead.” It seems

nothing can be done. Yet it is never too

late for people who have faith. As Jesus

says “do not be afraid just have faith.” All

too often we forget the spiritual remedies

and resources faith offers. God wants us to

be imperishable, as the scriptures remind

us. The father dismissed the voices of

gloom and trusted the voice of Jesus

Christ. Divine power.

We must do the same. Many situations

seem impossible beyond our power to

change. Yet faith is like a magnet drawing

Gods power into our lives. St. Paul reminds

us “we have become rich by Christs pov-

erty. From the riches of heaven He came to

give us access to his divine power. Jesus

is the answer to every human problem. By

faith He will raise us up and draw us clear,

preserve our life and turn our mourning in-

to dancing.

God bless,

Father Murray

St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish Prayer Line

To request Parish Prayer Line prayers for a loved one, friend who is ill, or a service man or woman, please call Evelyn at 215 947- 4951, Pat at 215 485-5512, the Recto-ry at 215-884-3252 or if you would like your name re-moved from our list. Please pray for the following: Michael Dooley Angela Gavin Tina Hardimon Jack Avak William Hartner Lionel Melly Wright Michael Brown Mary Jane Hummel Cole Plachter Bob Bray Mary Joe Reaby Nicholas Liddy Michele Kelly Arlene Rims-Lloyd Bob Kilcoyne Tina Savarino Kevin Rosenbaum Elizabeth Dieckman Sarah Koehler Lieut.Schaffer David Gengler Paris Luckowski Jacalyn Strigle Helen Weinstrup Judy Sklar Dan Webb John Batley Bernadette Redican Alicia Flannery Baby Bobby Soper

Eucharistic Adoration

Our Monday day of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament ended on Monday, June 11th and will re-sume in September. Many thanks for all your spent time in prayer and adoration before the Lord. No doubt your prayer brought many favors and blessings to our parish community.

DO YOU KNOW YOUR TRIBUNAL? The Tribunal is available to help people who have experienced divorce and who may wish to remarry in the Catholic Church. When a divorce occurs, the Catholic Church always seeks to balance two realities. On one hand the durable bond of marriage. This is God’s law. On the other hand, the Church is concerned about the spiritual welfare of the people involved. Even though a Catholic wedding was celebrated, perhaps there was some deficiency in the consent of the parties involved regarding intentions, understanding or ability? The annulment procedure ad-dresses these circumstances. If you are divorced and want to marry in the Church or remarried outside the Catholic Church, please tele-phone the Tribunal Office at 222 North l7th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103 (215) 587-3750

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Save the date: July 9th-13th St. Hilary of Poitiers 4th -Annual Soccer Camp 8:00am-1:00pm 4hrs of professional Irish Training staff. Cost of camp $175.00 Visit www.irishsoccercamps.com or call 215-740-2728

Office for the New Evangelization Hope in Christ: “Spiritual Support for Addictions”

can be found at archphila.org/hope The opioid addiction has reached epidemic proportions and rates are especially high in the stat of Pennsylvania. In addition, pornography ad diction is destroying marriages at an alarming rate. Addiction, no matter what form it takes, is causing much suffering in the lives of many of our Archdiocesan families and they are looking to the Church for hope and help. The Hope in Christ webpage will serve as a centralized location where families can find the spiritual support they need in their time of suffering.

Congratulations! Extra-ordinary Ministers

Our new Extra-ordinary Ministers of Holy Communion were installed

this past month. How refreshing to see our young people giving greater

witness to their faith and to serve the Church.

We welcome: Elizabeth Brazukas, Bridget Drumm, Joseph Kelly,

Krista Rossi & Matthew Tracey

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For Catholics a valid sacramental marriage is before a Priest and two witnesses in what is called the Form of Marriage. If you have been married by a Justice of the Peace or in a Civil Marriage and wish to have your marriage blessed by the Church and be able to return to the sacraments, most especially, the Sacrament of the Eucharist, please call the rectory at 215-884-3252 and ask to speak to Fr. Murray.

PREPARING FOR YOUR

WEDDING

You can visit www.phillycatholiclife.org to schedule your Pre-Cana classes. You would select PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE. Scroll down and select FIND OUT MORE ABOUT PREP AND REGISTER. At the bottom of the page select REGISTER

NOW. We recommend that you register and at-tend the seminar at least six months be-fore your wedding date to reserve a seat. You can also contact the Family Life Office

at 610-873-2016. if you have any questions regarding regis-

tration. Burial & Cremation Pope Francis, through the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, has issued instructions regarding the burial of the deceased especially those who choose cremation. This in-struction should help to maintain and recognize the human body as a living temple of Gods presence. Proper respect for the deceased and their remains must always be upheld. Copies on the guidelines are available at the rectory

The Gold Envelope Please note your Gold Envelope in your monthly packet is designated to our St. Vincent DePaul Society. Your generous support helps families in need. We provide assistance to families in need of financial

help in the way of food resources, household bills, clothing and many other ways of support. Your gen-erosity is great appreciated by all those we are able help.

Please check out our new parish Website: www.sthilarypoitiers.org Easier to navigate, easier access to sign on for E-Giving, Sunday Bulletins now on line, Parish events,

direct link to School Website. Listing of Parish Programs, Activities, Organizations, Religious Educational opportunities etc.

Look What’s New!

A beautiful new statue of St. Therese of Lisieux now graces our grounds in front of our Parish Center. The statue is a gift from Mrs. Helen Toland in memory of her late husband Dr. Joseph Toland who passed away in 2016. We are most grateful to Mrs. Toland for her most generous gift and also for the beautiful stone pedestal. This new addition to our grounds instills in us a sense of prayerfulness and quite re-flections. Mrs. Toland generosity will be a blessing for gener-ations to come.

St. Therese of Lisieux

Reminder Summer Mass Schedule Starts the weekend of June 30th & 1st Sat. Vigil 5:00pm Sunday 9:00am & 11:00am

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Memorial Bricks If you would like to remember a

loved on in our St. Hilary’s Garden

of Remembrance, memorial bricks

are available for a $100.00 dona-

tion. Please call the rectory at

215 884-3252

All Families interested in

having your child baptized

need to call the rectory to

make arrangements.

All families must attend a

Pre-Jordan class prior to the

Baptism. (if you have already

attended a pre-Jordan class

for another child, you do not

need to attend. To make arrangements call

the Rectory # 215 884-3252

Spring & Summer Projects A new lighting system is being installed in the front driveway. These new lights will brighten up the pathway leading to Church which because of the darkness especially in the winter has become hazardous. Funding will be provided from

monies donated from our generous benefactors to the Jubilee and Heritage of Faith, Vision of Hope Campaigns.

Good Catholic Humor

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The Theology of the Fourth of July

July 4 is a religious holiday. For this insight, thank John F. Kennedy

On July 4, 1946, Kennedy — then 29 years old, the Democratic nominee for a Massachusetts

Congressional seat, and still a lieutenant in the Navy Reserve — was the featured speaker at

the City of Boston’s Independence Day celebration. He spoke at Faneuil Hall, the red-brick

building where long ago the colonists had gathered to protest taxes imposed by King George

III and his Parliament.

Kennedy began by talking not about taxes, or about the British, or about the consent of the governed, but about religion. “The informing spirit of the American character has always been a deep religious sense. Throughout the years, down to the present, a devotion to funda-mental religious principles has characterized American though and action,” he said.

For anyone wondering what this had to do with Independence Day, Kennedy made the con-

nection explicit. “Our government was founded on the essential religious idea of integrity of

the individual. It was this religious sense which inspired the authors of the Declaration of

Independence: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that

they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. ’” It was a theme that Kennedy would return to during the 1960 presidential campaign, when, in a speech at the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, he described the Cold War as “a struggle for supremacy between two conflicting ideologies; freedom under God versus ruth-less, Godless tyranny.” And again in his inaugural address, on January 20, 1961, in Wash-ington, D.C., when he said, “The same revolutionary beliefs for which our forebears fought are still at issue around the globe — the belief that the right of man come not from the gen-erosity of the state but from the hand of God.”

So amid all the fireworks and barbecue smoke this July 4, consider pausing for a moment to reflect on

the one our founding fathers called the Creator. As Kennedy realized, the American Revolution — and

thus the country we live in today — started with God, and with the Founders’ belief in rights that are his

gift to us. Whatever your religious views, or lack of them, if you are an American, it’s at least worth un-

derstanding the idea on which our nation was founded. By Ira Stoll