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

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

JULY 29, 2018

THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Summer Sunday Mass Schedule 5:00pm Vigil

9:00am Sunday 111:00am 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

St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish † July, 29, 2018 The Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday, July 29, 2018 The 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00pm Vigil Judithanne Krol 9:00am Irene Yanovitz 11:00am Rosie Duffy

17th Week in Ordinary Time St. Peter Chysologus, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

Monday, July 30, 2018 8:00am Marley Family St. Ignatius of Loyola

Tuesday, July 31, 2018 8:00am George Schlacter St. Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop & Doctor of the Church

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 8:00am Bertha Kossmann St. Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop St. Peter Julian Eymard, Priest

Thursday, August 2, 2018 8:00am Jack & Patsy Whalen

Friday, August 3, 2018 8:00am Lydia Yatcilla

Summer Mass Schedule

August 5, 2018 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time 5:00pm Living & Deceased members of St. Hilary’s Parish 9 :00am John, Rose & Henry McErlean 11:00am Guy Pacitti

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.”

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Stewardship Report TOTAL WEEKLY SUNDAY COLLECTION

July 23, 2017 July 22, 2018 Sunday Collection $6,663.00 $6,646.00 E-Giving $1,286.00 $ ,547.00 Total Offering $7,949.00 $8,193.00 Year-to-date 2017 $498,025.00 VS 2018 $517,631.00 Difference +$19,606.00

Deacon’s Corner

“And all we have are five loaves and two

fish”

We are all familiar with the story of the

multiplication of the loaves and fish.

Seems like an impossible task to satisfy so

many. It’s hard not to look at the size of the

problem when considering what to do or

not to do. It’s hard to not “size up the situ-

ation” before deciding whether to act or

not act, get involved or sit on the sideline.

It’s hard to not look at the totality of a

problem and think to ourselves, “What dif-

ference could I possibly make? I’m just one

person.”

I am just five loaves and a couple of fish.

And we are right, in a certain sense. We

don’t know and can’t know. But that’s not

our job. That’s not the kind of life God is

asking us to lead, one in which everything

is calculated and planned and evaluated

and mapped out. You see, it doesn’t matter

if we don’t know how God is going to take

the little we can each provide and turn it

into something wonderful and life-

changing for others. In God’s eyes no

problem is too big and no act of love too

small or unimportant or insignificant. In

God’s world, God’s kingdom, even small

things can make a huge difference.

God bless,

Deacon John

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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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 instruction should help to maintain and recognize the human body as a living temple of Gods presence. Proper respect for the deceased and their re-mains must always be upheld. Copies on the guidelines are availa-ble at the rectory

Natural Family Planning Serious Motives “if, then, there are serious motives to space out births, which derive from the physical or psychological conditions of husbands and wives, or from external conditions, the Church teaches that is then licit to take account the natural rhythms immanent in the generative functions…” Pope Paul VI Humane Vitae, 16 “For just reasons, spouses may wish to space the births of their children. It is their duty to make certain that their desire is not motivated by selfishness but is in conformity with the generosity appropriate to responsible parenthood. Moreo-ver, they should conform their behavior to the objective criteria of morality” Catechism of the Catholic Church, 2368 “However, profoundly different from any contraceptive practice is the behavior of married couples, who always remain-ing fundamentally open the gift of life, live their intimacy only in the unfruitful periods, when they are led to this course by serious motives of responsible parenthood. This is true both from the anthropological and moral points of view, be-cause it is rooted in a different conception of the person and of sexuality. The witness of couples who for years have lived in harmony with the plan of the Creator, and who, for proportionately serious reasons, licitly use the methods rightly called “natural,” confirms that it is possible for spouses to live the demands of chastity and of married life with common accord and full self-giving.” - Pontifical Council for the Family, “Vademecum for Confessors Concerning Some Aspects of the Morality of Conjugal Life,” 2.6 Serious motives, just reasons, proportionately serious reasons: The Church teaches the necessity of just or serious motives or reasons for couples to use infertile periods of a women’s cycle for the purpose of spacing births. In doing so she is trying to insure that the natural methods of spacing children are used in a virtuous and loving way, i.e. unselfish-ly. Serious reasons mean important, or non-trivial, reasons deriving “from physical or psychological conditions of hus-band and wife, or from external conditions’ (Humane Vitae,16). Just reasons are, likewise, reasons which correspond to the truth or marriage and the situation of the couple. It is the nature of justice to correspond to the truth. Both terms, serious and just, presume there can be selfish, trivial or unjust reasons for using NFP, reasons not in keeping with the nature of marriage as a community of life and love. Source: EWTN.com/expert/answers/nfp_serious_motives.htm

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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.

Memorial Bricks If you would like to remember

a loved on in our St. Hilary’s Gar-

den of Remembrance, memorial

bricks are available for a $100.00

donation. Please call the rectory at

215 884-3252

All Families interested in having

your child baptized need to call

the rectory to make arrange-

ments.

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 arrange-

ments call the Rectory # 215 884-3252

The Gold Envelope Please note your Gold Envelope in your monthly pack-et is designated to our St. Vincent De-Paul Society. Your generous support helps families in need. We provide assistance to families in need of fi-

nancial help in the way of food resources, household bills, clothing and many other ways of support. Your generosity 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.

Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Archdiocese of Philadelphia Eighteenth Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul conducts an evangelization ministry with the Cathedral Ambassa-dors. This enthusiastic group of trained Ambassadors staffs the Basilica every day of the week and is comprised of volunteers from all over the Archdiocese. They answer questions and offer assistance to all who come to the Ca-thedral Basilica. Cathedral Ambassadors provide a per-sonal presence in the Basilica and most importantly they put a face on the Church. Cathedral Ambassadors are as-signed 4 hour shifts. The schedule is flexible with assign-ments of one day or more a month. Training and materials are provided to support this evangelization ministry. For more information and to become a Cathedral Ambassador, please contact Martha Ortiz, the coordinator of the Cathe-dral Ambassadors, at cathedral.ambassadors@gmail.com. The next orientation is scheduled for early September 2018. Learn more about our Cathedral Basilica at www.cathedralphila.org.

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 To-

land 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 reflections. Mrs. To-land generosity will be a blessing for generations to come.

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St. Hilary’s Lights the Path to the Lord! Summer Project Our lighting system had been installed along our front driveway. These new lights will brighten up the pathway leading to Church which because of the darkness especially in the winter has become haz-ardous. Funding was provided from monies donated from our generous Benefactors to the Jubilee and Heritage of Faith, Vision of Hope Campaigns.

Reminder! St. Hilary of Poitiers School All first Tuition payments were due July 18th. All School fees are due by August 18th! We thank you for your decision to send your child to our school. This decision is one you will be thankful for in the future.

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish

RCIA, or Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, is the process by which people who are interested in learning about the Catholic Faith can attend classes and have the opportunity to become members of the Catholic Church.

R.C.I.A. is for adults who: 1. Are interested in learning about the Catholic Faith 2. Have never been baptized 3. Have been baptized in another Christian faith and are interested in the Catholic faith 4. Are Baptized Catholics who have not yet received the Sacraments of First Communion or Confirmation

5. Are married to a Catholic and attend Mass and would like to take the next steps to become a member of the Catholic Church RCIA is a spiritual formation process beginning in October and ending with initiation in the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil. RCIA classes are held every Monday evening form 7:00-8:30pm at the rectory. Classes are taught by Father Murray, Deacon John and other team members. These classes are for anyone with interest no matter what your current denomi-nation is. Please encourage your friends and neighbors with interest in Catholicism to come by. If you are interested in attending or would like more information, contact Fr. Mur-ray @ 215 884-3252

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Rachel’s Vineyard Retreats for Healing After Abortion Rachel's Vineyard is an extraordinary opportunity for any person who struggles with emotional and spiritual pain of past abortion(s). The weekend is a unique and effective process designed specifically to help you experi-ence the mercy and compassion of God and will help your soul find a voice, and transform the pain of the past into hope. Rachel's Vineyard is a "therapy for the soul" which combines a unique and creative process for psy-chological and spiritual healing.

Rachel’s Vineyard Ministries will be hosting a Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat for Healing after Abortion on October 12 – 14, 2018 This weekend retreat will be held in Doylestown, PA at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa For more information please call Evelyn at (215) 317-5752. Read more about our retreat online at www.rachelsvineyard.org

All requests are strictly confidential.

To donate to help in running this retreat, especially to offer scholarships to those in need, please email evelynwalsh59@gmail.com for more information. May God bless you for your generosity.

The Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat has been approved as a resource for post abortion healing by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. The Rachel’s Vineyard Retreat Manual, written by Dr. Theresa Burke, has also received the Imprimatur and Nihil Obstat by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The Rachel’s Vineyard program is offered throughout the United States and internationally.

Little Sisters of the Poor—Saint Jeanne Jugan Pot of Gold Raffle—Sunday September 9, 2018 at Drexelbrook, Drexel Hill Pa Three Lucky Winners First Prize $25,000.00 -2nd Prize $10,000.00-3rd Prize $5,000.00 Dinner Buffet—Cash Bar 12:30pm—4:00pm For raffle tickets, please send check to: Little Sisters of the Poor Development Office or contact Don Hopkins.

Holy Family Home, 5300 Chester Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19143 or call 215 729-5153 ext 1115

St. Hilary of Poitiers

Annual Parish Picnic has been rescheduled for Sunday, September 16th

Food, Drinks, Rides, Bingo & Music

Who: Everyone is invited

Where: Parish Grounds

Time: 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Ticket are $12.50 per person Reservations can be made through School or Rectory