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

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

AUGUST 5, 2018

THE EIGHTEENTH 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 - Mrs. Noreen Forkin 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 † August 5, 2018 The Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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

18th Week in Ordinary Time The Transfiguration of the Lord

Monday, August 6, 2018 8:00am Margaret Marie Gallagher St. Sixtus II & Companions, St Cajetan

Tuesday, August 7, 2018 8:00am Frank & Doris Devinney St. Dominic

Wednesday, August 8, 2018 8:00am Teresa & William Hagan & Betty Kelly St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

Thursday, August 9, 2018 8:00am Holy Souls in Purgatory St. Lawrence

Friday, August 10, 2018 8:00am Kathleen Welsh

Summer Mass Schedule

August 12, 2018 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time 5:00pm Michael Schlacter 9 :00am Thomas A. Bossert Jr. 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 30, 2017 July 29, 2018 Sunday Collection $5,946.00 $5,388.00 E-Giving $ 814.00 $ 740.00 Total Offering $6,760.00 $6,128.00 Year-to-date 2017 $504,785.00 VS 2018 $523,759.00

Pastor’s Corner

“believe in the one God has sent”

John 6:24-35

Despite Gods faithful presence and

providing for His people, in every situation

they continue to complain. It seems they are

more faithful to grumbling and complaining

then to believing and trusting. Perhaps at

times we are guilty of ever doubting God rather

then trusting. Faith reminds us that God is

most present in those struggling and painful

situations of life. The God who was with is in

the past is very present in the here and now's

of our life. As Jesus says the greatest work of

God we can perform is “to believe in the one

He sent.” In the poem “footprints in the Sand

by, Mary Powers, she pictures a man walking

with the Lord in a beach. In each scene he sees

two sets of footprints. However, in the most

troubling times of his life, he sees only one set

of footprints. “Where were you then,” he com-

plains to God? The Lord answered, in the trou-

bling times, when you saw only one set of foot-

prints it was then I was carrying you”! Let us

be ever confident, that in all our journey

through life, especially those more difficult, the

Lord, the Bread of life will carry us to safer

shores.

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 Sac-rament ended on Monday, June 11th and will resume in September. Many thanks for all your spent time in prayer and adoration be-fore the Lord. No doubt your pray-er brought many favors and bless-ings 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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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

Help Wanted! Bishop McDevitt High School has a part-time position available in their cafeteria. For information contact Lori Kolla at 215 906-6394

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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 registration.

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.

Prayer for the Return of Non-practicing Catholics O Good shepherd, You never cease to seek out the lost, to call home the stray, comfort the frightened, and to bind up the wounded. I ask you to bring all our fallen brothers and sisters back to the practice of Faith, and to remove all obstacles that prevent them from receiving your abundant mercy, which flows sacramentally through the heart of the Church. Make Your Power known the them today in every situation. Through the intercession of Mary, Mother of God, their Guardian Angels, their Patron Saints and the ever-prayerful St. Monica, may you par-don Their sins and unshackle them from whatever hinders their freedom to come Home. For You O Good Shepherd, have loved us to the end offered yourself to the Father for the salvation of all. Amen

St. Hilary of Poitier School “Sponsor-a-Student Program”

Name_____________________________ Address___________________________ City, State, Zip______________________

“Sponsor-a-Student Program” This program provides tuition assistance for deserv-ing children of our Parish who desire a Catholic Edu-cation. Gift Levels include: ____Full Tuition $3,547.00 ____ Half tuition $1,773.50 ____Additional Assistance: ___$300.00 ____$200.00 ___ $100.00 ____ $50.00 ___ $35.00 ____ Other Thank you so much for your generosity! All dona-tions are tax-deductible! For more information call Deacon John@215 884-3252 Please return form in your Sunday Envelope marked for Tuition.

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Reminder! St. Hilary of Poitiers School All first Tuition payments were due July 18th. All School fees are due by August 15th! 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

Parish Religious Education Program (PREP) We are happy to announce that Mrs. Noreen Forkin is our new PREP Coor-dinator. Mrs. Forkin has served in the program as a teacher for many years. She has a Bachelors of Arts degree from Temple University and has extensive experi-ence as a Moderator in Special Education. A warm and grateful welcome to Mrs. Forkin.

Mr. Karen Navarrete is is leaving the program to concentrate on her Masters Degree. We are grateful to Karen for her service to our program these past few years. She remains in our prayers and we wish her much success in the future.

PREP Registration

Our PREP program will begin Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 6:30PM Registration and Fees must be in no later than September 4th 2018

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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 lead-ing to Church which because of the dark-ness especially in the winter has become hazardous. Funding was provided from

monies donated from our generous Benefactors to the Jubilee and Heritage of Faith, Vision of Hope Cam-paigns.

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

First Prize $25,000.00 -2nd Prize $10,000.00-3rd Prize $5,000.00, Three Lucky Winners 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., Phila-

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