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

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

MARCH 25, 2018

PALM SUNDAY

St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish † March 25, 2018 Palm Fifth Sunday

Sunday, March 25, 2018

Palm Sunday 5:00pm (Sat.) Living & Deceased Members of St. Hilary’s Parish 8:00am Doris Zinna 10:00am Virginia Gilton 12:00noon Rita Bair

Monday, March 26, 2018 8:00am Patrick Morley 7:00pm Confessions Tuesday, March 27, 2018 8:00am Martin E. Murray 7:00pm Living Stations Wednesday, March 28, 2018 8:00am Tom Stengel Holy Thursday, March 30, 2018 No Morning Mass 7:00pm Mass of the Lords Supper Dorothy Trappler 8:30-10:00pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 10:00pm Night Prayer Good Friday, March 30, 2018 No Morning Mass 9:00am Morning Prayer 3:00 Adoration of the Cross & Communion Service

Easter Sunday April 1, 2018 7:30pm (Vigil) Easter Vigil Patrick Bolger 8 :00am Lidia Yatcilla 10:00am McCallister Family 12:00noon Living & Deceased Members of St. Hilary’s Parish

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 Sunday Offering:

March 5, 2017 March 4, 2018 $ 10,533.00 $ 10,492.00 E-giving $ 1,349.00 $ 964.00 Total $ 11,882.00 $ 11,456.00 Year to date Total: 2017 2018 $333,042.00 $316,519.91 Difference -$16,097.00

Deacon’s Corner

We are called upon to challenge the crowd, not to follow it.

How quickly praise can turn to derision. We see

it in business, politics, even with family and friends.

One minute somebody is singing praises, the next

it’s insults and scorn. Today we come to church

singing “Hosanna!” and fifteen minutes later we

cry out, “Crucify Him!”

The people wanted an earthly king to shake off

Roman occupation and achieve political independ-

ence. But how quickly they turned on Jesus when

they realized that He would not fulfill their plans.

God has something else in store.

As Jesus did not meet the expectations of the

crowd, or even of His disciples they turned and fled.

Peter as we know, denied even knowing him. The

crowd chose a common thief to be released rather

than Jesus. By the time Jesus was on the cross the

only remaining friends were some women and Jo-

seph of Arimathea. The women were said to have

ministered to Him and followed Him to the end.

They were clearly followers, offering ministry up to

and during His death and burial.

We are often fickle human beings in search of

entertainment. We are designed to look toward the

future rather than the past. Palm Sunday is our con-

scious effort to root ourselves in our past, the very

foundation of our faith, the paschal mystery. Being

in touch with the paschal mystery reminds us that

this life has meaning beyond here and now. We

have a future that is eternal. The love, relation-

ships, and bonds we create in this life will endure.

The passion and death of Jesus was followed by

His resurrection, which gives us a promise and fore-

taste of that eternal life. Rather than seek the next

best thing, upon entering this Holy Week we recall

that our faith is rooted in the past, and our destiny

is eternal.

Have a good Holy Week!

Deacon John

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Burial & Cremation Pope Francis through the Congregation for the Doc-trine 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 de-ceased and their remains must always be upheld. Copies on the guidelines are available at the rectory

Sunday Mass Schedule 5:00pm Vigil

8:00am Sunday 10:00am Sunday

12:00 noon Sunday

Stations of the Cross Thursday 2:15pm & 7:00pm

WEEKDAY MASSES

8 AM on Monday - Friday (No morning Mass on Saturdays)

CONFESSIONS Saturday 4:00 – 4:45 PM

Sunday after the 10:00am Mass

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Monday’s after the 8:00am Mass

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 Th 9 AM to 4 PM: closed for lunch 12:00-1:00pm.

Memorial Bricks If you would like to remem-

ber a loved on in our St. Hila-

ry’s Garden of Remembrance,

memorial bricks are available

for a $100.00 donation. Please

call the rectory at 215 884-3252

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 generosity is great appreciated by all those we are able help.

St. Hilary’s Parish Just a reminder! During this Penitential Season of Lent, confessions are heard after the 10:00am Mass on Sunday’s and at 4:00-4:45pm Saturday afternoon

Monday, March 26th at 7:00pm, extra Priest on Hand!

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

Please check out our new parish Web-site: 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.

Thank you ! Mr. Jue and the St. Hilary’s School Choir and our

student and adult Lecters making our Lenten Taize Prayer

Service a special spiritual evening of song, prayer, scripture reflection.

Some Suggested Readings for the Season of Lent Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, John I Burned for Your Peace” By Peter Kreeft Ignatius Press Eucharist By Robert Barron Orbis Books Holy Longings By Ronald Rolheiser Double Day Jesus – A Pilgrimage By James Martin Harper One The Jesuit Guide By James Martin Harper One Seeds of the Word By Robert Barron Word on Fire Catholic Ministries Rekindling the Christian Imagination By Robert P. Imbelli Liturgical Press The Wow Factor By William O’Mally Orbis Books God is Love-Encyclical Letter By Pope Benedict Pauline Books Saved in Hope-Encyclical Letter By Pope Benedict Pauline Books Jesus of Nazareth By Pope Benedict Ignatius Press The God who won’t let Go By Peter Von Breemen Green Press TO LIGHT A FIRE ON THE EARTH By Robert Barron IMAGE BOOKS www.wordonfire (Catholic Ministries) Robert Barron If you read five pages of a great Catholic book every day, you by be amazed how your knowledge and en-thusiasm for faith will grow. Five pages a day is 1,825 pages a year, 18,250 pages in a decade, and 45,625 pages over twenty-five year. That’s 228 books with an average length of two hundred pages. If you asked most people to read 45,625 pages of Catholic material, they would be completely overwhelmed. If you asked most people to commit to reading 228 Cath-olic books they would be intimidated. But five pages a day, we can do that. Continuous improvement- it makes incredible things possible. Matthew Kelly

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Wedding Anniversary Mass Are you celebrating a special anniversary this year? The annual Archdiocesan Wedding Anni-versary will take place of Saturday, April 28, 2018 at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul at the 5:15 pm Vigil Mass with Archbishop Charles J. Caput, O.F.M., Cap. Presiding. This mass is to pray for and with all married couples who are newlyweds, or who have been married 25 years or more, or 50 years or more. Friends and family are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Registration Required To register visit:

www.phillycaholiclife.org or call: 215-587-0500

Please join us for an all-day conference on Mat-rimony: Rediscovering Its Truth on Saturday, April 21st from 10:00AM to 6:15PM at the Ca-thedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Phila-delphia with speakers: His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke, D.D., J.C.D., Member and Pre-fect Emeritus, Supreme Tribunal of the Apos-tolic Signatura; Rev. Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D., Pastor of Church of the Holy Family, New York, New York and commentator on EWTN; and Rev. Gerald Dennis Gill, S.L.L., M.Div., Director of the Office for Divine Worship and Rector and Pastor, Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul. We will have Eucharistic Ado-ration and recitation of the Rosary and the Presence of the National Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. His Eminence Raymond Cardinal Burke will be the principal celebrant at the 5:15 p.m. Mass at the cathedral Basilica. The Cathedral Basilica Choir will sing at the Mass. Reservations are required. To download a flyer and registration forms, please go to our website: www.saintjohnneumannchapter.org. For more information, call: 215-247-2585

Holy Week Schedule Palm Sunday ,Regular Sunday Mass Schedule : 5:00 Saturday Vigil , Sunday 8:00, 10:00 & 12:00noon Monday, March 26th - 7:00pm Confessions Tuesday, March 27th– 7:00pm Living Stations Holy Thursday, March 29th—7:00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper, followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30pm to 10:00pm Night Prayer—10:00pm Good Friday, March 30th– 9:00am Morning Prayer 3:00pm Adoration of the Cross & Communion Service Holy Saturday, March 31st– 11:00am Blessing of the Food 7:30pm Easter Vigil Easter Sunday, April 1st– Mass 8:00am. 10:00am & 12:00noon

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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 Rectory at 215-884-3252 or if you would like your name removed 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 Prata Mary Joe Reaby Nicholas Liddy Michele Kelly Arlene Rims-Lloyd Bob Kilcoyne Tina Savarino Elizabeth Dieckman Sarah Koehler Lieut.Schaffer Ann Richardson Paris Luckowski Jacalyn Strigle Helen Weinstrup Judy Sklar Dan Webb Hannah Teitelman Bernadette Redican Kevin Rosenbaum

John Batley

Adoration on Monday from 8:30am-5:00pm “Every moment of prayer especially before our Lord in the Tabernacle, is a positive gain. The time we spend in having our daily audience with God is the most precious part of the whole day.” St. Teresa of Calcutta

PREPARING FOR YOUR WEDDING

PRE-CANA CLASSES

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 attend the seminar at least six months before your wedding date to re-serve a seat.

All Families interest-

ing 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

CRS Rice Bowl. The agency’s flagship Lenten program is now in its fifth decade, will begin once again on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 14th, giving Catho-lics throughout the country an opportunity to encounter the stories of people in need around the world. Funds collected in the rice bowls, which are turned in at the end of Lent, are distributed both around the world and in local communities to combat hun-ger—75%of every donation goes to CRS programing in targeted countries worldwide, including Iraq, Nicaragua, Burkina, Faso, Haiti and Malawi while 25% remains in the Archdiocese and is used to support the work of local food cupboards and soup kitchens through Nutritional Development Ser-vices.

Fast and Abstinence and other Acts of Penance for Lent

The Bishops of the United States prescribe, as mini-mal obligation, that all persons who are fourteen years of age and older are bound to abstain from eat-ing meat on Ash Wednesday, February 14, on all the Friday’s of Lent and Good Friday. Further, all per-sons eighteen years of age and older, up to and in-cluding their fifty-ninth birthday, are bound to fast by limiting themselves to a single full meal on Ash Wednesday and on Good Friday, while the other two meals on those days are to be light. All the faithful are encouraged when possible, to participate at Mass and to receive the Holy Eucharist daily, to celebrate frequently the Sacrament of Pen-ance, to undertake spiritual reading, especially the study of the Sacred Scriptures, and to participate in parish Lenten devotions as well was Lenten education programs. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is es-pecially recommended. All are encouraged to participate in Operation Rice Bowl which has aided countless hungry persons here in the Archdiocese as well as throughout our nation and our world.