St. Hilary of Poitiers ParishJul 22, 2018  · St. Hilary of Poitiers Parish 820 Susquehanna Road, Rydal, PA 19046 215-884-3252 / (NEW) [email protected] / JULY 22, 2018 THE

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

215-884-3252 / (NEW) [email protected] / www.sthilarypoitiers.org

JULY 22, 2018

THE SIXTEENTH 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 [email protected] 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, 22, 2018 The Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday, July 22, 2018 The 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00pm Vigil Robert Evans 9:00am Leo Gallagher 11:00am Edward McCrea

16th Week in Ordinary Time St. Bridget, Religious

Monday, July 23, 2018 8:00am Living & Deceased members of St. Hilary’s Parish St. Sharbel Makhluf

Tuesday, July 24, 2018 8:00am Diana Bradley St. James, the Apostle

Wednesday, July 25, 2018 8:00am Joseph Szalwinski St. Joachim & St. Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Thursday, July 26, 2018 8:00am Rosie Duffy

Friday, July 27, 2018 8:00am John K. Hunter

Summer Mass Schedule

July 29, 2018 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time 5:00pm Judithanne Krol 9 :00am Irene Yanovitz 11:00am Rosie Duffy

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

July 16, 2017 July 15, 2018 Sunday Collection $6,663.00 $6,148.00 E-Giving $1,286.00 $ 866.00 Total Offering $7,949.00 $7,014.00 Year-to-date 2017 $490,076.00 VS 2018 $509,438.00 Difference +$19,362.00

Pastor’s Corner

Humanae Vitae at 50 July 25, 2018 We the undersigned, honor the 50th anniversary

of the prophetic Humanae Vitae encyclical by

Blessed Paul VI by affirming its teaching and com-

mitting ourselves to the fullness of its truth and

natural beauty. Humanae Vitae noted the moral

and cultural perils of contraception, and their con-

tradiction of God ’s will for each husband and wife

to perfect one another and cooperate in the gener-

ation and rearing of new life.

In the fifty years since the promulgation of Hu-

manae Vitae, the Church’s teaching has been

challenged, rejected, and even ridiculed by the

secular culture. But as Archbishop Charles Chaput

recently noted, “Humanae Vitae remains a pow-

erful counter-witness to the widespread sexual

dysfunction of our age as other Christian commu-

nities, and even many Catholics, have collapsed in

their defense of sexual integrity. Humanae Vitae

has remained a testimony to the truth.”

By contradicting God ’s plan that links conjugal

love to procreation, contraception has become the

root of the Culture of Death. It has resulted in in-

creased infidelity, the general lowering of morality

and a growing disrespect for women. Pope Paul VI

foresaw these consequences and warned against

them in Humanae Vitae.

Contraception distorts the great gift of our sexuali-

ty and leads is to objectify those we claim to love.

The contraception mentality is inherently flawed

because it convinces us that we, not God, are the

authors of human life. We become self-absorbed

by pursuing our desires instead of god ’s will for

our lives.

By changing the nature of the conjugal act, contra-

ception strips the marital act of its beautiful pro-

creative purpose, and therefore deeply offends

God. (continued)

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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 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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CatholicPhilly.com Stay up to date with local Catholic news from CatholicPhilly.com. Use your computer or smart phone to read about parish news, Archbishop Chaput’s column and information on activities throughout the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. Sign up for a free newsletter sent by email twice a week at www.catholicphilly.com/newsletter.

Graduating Seniors from the Archdi-ocesan Class of 2018 Make Record Breaking Scholarship Announcement Members of the Archdiocesan Class of 2018 earned an astounding $394,909,545 in scholarships to attend colleges and universities across the country.

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.

Upcoming Retreat Opportunity

The Joy of Restoration Retreat, offers men and women

the opportunity for restoration in terms of forgiveness

and accountability, impediments to evangelization and

spiritual growth, relationships with God and others, mer-

cy and healing.

Malvern Retreat House: August 3-5 call for more infor-

mation

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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 [email protected]. 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.

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

Continuation of Pastor’s Corner Until 1930, all Christians denominations rejected contraception and Protestant leaders, such ad Luther, Wesley and Calvin, all spoke out against the immorality of contraception. We join in praising Humanae Vitae “to celebrate the Catholic proclamation that truth, goodness and beauty go togeth-er.” We call for Humanae Vitae’s full understanding and pray for its acceptance in every heart. Father Murray

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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 remains must always be upheld. Copies on the guidelines are available at the rectory

Secretariat For Catholic Human Services We continue our historic mission to care for the varied needs of people through-out the five counties of the archdiocese. As the largest faith-based human services provider in Southeastern Pennsylvania, we offer a full range of programs deliv-ered over 80 of our own sites, and dozens run by parishes or partner agencies supported with funding, personnel, technical expertise, or material assistance. Taken together, we made a positive difference in the live of a quarter of a million men, women and children last year:

226,371 persons benefited from programs of catholic Social Services for the homeless and hungry, persons with intellectual disabilities, those in recovery, at-risk children and youth, veterans, immigrants and refugees. 4,662 seniors were supported as clients by Catholic Health Care Services through seniors centers, adult day care, parishes eldercare outreach, in-home support, and affordable senior housing programs. 10,060,027 meals were provided by Nutritional Development Services to those experiencing food insecurity through school lunch and afterschool programs, child care centers and community food cupboards.

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

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.