THE HILARION

ST. HILARY PARISH California and Bryn Mawr Avenues – Chicago, Illinois 60659

FOR GOD AND HIS PEOPLE

PARISH MISSION STATEMENT

THE FAITH COMMUNITY OF SAINT HILARY IS A ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF CHICAGO. OUR MISSION IS TO KNOW CHRIST THROUGH PRAYER AND EXPERIENCE AND TO MAKE CHRIST KNOWN TO ALL. Approved 6/22/11 by the Parish Pastoral Council Steering Committee

SPECIAL DEVOTIONS & MASSES

Mass in Spanish - Third Sunday of each month at 1:30 pm First Friday Services - Confessions 6:30 pm, Mass 7 pm, & Holy Hour following Mass Mass & Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Help every REGULAR MASS SCHEDULE: Wednesday 6:30-8:30 pm Novena to Our Lady of Visitation of Piat (in the Adoration Weekdays: 8:30 AM Monday - Friday Chapel) every Saturday after 5 PM Mass Saturdays: 8:30 AM & 5:00 PM (Vigil Mass) Mass & Marian Devotion to Our Lady of Caysasay on the Sundays: 8 AM, 10 AM & 12 Noon (SH Church) Second Saturday of each month at 6:30 pm Sundays: 9:30 AM (North Park Village Chapel) The Divine Mercy Chaplet is prayed every Friday in the Holy Days: 8:30 AM & 7:00 PM (SH Church) Adoration Chapel at 3 pm The is prayed on Monday - Saturday after the RECONCILIATION (Individual Confessions) 8:30 am Mass. The Rosary & Novena to is prayed in 4:00 - 4:45 PM every Saturday Spanish every Wednesday at 7 PM in the Adoration Chapel. Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in the Adoration Chapel BAPTISMS are usually celebrated in English on every Wednesday from after the 8:30 am Mass until the 2nd & 4th Sundays of the month at 1:30 PM & in Spanish on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 1:30 the 7 pm Mass & every First Friday 9 am - 3 pm PM. Instructions for parents are required. These The Adoration Chapel is open are held in English on the 1st and 3rd Mondays Monday-Thursday 8:30 am - 10:00 am at 7:30 PM & in Spanish on the 2nd Thursday at 6:30 PM in the Rectory. Arrangements must be Friday 8:30 am - 3:00 pm made in advance. Please call the Parish Office, Saturday 8:30 am - 10:00 am 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday – Friday.

Parish Office Hours: Mon-Fri 9 AM - 5 PM Saturdays 9 AM - 2 PM Arrangements for MARRIAGES must be made Sundays 9 AM - 12 PM at least four months in advance. Please call If your organization needs access to any of our parish facilities the Parish Office, 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday – in the evening or on weekends, please let us know in advance Friday for more information. so arrangements can be made.

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REFLECTION

I found on the pages of 2013 reflections of Just Me homily’s blog the following reflection on this week’s readings which I am sharing with you.

What are values that would help us survive in this world? St. Paul in our second reading today even said: “Seek and think of what is above, not of what is on earth,” (vs 1-2). My dear friends, most of us are seeking and thinking not of what is above but, most of the time, of what is on earth. Supposedly, we must seek the values of the Kingdom of God. These can help us survive in this world.

First, be thoughtful. We know that a thoughtful person is a contagious one. By being thoughtful in your everyday actions, you do much to encourage people to follow your example, especially today when we are surrounded with lies. Someone said: “Liars go to hell!”

Second, have good manners. Persons who have good manners are those who do not offend others, do not easily get angry, do not return evil for evil, do not monopolize conversation, and do not interrupt when someone else is talking. In other words, they are kind, friendly, respectful, courteous, agreeable, patient, civil and generous.

And above all, be charitable. St. Paul exhorts us to love one another in peace as though we formed one family, bearing with one another’s defects. For St. Paul, charity is patient, kind, does not envy, is not pretentious, not puffed up, not ambitious, not self-seeking, not provoked, thinks no evil, does not rejoice over wickedness, etc. (1Cor 13:4-7).

I said just a while ago that most of the time, we seek and think of what is on earth like the following:

Immorality - We know that adultery is immoral, yet how many husbands and wives are having illicit relationships with other women or men? We know that lying is wrong, but how many of us are doing this just to hide that what we are doing is wrong. I remember somebody who had said that actually there are twelve commandments and not just ten. According to him, the 11th commandment is: Don’t get caught; and the 12th is: If you are caught, don’t tell the truth.

Impurity - Our minds are dirty with maliciousness, envy, and even sexual thoughts.

Passion - What kind of passion? Passion for money and wealth. Just like in our gospel today, many of us place a high value on material goods. We think that God blesses us because of the material things we possess. We do not realize that some of these material things could be acquired through corruption and stealing which has a thousand forms. But let us remember that money and wealth are not everything. There are things that money cannot buy: true happiness and Kingdom of God which is our final destiny for this life. In the Letter to the Hebrews, it says: “Stay away from the love of money; be satisfied with what you have for God has said: ‘I will never fail you nor forsake you,’ ” (Heb 13:5). Money is like a vice, just like drugs - we are addicted to it. There are people who have so much money in bank, but they still long to become richer to the extent that they neglect their loved ones and refuse to give them any of their money. They do not know that in a split second, all these things could be gone. Money which is given to us by God is a test to measure how charitable and merciful we are. Try to reflect on this: Money can buy a bed but not sleep. Money can buy books but not brains. Money can buy food but not an appetite. Money can buy a house but not a home. Money can buy medicine but not health. Money can buy companions but not real friends. Money can buy marriage but not love. Money can buy anything but not heaven.

Evil desire - How many of us want to take revenge? Just remember this: a person who pursues revenge should dig two graves; one for him and the other for his enemy.

Greed - All greedy people have one thing in common - they are pre-occupied with themselves and their own satisfaction without minding anyone else. Notice how the rich fool of the parable employs the first person singular as he schemes what to do with his money and wealth: “What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest? This is what I shall do. I shall tear down my barns and build large ones. There I shall store all my grain… and I shall say to myself…” It is good to have money and wealth because these can serve and help us also to survive. But if possessed by it, it is like being possessed by a devil, a worst kind of evil. It, therefore, is good not to yearn for it.

So seek the things that are above and not the things on earth. Fr. Aloy

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NEW PARISH WEBSITE: church.sthilarychicago.org

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St. Hilary School

Where faith, family & academics thrive

90 years of academic excellence in a caring Catholic environment.

Serving preschool (3 & 4 year olds) through 8th grade

We are accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. Classes are filling up quickly. Don’t delay!

For more information or to schedule a tour, please contact the school at 773-561-5885.

School Office Hours during the summer months are from 9 am - 1 pm, Monday - Friday.

DIANA WOLF from St. Hilary made the honor roll at De La Salle Institute for the fourth quarter. We feel this is due to the excellent academic background your school provides its students. Keep up the great work!

John F. Brogan Director of Admissions &

Academic Dean of Social Sciences Present from St. Hilary: Brigit Isaacson, Fr. Tom Libera, Dave Kalensky, Fr. Aloy Funtila, Kathie Donovan, Iam Calsita, Beth Cadiz

We congratulate Diana and her family. May God’s LINCOLN SQUARE RENEW MY CHURCH GROUPING - blessings continue to be with you. St. Hilary, Transfiguration, St. Matthias, & Queen of Angels

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This Season’s Stewardship

St. Hilary Church of Time, Talent & Treasure Salute: Weekly Report (fiscal year July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020) We want to thank Marilou Salvador, Cindy & Weekend # 5 (July 27 & 28, 2019) Greg Mendoza for helping the St. Hilary Parish Mass attendance goal >1,000 people ; actual attendance 840 people at 5 Masses Team for the “Show & Tell” Renew My Church 584 households received envelopes session on July 25th. Thank you also to Norma Amount Families Librodo for providing the refreshments. Collection for the week: Regular (using envelopes) $ 6,316 226 Loose Cash (13% of Weekend Offering) $ 705 Living Discipleship Online Giving - ACH & Give Central (8%) $ 755 23 through Spirit, Gifts & Service Total $ 7,776 1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is Weekly Parish Budget: $14,388 what the ancients were commended for. Weekly Collection Budget: $10,231 Hebrews 11:1-2 Weekly Average Collection $10,228

A LIFE OF GIVING IS A LIFE WITH CHRIST ! FAITH IN ACTION THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP. Faith is trusting our God even though we do not comprehend what is happening to us and our circumstances. It is the assurance that His plan for HELP US! You may sponsor our “Bread & Wine” on Sundays by making a us will is always be for the best. This is the faith $50 donation to honor your loved ones. we need at this season of Renew My Church. We keep doing the best for the parish with the As part of the Renew My Church, the Archdiocese of Chicago provided a knowledge that God has our back. Let us be benchmark that churches must strive to attain in order to be sustainable for the grounded in prayer. next 10 years. Attendance must be over 800 people and revenue must be over $750,000 without considering any rental income. We are on track with attendance but not with revenue. If you increase your giving by $3-$5 each STEWARDSHIP PRAYER Sunday, or our attendance increase to around 1,000 people, we may be able to reach the $750,000 revenue benchmark. We thank You, most loving and generous Creator, for the abundance You have We encourage our parishioners to use our online giving portals either by ACH bestowed on us, Your servant people. or Give Central (http://www.givecentral.org/login). Interested? Please give May we use Your gifts to build Your us a call at the Parish Office / Rectory (773) 561-3474. kingdom; to help the poor as You commanded; to bring light to a world in The MISSION DOCTORS ASSOCIATION is working to darkness. May we be faithful to Your reach out to a Catholic Physician, Dentist, Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant who feel called to serve Christ’s poor commandments. Bless the people in our in Africa or Latin America. The 2019 Midwest Retreat/ lives that we may help each other grow in Seminar will be held September 13-15 for the above persons Your love. We pray in union with Jesus and their spouses considering short-term mission service in Christ and the Holy Spirit. Amen. Africa or Latin America. This will be held at Loyola Stritch Medical School in Chicago. It will provide 11 CME and the opportunity to learn more about - Mary Jane Doerr - how they can share their gifts as they live their faith at Catholic Mission hospitals.

Information and Accreditation Statement (for the 11 AMA PRA Category 1 PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR Credit/s) are available on the web site: PRIESTS AND DEACONS, OUR www.MissionDoctors.org or by calling the office for more information (213) 368-1872. PARISH AND PARISHIONERS,

Wishing you God’s blessings, AND ALL OUR CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WILL Elisa Frederick SOON BE RETURNING TO Executive Director, Mission Doctors Association SCHOOL. Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time August 4, 2019

LITURGICAL MINISTERS Next Weekend - August 10th & 11th

Eucharistic Time Lector Ministers Servers

M. Ree Sat. 5:00 D. Avdich R. Tallud Marc D. Porten Billy A.M. Boyer Melody Vounteer

A. Castro Sun. 8:00 J. Nacpil S. Martinez Josephine K. McCanna Simon D. Stevenson Volunteer L. Escuadro

TODAY’S READINGS Sun. 9:30 R. Kastigar 1st Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 NPVC 2nd Reading: Colossians 3:1-5,9-11 Gospel: Luke 12:13-21 D. Makowski Sun. 10:00 B. Gerace E. Montalvo Rianne O. Montalvo Ariam D. Girard Volunteer K. Manning A. Restrepo R. Ziccardi Y. Salinas Sun. 12:00 A. Ishami G. Medic Claire Monday, August 5 C. Nono Sara Volunteer Athletics (Gym) ……………………...………. 4-10 PM M. Brennock E. Vrabel Tuesday, August 6 M. Choy Athletics (Gym) …………………...…………. 4-10 PM Volunteer Wednesday, August 7 Athletics (Gym) ……………………...………. 4-10 PM Please remember in your prayers those in Mass & OLPH Novena (Church) …….. 6:30-8:30 PM the hospital or recovering at home, those Thursday, August 8 suffering with a terminal illness, our shut- ins and those in nursing homes, our Athletics (Gym) …………………………...…. 4-10 PM relatives and friends who are ill, especially: Wedding Rehearsal (Church) ………...…….. 6-7 PM Leota Grunninger, Peter Mikkelsen, Madeline Wellner, Friday, August 9 Ursula Schnetzer, Theresa, Katherine & Maria Kim, Athletics (Gym) ………………………...……. 4-10 PM Linda Newton, Joan & Phil Cowen, Antonio Sarmiento, La Pieta Group Mtg (Rectory) ……...... 6:30-8:30 PM Rick Omandam, Andrew Wehling, Patricia Jalove, Fred Saturday, August 10 (Jay) Austin, Dina Nicolini, Belinda Lacson dela Fuente, Catherine O’Connor Sugrue, Claudia Alvarez, Mary Athletics (Gym) ……………………...…. 9 AM - 3 PM Anne Luby, Mark Dobrzynski, Lorraine Waelti, Paul Wedding (Church) ………...………...…… 1-2:30 PM Littlepage Second Saturday (Church) Also, Please Remember …... 6:30-7:30 PM Our Troops Sunday, August 11 5 In Your Prayers. Vigil: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

5:00 PM † Patricia MacFarlan by Dorothy Gorecki

† Mary Mikkelsen & * Spec Inten for Peter Mikkelsen by Bob Monday, August 5 † Jose Paz Neria The Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major by the Hernandez Neria Family 8:30 AM † Nieves Luciano by Remy Tumlos 6:30 Mass & Marian Devotion to Our Lady of † Enver Avdich (BR) by Family Caysasay † Maria Hernandez (BR) by the Hernandez Neria Family Sunday, August 11 NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Tuesday, August 6 8:00 AM † Bob Kacynski by Wife The Transfiguration of the Lord † Lester Libot (Death Anniv) 8:30 AM † Benita Neria by Merlie Arcillas by the Hernandez Neria Family

Wednesday, August 7 10:00 AM † Ellen Boyle & Mary Smith St. Sixtus II, , & Companions, martyrs by the Smith Family St. Cajetan, priest † Paz Lenon (Death Anniv) 8:30 AM For the Safety of Our Travelers by the Lenon Family † Byron Kouris & All the Deceased 6:30-8:30 PM Mass & OLPH Novena Members of the Lamperis Family Thursday, August 8 by Joseph Lamperis

St. Dominic, priest 12:00 PM † John Lane, Jr. & Clifford Pazik 8:30 AM † For Parishioners who died in the by the Alban Family 2000s * Spec Inten for Benjamin Pineda (BR) Friday, August 9 by the Luciano Family St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin & Martyr North Park Village Chapel 8:30 AM † Wilhelm & Berta Mueller by Christa Altmann 9:30 AM For All Parishes involved in the Renew * Spec Inten for Ed Estacio My Church process by Jesse & Jeanne Nacpil

Saturday, August 10 St. Lawrence, deacon & martyr 8:30 AM † Regina Medina (40th day Death Anniv) by the Achanzar Family

1:00 PM Wedding: Matthew Masaganda Reau Norberte l I l - Reau Norberte & Matthew Masaganda

The St. Hilary Domestic Violence Awareness Group attended a forum on July 23, 2019 at the Sulzer Regional Library on Lincoln Avenue in Chicago. The purpose of the meeting was to strengthen the community’s stand against domestic violence. A Panel Discussion followed the three speakers who ably led the conversation with their excellent input. The event was organized by the St. Benedict and Queen of Angels domestic Violence Ministries.

6 On July 21st, we had 31 blood donors plus 10 additional blood donor volunteers who were unable to donate because the mobile van was not large enough to accommodate them and the Vitalant staff numbers were limited. Thank you to all who gave & all who offered to give the gift of life!

La Pieta Prayer Group sponsored a Healing Service at St. Hilary on Thursday, July 18th. UPCOMING FESTS YOU MIGHT ENJOY!

Aug. 3/4 - Edge Fest - Broadway & Thorndale

Aug. 8/18 - Illinois State Fair - Illinois State Fairgrounds, Springfield

Aug. 16/18 - Evanston Art Festival - Downtown Evanston

Aug. 17/18 - Chicago Air & Water Show - North Avenue Beach, 1600 N. Lake Shore Drive

BUDLONG LIBRARY PROGRAMS FOR ADULTS 5630 N. Lincoln Avenue

COLORING CLUB Every 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 2:30 pm August 13th, September 10th, & November 12th

Coloring sheets, colored pencils, and crayons will be NATIONAL NIGHT OUT provided, but please feel free to Presented by the Chicago Police Department bring your own supplies.

All are invited to join in for a fun-filled night JEWELRY MAKING with our local law enforcement and our FOR BEGINNERS community. Free hotdogs, live entertainment Saturday, October 26th at 2 pm & kids events will be available. Saturday, November 23rd at 2 pm

Tuesday, August 6th 5:50 - 7:30 pm Join artist Carmen M. Perez-Stoppert for a hands-on Winnemac Park 5100 N. Damen jewelry making workshop. Learn the steps to create your own handmade jewelry. This workshop has a capacity For more information contact of 15 participants. Registration is required! To register, the CAPS Office (312) 742-8770. please visit the branch or call (312) 742-9590.

NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PRESENT STATUS IN THE - NO MATTER WHAT YOUR CURRENT FAMILY OR MARITAL SITUATION - NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PAST OR PRESENT RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION - NO MATTER WHAT YOUR PERSONAL HISTORY, AGE, BACKGROUND, RACE OR COLOR - NO MATTER WHAT YOUR OWN SELF-IMAGE OR ESTEEM - YOU ARE INVITED, WELCOMED, ACCEPTED, LOVED AND RESPECTED HERE AT ST. HILARY PARISH!

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