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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 Rosary is prayed on Monday - Saturday after the RECONCILIATION (Individual Confessions) 8:30 am Mass. The Rosary & Novena to Our Lady of Guadalupe 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. Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - September 15, 2019 St. Hilary Church Chicago, IL WELCOME! If you have been seeking a parish community in which to pray, to learn, to join in social activity and to be of service to others – our doors and hearts are open to you. We are thankful that God has sent you to us. Newcomers are asked to introduce themselves to one of the priests and to come in or call the Parish Office during business hours, 9 AM – 5 PM, Monday – Friday. Registration Forms are in the racks at the doors of the Church, at the Parish Office and online. Please complete one and return it in the collection basket, in the mail slot at the rectory, or by mail. And once again, WELCOME! TODAY’S READINGS 1st Reading: Exodus 32:7-11,13-14 2nd Reading: 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Gospel: Luke 15:1-32 REFLECTION Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle C In Puno, Peru, Marisol, a mother of two young boys, provided refuge in her humble home to another mother with three children who had nowhere to go. The woman's husband repeatedly lands in jail, and abuses her when he’s “free.” Marisol and her husband reflected the unconditional compassion and mercy for this vulnerable and broken woman and her children that our God of Love has for us. Today's readings speak of God’s mercy, but if we enter more profoundly into their wisdom, they invite us to be challenged and transformed. Challenged and transformed is what God is asking us today in this Renew My Church process, and for the right decision, we need to engage in What St. Benedict and the psalmists, prayer, prayer and more prayer. So that the right Mother Ann Lee and St. Ignatius all knew is decisions for the future of St. Hilary will be made by that our work is nothing if it does not give the Cardinal in the coming months. glory to God. We need God’s help in all we St. Benedict, in his Rule for monks, says that do. We need God’s assistance in our work, every good work should begin with a prayer. The doing small things or making big decisions. psalmist asks God to “give success to the work of our Acknowledging our need for divine hands.” Mother Ann Lee, the founder of the Shaker help reminds us who is in charge, for us to do Communities in the U. S. often said, “Put your hands our best, and leave the rest up to God. to work and your hearts to God.” Deacon & Mrs. Ramirez NEW PARISH WEBSITE: church.sthilarychicago.org 2 Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time September 25, 2019 THE SECOND RENEW MY CHURCH PARISH SESSION WILL BE HELD THIS COMING THURSDAY EVENING AT 7:00 PM IN THE CHURCH. ALL ST. HILARY PARISHIONERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND. FIND OUT ABOUT THE SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR PARISH GROUPING THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED. (NOTHING YET HAS BEEN DECIDED.) HERE IS A CHANCE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK. YOU ARE STEWARDS OF THE CHURCH. BE A GOOD STEWARD AND SHARE IN THE DECISION-MAKING FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CHURCH. This is Nametag / Hospitality Weekend. Stop by before Mass and fill out a nametag to wear while you are in Church. It’s a good way to get to know each other - the faces we see and recognize but can’t attach a name to and haven’t taken the opportunity to get to know. After Mass, there will be a Coffee And … in the California vestibule. Give a smile … shake a hand … say a kind word … welcome the stranger … be an active member of God’s family here at St. Hilary! 3 St. Hilary Church Chicago, IL St. Hilary Church Weekly Report (fiscal year July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020) Weekend # 10 (August 23rd & September 1st , 2019) Weekend # 11 (September 7th & 8th, 2019 Mass attendance goal SHC >1,000 people : actual attendance 802 at 4 Masses actual attendance 882 at 5 Masses North Park Village Chapel has been closed by the City of Chicago. 584 households received envelopes Amount Families Amount Families Collection for the week: Regular (using envelopes) $ 5,545 187 $ 5,826 214 Loose Cash $ 1,837 $ 2,658 Online Giving (ACH & Give Central) $ 4,275 (37%) 38 $ 1,448 (15%) 22 Total $11,657 $ 9,932 Weekly Parish Budget: $ 14,388 $ 14,388 Weekly Collection Budget: $ 10,231 $ 10,231 Weekly Average Collection $ 9,699 $ 9,720 THANK YOU FOR YOUR STEWARDSHIP. Our weekly collection and Mass attendance have continued to plummet, especially with the indefinite closure of the Chapel. Please encourage your families and friends to attend Mass. Your life is the witness of your faith. Please share it with others. Thank you to those who catch up with their giving after returning from vacation or being away from church. We encourage our parishioners to use our online giving portals, either by ACH or Give Central (https://www.givecentral.org/login). Interested? Please give us a call at the Parish Office (773) 561-3474 or visit our website at church.sthilarychicago.org You can HELP US by sponsoring our “Bread & Wine” used on Sundays by making a $50 donation to honor your loved ones A LIFE OF GIVING IS A LIFE WITH CHRIST ! This Season’s Stewardship of Living Discipleship Through Spirit, Gifts, and Service Time, Talent, and Treasure 5 In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: 6 Who, Salute: being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to His We want to thank all of you who own advantage; 7 rather, He made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, helped distribute the RMC being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled scenarios at last weekend’s Himself by becoming obedient to death — even death on a cross! Masses. It takes all of us to make Philippians 2:5-8 our faith community strong. We need all Parishioners to be The Likeness of Jesus engaged in our mission of Discipleship, Witnessing and The more you involve yourselves with what is happening in church, the Building a Faith Community. more you discover that there are countless ways to help and be engaged. All can A special shout-out to our Prayer help, either by active participation in our different ministries and/or by prayers. Group for always helping in all If we imitate Jesus, we will also learn to humble ourselves and serve for the our church and parish office betterment of others. needs. You all bless this Parish In our Renew My Church journey, let us clothe ourselves in Jesus’ likeness with your commitment to service! by helping to promote discipleship (by being a student of Jesus), witnessing THANK YOU !!! (working for the betterment of others), and building a community where faith in God thrives and changes souls.