St. Hilary
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"A community needs a soul if it is to become a true home for human beings. You, the people must give it this soul."

John Paul II

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Mission Statement

"We, the faith community of St. Hilary, brought together by Christ, respond to the universal call to holiness by living in the service of the Gospel."

The theme of our parish life is the "Call to Holiness." This theme is lived out by a process called "Whole Community Catechesis." It means that the whole community grows together by learning how to live with Christ at the core of our lives

St. Hilary is a caring, vibrant community which believes in promoting love, faith, friendship, and outreach to not only people within the parish but to those in need, wherever they may be. If you are new to the area and are searching for a new church family, we welcome you to join us. Please contact us and let us know how we can serve you.

Rev. James T. Tarantino, Pastor





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Bread for the World

"Asking"

I asked God for strength, that I might achieve.
I was made weak, that I might learn humbly to obey.
I asked for health, that I might do better things.
I was given infirmity, that I might do better things.
I asked for riches, that I might be happy.
I was given poverty, that I might be wise.
I asked for power, that I might have the praise of men.
I was given weakness, that I might feel the need of God.
I asked for all things, that I might enjoy life.
I was given life, that I might enjoy all things.
I got nothing that I asked for, but everything that I had hoped for.
Almost despite myself, my unspoken prayers were answered.
I am among all people, most richly blessed."
– Anonymous –



"There is nothing I can give you which you have not; But there is much, very much, that while I cannot give it, you can take.

No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant.

Take peace! The gloom of the world is but a shadow. Behind it, yet within reach, is joy.

There is radiance and glory in the darkness, could we but see, and to see, we have only to look. I beseech you to look. Life is so generous a giver, but we, judging its gifts by their covering, cast them away as ugly, or heavy, or hard.
Remove the covering, and you will find beneath it a living splendor, woven of love, by wisdom, with power. Welcome it, grasp it, and you touch the angel's hand that brings it to you. Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty believe me, that angel's hand is there; the gift is there, and the wonder of an overshadowing presence.

Our joys too: be not content with them as joys. They, too, conceal more divine gifts. And so, at this time, I greet you. Not quite as the world sends greetings, but with profound esteem and with the prayer that for you now and forever, the day breaks and the shadows flee away."

By: Fra. Giovanni 1513 A.D.


 

Regarding the soul,