"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
"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
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.
