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August 4, 2021Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
In this Sunday’s readings, Jesus once again expresses that he is the Bread of life, the bread that came down from heaven. We are witness to the struggle of the people to except this revelation. Jesus once again challenges to move to a place of spirituality and understanding of the importance of His words.
The bread of life discourse from Jesus is part of the central teaching on the Eucharist. In John 6:41-51 Jesus clearly states how He alone can truly satisfy the deepest needs and longings of the faithful. Jesus desires that we would come to Him in the Eucharist.
In just a few short weeks we will celebrate the 56th anniversary of the founding of St Hyacinth. For this year’s celebration, the weekend of August 21st and 22nd. The weekend will be a weekend of prayer, remembrance, and celebration. There will be giveaways, and fun throughout the weekend culminating with the long-anticipated raffle of wonderful prizes.
Please pick up your raffle tickets from one of the volunteers at the entrance to the Church after the weekend masses or come to the parish office to pick up your tickets during the week.
The first phase of the Church renovation has started with the instillation of the new boiler system to provide heat for the Church, Religious Education building and offices. The Church now has heat, however, unfortunately, HVAC Unit No# 1 is no longer working, and we only have the one 40-ton units cooling the Church.
We have been told by the contractors that the new HVAC units are due to be installed in end of August. Keep your prayers coming. The instillation will be a major undertaking to replace our aged system of the parish. Thank you for your generosity towards STHY.
Furthermore, Studio Red Architects is guiding us through phase two of the renovation of the Church. For the renovation of the sanctuary, we are planning to replace the existing pews, flooring and lighting in the main church. Thank you for your generosity to St Hyacinth. There is a table set up in the back of the Church near the Baptismal area that has some of the materials that will be used in the renovation of the Church.
The summer can be a very busy time for families and during the vacation season it is easy to forget that STHY needs your donations. Please go to Sthayicnth.org and go to the online giving tab and either set up your automatic online giving or make a donation online. Thanks you for your generosity.
Religious Education classes will be starting soon and now is the time to start thinking about the upcoming religious Education school year. Register for Religious education classes online at Sthyacinth.org.
As this summer continues, I want to encourage everyone to use their summer down time to go to FORMED.org. FORMED is a digital online platform that gives STHY parish members unprecedented access to video-based study programs, feature films, audio presentations, and eBooks from the Church’s foremost presenters.
- Prepare for Mass each week by watching an insightful five-minute video on the Sunday Readings.
- Study the Scriptures at your own pace and time.
- Enjoy movies as a family that are both nourishing and entertaining.
- Enrich your marriage with the award-winning video program Beloved.
- Help your children grow in faith and character with engaging children’s materials.
Our parish Password to FORMED.org is 77GVZ3.
Finally, I would like to thank Howard Scheffer, Mary Scheffer, Jim Holdon, Steven Rodriguez, Raul Turner, Paul Arrigo, Don Zuchkaro, Allan Konvicka, the Catholic Daughters, the ACTS Community and the Knights of Columbus who have been assisting in the rehabilitation of the STHY prayer Garden and Station sof the Cross. Thank you for all your help.
God Bless,
Fr. Reginald Samuels
