Bulletin: 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time, 7/12/26
ST. CHRISTOPHER’S CATHOLIC CHURCH
39 West 200 South, Kanab UT 84741
Office: (435) 644-3414 [Please leave a message and we will respond as quickly as possible]
parishinfo@kanabcatholicchurch.org
WEBSITE: kanabcatholicchurch.org
Sacramental Minister: Rev. Richard T. Sherman, Kanab, UT
SUNDAY MASS 9:00 AM
WEEKDAY LITURGY SCHEDULE
WEEK of July 13 to July 18
MASS: Mon, Tue: 8:00 AM
Liturgy of the Hours, Morning Prayer: W, TH, Fr, Sat: 8:00 AM
WEEK OF July 20 to July 25
Liturgy of the Hours, Morning Prayer: M, T, W, TH 8:00 AM
Mass: Fr, Sat. 8:00 AM
CONFESSIONS BY APPOINTMENT
This Week: Annual Collection for Pastoral Solidarity with the Church in Africa.
While sharing time at social hour, please take a look at our gift shop and library. This week we also feature free fresh-picked and rinsed apricots from the rectory orchards.
NOTE: If you have a sacramental emergency after parish office hours, please call 435-673-2604 for assistance.
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is July 18, 2026 from 10:00 AM-Noon. If you have friends or relatives that are interested in the Catholic faith, or are thinking of returning to the Church, please tell them about us and have them stop by. We would love to meet with them! OPEN DOOR is scheduled every first and third Saturday of the month.
FINANCIAL REPORT: July 5, 2026. Offertory: $1386; Donations Mail: $357; R&I: $190, Peter’s Pence: $350 (Total $859) THANK YOU!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive Our new goal for 2026 is $11,500. WE ARE OVER HALF-WAY THERE!! As of 6/30/26, thirteen households have pledged $7810 with $6150 paid in. It would be great to have a fuller participation than the 17 parishioners we had last year. Thank you in advance.
PRAY FOR HEALING: Maria Hildebrand, Bud Carpenter, Pam Peterson, Stacey Pennigroth, George Reese, Eva Montelongo, Michael Zarnowski, the homebound, Our Wounded Veterans. If you have specific prayer requests, please leave us a phone message or send us an email. We will get your intentions on the list. We also remember all the sick and infirm at our daily Masses.
Community Rosary: After the Monday morning Mass (When Mass is celebrated).
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Thursday 4 to 5 PM
Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation.
Catholic Social Teaching: Pope Leo is encouraging us all to consider the Church’s systematic approach to living out our role as a Holy People in a world of increased technological complexity. The timing for this new emphasis could not be more perfect as we celebrate 250 years of American Independence and confidently look forward to more opportunities for enhancing the freedom God has bestowed on us. Catholic Social Teaching can keep us pointed toward the Kingdom of God and not get unduly distracted by our individual pursuits of the American Dream.
Please join us on Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 7PM for a brief overview of the major themes of Catholic Social Teaching. This week we will cover Rights & Responsibilities and Option for the Poor & Vulnerable. We will then venture into a more focused reading of Pope Leo’s encyclical Magnifica Hunanitatis. (a click away for a summary of that encyclical).
https://www.usccb.org/resources/seven-themes-catholic-social-teaching-resource
Summary Magnifica Humanitas EN.pdf – Google Drive
St. Christopher Endowment: Did you know that St. Christopher’s Parish has an endowment with the Utah Catholic Foundation? It was started with a donation from the parish in 2020 with an initial corpus of $5000 and is intended for general parish use. The fund has now over $35,000 with interest and additional donations as of 5-30-26. The fund is set up as ‘Permanent Restricted’ which means the corpus stays in the fund, but the earnings are available to the parish annually as needed. If you would like to make a donation to our endowment for the long-term care of St. Christopher’s, please contact Fr. Rick for further details.
Reporting Abuse: If you observe or have reason to believe that a child, young person or vulnerable adult has been subjected to abuse by a priest, deacon, employee or volunteer of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, you must report the alleged abuse to local law enforcement and state agencies, and you must notify the Diocesan Office of Safe Environment at safeenv@dioslc.org or call 801-328-8641, x344. https://www.dioslc.org/safe-environment
Respect Life Commission https://www.dioslc.org/respect-for-life-commission
If you want to receive the Family Life Office newsletter? Email crystal.painter@dioslc.org to subscribe!
This month, the Pope’s prayer intention is for the values of sports.
Sports celebrate excellence and achievement, and they can be good for our mental health, spirit and body and help build community. But the “win-at-all-cost” attitude all too often found in sports can negatively impact our mental health.
We are more than our worst game, best performance, or most anxious day. Pope Leo XIV has said sports are healthiest when they do “not idolize performance but recognizes the dignity of those who play.” Let us pray that sports support mental health and promote values such as respect, solidarity, and personal growth.
Homily Reflection Questions
- Is. 55:11 “…my word shall not return to me void, but shall do my will, achieving the end for which I sent it.” Isaiah 55 is widely believed to have probably been composed about 550-535 BC. What did this mean during this time, during the life of Jesus and possibly to us now?
2 Rom. 8:22-23 “We know that all creation is groaning in labor pains even until now; and not only that, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, we also groan within ourselves.” What new life has birthed from your ‘groanings’ during the periods of your life?
3 Consider the different decades of your life. On what type of soil did the seeds of God’s teachings and God’s presence fall during your teens, twenties, thirties….. currently? Who did God use to sow these seeds in different times of your life?
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“We become what we love and who we love shapes what we become.” St. Clare of Assisi