Bulletin: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 7/28/24
SAINT CHRISTOPHER 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]
stccc@kanab.net
WEBSITE: kanabcatholicchurch.org
Sacramental Minister: Rev. Richard T. Sherman, Kanab, UT
SATURDAY VIGIL MASS: 5:30 PM, (Suspended Indefinitely)
SUNDAY MASS: 9:00 AM
MASS DURING THE WEEK: MONDAY – SATURDAY 8:00 AM
CONFESSIONS BY APPOINTMENT
NOTE: If you have a sacramental emergency after parish office hours, please call 435-673-2604 for assistance.
Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation.
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is August 3, 2024 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 21, 2024: Offertory: $1467; Donations Mail: $65; R&I: $45; Kanab Altered Attitudes: $540 to Community Outreach Fund. Thank you!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive (DDD) for 2024. We are getting there!! Our goal this year is once again $8800. We have $6158 pledged with $5625 paid in!! Twelve households have participated. PLEASE JUMP IN AND JOIN THE FUN!! Thank you all who have already given so generosity.
PRAY FOR HEALING: Linda Tarrent, Eva Montelongo, Deacon Sifo Manu, Rosemary Baron, Kody Anderson, Stan Tuczakov, Victims of Natural Disasters, Warfare Casualties. 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.
Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Thursday from 4 to 5:00 PM.
Community Rosary: After the Monday morning Mass
Religious Items: While enjoying the fabulous conversation and refreshments during our social hour, take some time and browse our extensive selection of religious gifts including some amazing. New items on the way!
Diocese of Salt Lake City Marriage & Family Life Office Newsletter-July 2024 (cloud.microsoft) (New and Improved: Go to our website and click on this link).
July 28 World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly
In 2021 Pope Francis established the celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and Elderly on the fourth Sunday of July, near the liturgical memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus (July 26).
Pope Francis has chosen a line from Psalm 71 — “Do not cast me off in my old age” — as the theme for the 2024 celebration of the World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly. This is a special day to recommit to spending time with our elder members and especially to listen for the WISDOM.
Next Sunday: Annual Collection for Retired Religious – See Insert
Holy Day of Obligation – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Thursday, August 15. Mass is at 8:00 AM.
Summer General Assembly – Monday, July 29, 6:30 PM. Bishop Solis has encouraged pastors to invite key parish leaders to participate in this seasonal presentation and dialogue. Anyone who would like to attend is cordially invited to meet in the social hall for this ZOOM conference. The meeting will discuss pastoral planning efforts throughout the diocese as well as update on the Eucharistic Revival and the upcoming Utah Catholic Conference on September 21st. Popcorn will be available for $3 per bag while supply lasts.
July Word of Life Message from USCCB
“Married love differs from any other love in the world. By its nature, the love of husband and wife is so complete, so ordered to a lifetime of communion with God and each other, that it is open to creating a new human being they will love and care for together.” United States Conference of Catholic Bishops “Married Love and the Gift of Life”
Weekly Prayer for Vocations (From our Diocesan Office of Vocations)
God our Father, we thank you for calling men and women to serve in your Son’s Kingdom as priests, deacons, and consecrated persons.
Send your Holy Spirit to help others respond generously and courageously to your call.
May our community of faith support vocations
of sacrificial love in our youth and young adults. Amen
Liturgy of the Hours Livestreamed
Experience the Prayer of the Church with the Monks at Mt. Angel Abbey.
Everyday, every hour of the day, someone in the world is praying from these same liturgical prayers. This is a big part of what bonds the world’s 1.3 billion baptized Catholics together.
Homily Reflections:
This week we’ve noticed that we have switched from the Gospel of Mark to the Gospel of John in order to help us focus more closely on the ‘Bread of Life Discourse’ which is so strongly featured in Chapter 6 of John. This is perfect for helping to accentuate the Eucharistic Revival in its final months. The Eucharist is the source and summit of our religious tradition and it’s that point where we as individuals and as a community of believers enter into that most transcendent state of union (Communion) with Jesus and each other. This transcendent union is essential for us to faithfully follow Jesus over the entirety of our lives and to successfully accomplish the mission He has given us. The mission of course, is ‘to go forth to all nations and teach them to observe everything that He commanded us’ (Mt. 28:19-20).
This five-week diversion into the Gospel of John is also accompanied each week by the second readings from St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. In this letter Paul eloquently blends the sacraments of Eucharist and Matrimony. Most Catholics in fact eventually get married and can more readily relate to the bond of matrimony and its demands and benefits. The deeper the commitment, the stronger the bond, the deeper the love, the more fruitful the relationship. Both sacraments require a total gift of self and the ability to receive another’s total self-gift. Our ‘Amen’ at the Eucharist implies our total self-gift to each other which in turn is returned to God during the Eucharist. Only then are we prepared to fulfill the mission Jesus has given us.
What was your strongest experience of Communion with a community of believers?
How did this Communion animate or amplify your confidence in the mission of the Church?
How has the community of believers helped you deepen your marital bond with your spouse?
If you are a single Catholic, how has the Eucharist brought you closer to the community and helped clarify your particular apostolate or mission in the Church.
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“The proof of love is in the works. Where love exists, it works great things. But when it ceases to act, it ceases to exist.” St. Pope Gregory the Great