Bulletin: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 8/10/25

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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

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.

The Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is this Friday, August 15, and is a HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION.  Mass at 8:00 AM.

Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is August 16, 2025 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:  August 3, 2025: Offertory: $1182; R&I: $100.  Donations Mail: $563.  Retired Religious Annual Collection: $1138!! Thank you!

You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org

Diocesan Development Drive (DDD) We currently have received pledges totaling $11,425 with $9195 paid in toward our goal of $9000.  So far 15 out of 75 (?) families have participated.  When everyone pays their pledge, we will be way over!! Thank you!!  Remember we get a rebate for the amount paid in over our goal.

PRAY FOR HEALING: Daniel May, Walter Steineke, George Reese, Angela Casares, Nancy Wadell, Eva Montelongo, Linda Tarrant, Rob Vogel. 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

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Thursday 4 to 5:00 PM.

Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation.

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 sale items.

St. Christiopher’s Parish 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 just over $7127 with interest and three additional donations as of 6-30-25. The fund is set up as ‘Permanent Restricted’ which means the corpus stays in the fund, but the earnings are available to the parish as needed.  If you would like to make a donation to our endowment for the long-term care of St. Christophers, please contact Fr. Rick for further details.

Catholic Social Teaching

Since Pope Leo XIV is expected to emphasize Catholic Social Teaching in his leadership message, these blurbs from the US Catholic Bishops’ website could be a good refresher or primer.

The Church’s social teaching is a rich treasure of wisdom about building a just society and living lives of holiness amidst the challenges of modern society. Modern Catholic social teaching has been articulated through a tradition of papal, conciliar, and episcopal documents. The depth and richness of this tradition can be understood best through a direct reading of these documents. In these brief reflections, we highlight several of the key themes (one each week) that are at the heart of our Catholic social tradition.

  • Life and Dignity of the Human Person

The Catholic Church proclaims that human life is sacred and that the dignity of the human person is the foundation of a moral vision for society. This belief is the foundation of all the principles of our social teaching. In our society, human life is under direct attack from abortion and euthanasia. The value of human life is being threatened by cloning, embryonic stem cell research, and the use of the death penalty. The intentional targeting of civilians in war or terrorist attacks is always wrong. Catholic teaching also calls on us to work to avoid war. Nations must protect the right to life by finding increasingly effective ways to prevent conflicts and resolve them by peaceful means. We believe that every person is precious, that people are more important than things, and that the measure of every institution is whether it threatens or enhances the life and dignity of the human person.https://www.usccb.org/beliefs-and-teachings/what-we-believe/catholic-social-teaching/seven-themes-of-catholic-social-teaching 

Next Week: (2) Call to Family, Community, and Participation

Safe Environment Certification

DID YOU KNOW? The Diocese of Salt Lake City requires all adults (>18) and youth minors (12 to 17) in contact (with or around) minors and vulnerable adults in our parishes and schools to complete trainings and background checks. Read all about our Safe Environment Process at https://www.dioslc.org/safe-environment.

Relief for Gaza:  https://www.crs.org Catholic Relief Services is well established in the region especially with the ongoing crisis in Syria and Lebanon.  They are in very strategic locations to respond to refugees from Gaza.  Your help is urgently needed.  It’s possible that the Diocese of Salt Lake City will encourage parishes to support a special collection initiated by our Diocese, but that has not yet happened.

Spiritual Healing:  The PRAY MORE HEALING RETREAT (on-line) features inspiring talks to help you heal, move forward and grow closer to Christ.  The Retreat is self-paced which means that you can participate wherever you are and whenever you have the time. It’s like a do-it-yourself retreat, but you’re not doing alone — we’re doing it with you! We hope you’ll join us.   It begins Wednesday, August 13.  https://praymoreretreat.org/2025-healing-retreat/.  Anxiety and depression are serious problems in our country, especially among the young.  Elders should be ready to say something helpful about spiritual healing. “…but, only say the word and my soul shall be healed.”

St. Michael’s Lent begins August 15th.    See Fr. Rick for more details.

Homily Reflection Questions

  1. When have you ever felt closest to death?  Were you ‘ready’?  What changes did you make when you realized that you survived?
  • The first reading today denotes a people being ‘summoned’.  How have you felt called or summoned in your life as part of a people summoned?  How did you respond?
  • PS. 33:20 “Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and shield.”  When has the Lord made you wait for something only to save you from your own ideas?  What was the better alternative?

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“The best thing for us is not what we consider best, but what the Lord wants of us.”  St. Josephine Bakhita