Bulletin: 1st Sunday of Lent, 2/22/26
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
SATURDAY VIGIL MASS 5:30 PM (Suspended Indefinitely)
SUNDAY MASS 9:00 AM
WEEKDAY MASSES THIS WEEK, Feb. 25-28, Wednesday through Saturday, 8:00 AM
CONFESSIONS BY APPOINTMENT
Next week: Annual Collection for Black and Indian Missions in the U. S.
NOTE: If you have a sacramental emergency after parish office hours, please call 435-673-2604 for assistance.
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is March 7, 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: February 15, 2026 Offertory: $1657; R&I: $110. Thank you!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive Our new goal for 2026 is $11,500. You should be receiving your pledge cards in the mail soon so please respond in a timely way. It would be great to have a fuller participation than the 17 parishioners we had this year. More info about the purpose and use of these funds will be forthcoming.
PRAY FOR HEALING: Michael Brydon, George Reese, Mar Smothers, 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 5:00 PM.
Stations of the Cross: Fridays during Lent at 5:30 PM. Followed by a Simple Soup Supper
Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation.
The Catechism at a Glance: A Visual Overview of the Foundations of Our Faith. Each Thursday in the social hall at 5:30 PM. Session 19 continues February 26th with “The Christian Life of Prayer.”
Chili Brunch: a BIG THANK YOU to the St. Christopher’s Knights of Columbus and their loyal helpers for providing a delicious Chili Brunch for our parishioners and visitors last Sunday. And thank you to the 35+/- that attended and provided a very nice community gathering.
Lent Observance
Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that began on Ash Wednesday [February 18, 2026] and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday. It’s a period of preparation to celebrate the Lord’s Resurrection at Easter. During Lent, we seek the Lord in prayer by reading Sacred Scripture; we serve by giving alms; and we practice self-control through fasting. We are called not only to abstain from luxuries during Lent, but to a true inner conversion of heart as we seek to follow Christ’s will more faithfully. We recall the waters of baptism in which we were also baptized into Christ’s death, died to sin and evil, and began new life in Christ. (USCCB.org)
FAST AND ABSTINENCE
1. All Catholics 14 years and older are to abstain from all meat on Ash Wednesday and on all Fridays of Lent, unless a particular Friday is a solemnity.
2. All Catholics who are between the ages of 18-59 are obliged to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. (Canon #1252)
3. Fasting permits one full meal and two lesser meals, which combined are not greater than the full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted.
4. A spirit of fasting is recommended during all of Lent in anticipation of the great feast of Easter. In this way, Christians express their hunger for God, their responsibility to the poor and their recognition of the kingdom of God as the answer to all human hungers.
5. “Pastors and parents are to see to it that minors who are not bound by the law of fast and abstinence are educated in an authentic sense of penance.” (Canon #1252)
Please Give Us ALL Your Money It’s that time of year again. The new Diocesan Development Drive season is starting with our new quota goal at $11,500 (an increase of $2500 over last year). February 18 is Ash Wednesday which brings the Rice Bowl Campaign and the Annual Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe. On March 1 we take up the annual collection for the Black and Indian Missions in the U.S. March will also bring even more opportunities to share the love. You are always SO GENEROUS!! THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.
Intermountain Catholic Online: https://www.dioslc.org/icatholic As you are probably aware, the IC is now exclusively online. Please stay connected and mission ready!
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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
Homily Reflection Questions:
- How has your method of prayer changed over the decades of your life? How has your examination of conscience changed over the decades of your life? How has your use of the Sacrament of Reconciliation changed over the decades?
2 What types of spiritual guidance or direction have you sought out over the decades of your life? What were their ‘qualifications’ for guiding your spiritual journey? Who holds you accountable to the teachings of the Church?
3 For whom have you been a spiritual mentor or guide? What form did that take? How did you prepare to be a spiritual mentor?
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“Crosses release us from this world, and by doing so, bind us to God.” St. Alphonsus Liguori