Bulletin: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 8/17/25
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.
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is September 6, 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 10, 2025: Offertory: $1563; R&I: $120. 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, Cody Wentz, 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.
YES! The new items are in!! 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 and 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.
2 Call to Family, Community, and Participation The person is not only sacred but also social. How we organize our society — in economics and politics, in law and policy — directly affects human dignity and the capacity of individuals to grow in community. Marriage and the family are the central social institutions that must be supported and strengthened, not undermined. We believe people have a right and a duty to participate in society, seeking together the common good and well-being of all, especially the poor and vulnerable. More on Call to Family, Community, and Participation
Next Week: (3) Rights and Responsibilities
Relief for Gaza: https://www.crs.org Catholic Relief Services is well established in the region. 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
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. One click away on our website bulletin.
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 it 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 relate something helpful about spiritual healing. “…but, only say the word and my soul shall be healed.” You can still jump in and participate at your own pace.
Life Review: Finding ourselves in the Founding Narrative. The readings today warn us that biological, national and sometimes Church relationships cannot always be relied on to bring us closer to God and the Peace He wants to bring us. At some point in our lives we need to do a thorough life review to consider which voices and relationships have really shaped our journeys. As we consider who was most and least reliable, we will notice that God was always there, but we often failed to recognize His presence or perhaps we didn’t feel strong enough to follow His will. Sample life review sheets are available in the gathering space should you feel the urge explore the guiding narratives in your life. Also available on our website bulletin at Saint Christopher’s – Catholic Church.
Homily Reflection Questions:
- Who was most instrumental in helping you understand the true meaning of your life (that you were a true heir to the Kingdom of God)? How old were you? How did you proceed?
- How do you regularly measure your personal participation in Salvation History (our founding narrative) as revealed to us in the Sacred Scriptures? How do you measure your local Church’s faithfulness to our founding narrative? Our country’s faithfulness?
- When did you feel most persecuted by those closest to you because you were being the prophetic ‘truth teller’. What was the nature of the ‘cistern’ you were thrown into? Jer. 38:6.
- What other person knows the true story of your life?
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“Arm yourself with prayer rather than a sword; wear humility rather than fine clothes.” St. Dominic