Bulletin: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, 8/24/25

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 17, 2025: Offertory: $1406; Donations Mail: $85, R&I: $10. 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: Msgr. T. Fitzgerald, Walter Steineke, Cody Wentz, 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.

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.

3  Rights and Responsibilities The Catholic tradition teaches that human dignity can be protected and a healthy community can be achieved only if human rights are protected and responsibilities are met. Therefore, every person has a fundamental right to life and a right to those things required for human decency. Corresponding to these rights are duties and responsibilities–to one another, to our families, and to the larger society. More on Rights and Responsibilities

Next Week: (4) Option for the Poor and Vulnerable

Summer Assembly – Zoom Conference.  Parish Leaders are invited to join Bishop Solis and other Diocesan leaders to this online conference and update about our Diocesan pastoral planning.  Meet us in the social hall at 6:30 PM, Monday August 25.  All members of the parish are invited.

Relief for Gaza:  Bishop Solis has asked us to take up a special collection this weekend for humanitarian relief to the suffering masses in Gaza.  Many of you may have already donated on line to https://www.crs.org.  If you didn’t bring your checkbook, you can bring your donation to the parish during the week.  Make your check payable to St. Christopher’s Catholic Church and we will forward a parish check to Catholic Relief Services (CRS).  Catholic Relief Services is well established in the region and able to respond effectively to the crisis.

COMMUNITY PICNIC September 7:  The St. Christopher’s Knights of the Round Table are hosting a free picnic lunch for all parishioners and visitors in our social hall following the Sunday Mass.  The menu includes Hamburgers, Chili Dogs and other side dishes and drinks.  Please come and invite a friend.

“Go out to all the world and tell the Good News”:  Finding ourselves in the Founding Narrative.  The Good News is how ‘we once were lost and now are found.’  We studied our Founding Narrative in the Scriptures, especially in the Old Testament.  Soon we will embark on another study of the history of the Catholic Church and particularly our Creed.  To effectively tell the Good News, we must be well aware of our own founding nitrative.  On what foundation are we building our lives and how can we make it stronger?  Pick up a Life Review guide in the gathering space and rediscover the Good News in your life.  Also available on our website bulletin at kanabcatholicchurch.org.  

Homily Reflection Questions

1   Heb. 12:5-13.  “My son, do not disdain the discipline of the Lord or lose heart when reproved by him; for whom the Lord loves, he disciplines…”  When have you experienced the discipline of the Lord or responsible authority?  How did you ‘Make straight paths for your feet’?  How have you shared your experience, especially with young people?

2     Jn. 14:6   “I am the way, the truth and the life, says the Lord; no one comes to the Father, except through me.”  (Today’s Gospel Acclamation) See #1 above.  How would you explain this teaching to someone who is not Christian?  What does it mean to ‘come through’ Jesus?

3    Lk.13: 26-27 “You will say, ‘We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.’ Then he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers!’”  Why such a strong reaction from Jesus?   At least they showed up!  Take some time and discuss what constitutes the ‘narrow gate.’  What is required for heaven beyond showing up?  See #1 and #2 above.

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“When we are conscious to having failed and done wrong, we must humble ourselves before God, implore his pardon, and then move ahead.  Our defects should make us humble, but never cowardly.”               St. Clement Mary Hafbauer