Bulletin: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: 9/27/26
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
SUNDAY MASS 9:00 AM
WEEKDAY LITURGY SCHEDULE
WEEK OF Sep. 28 to Oct. 3
Mass: Mon thru Sat. 8:00 AM
WEEK OF October 5 to 10
Liturgy of the Hours, Morning Prayer: Mon. thru Fri. 8:00 AM
Mass 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.
FINANCIAL REPORT: Sept. 20, 2026. Offertory: $1359; Retired Priests $129 ($520 Total). THANK YOU!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive Our new goal for 2026 is $11,500. AND WE ARE OVER!!! As of 9/24/26 sixteen households have paid in $13,250 and $860 pledges outstanding. Remember that we get a rebate for the amount we collect over our annual goal. THANK YOU!!
PRAY FOR HEALING: Brooklyn Shay Jiron, Peyton Reiter, Sharon Montecalvo, Antonia Zaragoza, Robert Forrest, Abigail Mays, Eva Montelongo, the homebound, Our Wounded Veterans. If you have specific prayer requests, please leave us a phone message or send us an email. We will include 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 PM
Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation.
Catholic Social Teaching: Pope Leo is encouraging us all to consider the Church’s systematic approach to living out our role as a Holy People in a world of increased technological complexity. Please join us on Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 7PM as we venture into a more focused reading of Pope Leo’s encyclical Magnifica Humanitas. We will continue to discuss Chapter 3 and maybe start Ch. 4 of the encyclical. See Summary of the encyclical on our website bulletin: Summary Magnifica Humanitas EN.pdf – Google Drive
St. Christopher 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 now over $60,000 with interest and additional donations as of 7-30-26. The fund is set up as ‘Permanent Restricted’ which means the corpus stays in the fund, but the earnings are available to the parish annually as needed. If you would like to make a donation to our endowment for the long-term care of St. Christopher’s, please contact Fr. Rick for further details.
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
The Season of Creation The Season of Creation is an ecumenical initiative celebrated every year from September 1 to October 4, beginning with the World Day of Prayer for the Care for Creation. Explore how you can get involved during the Season of Creation.
See how the US Bishops and Affiliates blend Magnifica Humanitas with integral ecology. A click away on the St. Christopher’s website: https://www.usccb.org/resources/magnifica-humanitas-and-integral-ecology
I Forgot!! September 21 to 27 was National Migration Weekhttps://www.usccb.org/resources/migrationandCST Check out this link for an explanation of the Catholic principles for devising comprehensive Immigration Reform.
Prayer for Immigrants from US Council of Catholic Bishops website
Good Lord and Heavenly Father,
You love each one of your children regardless of the lands they come from.
We thank you for helping us to recognize each other as members of the same human family and as your beloved people.
We thank you because you enlighten us, encourage us, and feed us with your Word.
We pray for those that suffer due to hunger, injustice, climate change, and poverty—so that together we may find solutions to change their lives.
We pray for our countries, so that we may find viable paths for international collaboration and authentic human development.
We pray for our Church, so that we may learn to be all brothers and sisters. Thus, we ask for a humble heart that is willing to welcome, protect, promote, and integrate those who knock at our doors.
We pray this in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, who is present in our brothers and sisters, who lives and reigns forever and ever. Amen.
Homily Reflection Questions
1 Ez. 18:25 “Thus says the LORD: ‘You say, “The LORD’s way is not fair!’” When in your life have you adamantly declared, ‘The LORD’s way is not fair!’? Really? You NEVER thought that?
2 Ps. 25:8-9 ‘Good and upright is the LORD; thus he shows sinners the way. He guides the humble to justice, and teaches the humble his way.’ When has your sinfulness finally brought you to a level of humility that you were then, finally, able to follow the way of the Lord? Really? That NEVER happened to you?
3 In the second reading today from Paul’s Letter to the Philippians (2:5) he tells us, “Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus.’ If we took this advice seriously, who would guide us in such an endeavor and who would hold us accountable?
4 If you were told to ‘go into the vineyard and work’ (Mt. 21:28), what type of work would you be doing? How would you know that you were doing the type of work that the landlord (the LORD) really asked of you? What type of work would you absolutely NOT do?
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“God is a spring of living water which flows unceasingly into the hearts of those who pray.” St. Louis de Montfort