Bulletin: 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, 10/26/25
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 November 1, 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: October 19, 2025: Offertory: $1265; Donation Mail: $40, R&I: $25. World Mission Sunday: $502 and counting. Thank you!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive (DDD) We currently have received pledges totaling $11,425 with $10,683 paid in toward our goal of $9000. So far 16 out of 75 (?) families have participated. Thank you!! Remember we get a rebate for the amount paid in over our goal.
PRAY FOR HEALING: Michael Brydon, George Reese. 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.
The Catechism at a Glance: A Visual Overview of the Foundations of Our Faith. Each Thursday in the social hall at 5:30 PM. Sessions last about 90 minutes. More books are on order. If you can’t make it to the weekly sessions, all lessons are available online.
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
November 1 is the Feast of All Saints, but it is not a Holy Day of Obligation in 2025 since it falls on a Saturday. Please attend anyway.
November 2, Sunday, is The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed. As usual we have a binder available for everyone to write down the names of anyone whom you would like especially remembered at this Mass. The binder is located on the gathering space table.
Thank you to all the ministry leaders who kept our various ministries going in my absence.
Word Among Us Please pick a free copy of the November Word Among Us available on the gathering space table.
Sorrowful Mysteries and Lamentations will continue on Fridays at 5:30 PM. With all the violence, struggles and disappointments in our world, it’s very important to avoid isolating as a way to cope. 30% of the Psalms are Lamentations as God knows our need to grieve, complain and yet somehow end with a feeling of hope. Join us.
—-‘When the just cry out, the LORD hears them, and from all their distress he rescues them. The LORD is close to the brokenhearted; and those who are crushed in spirit he saves. The LORD redeems the lives of his servants; no one incurs guilt who takes refuge in him.’ Ps. 34:17-19,23.
—‘The Lord will rescue me from every evil threat and will bring me safe to his heavenly kingdom.’ 2Tim. 4:18.
Thank you for your generous contributions to World Mission Sunday: $502 and counting…
Homily Refection Questions
- In the Gospel today (Lk. 18:9-14) the Pharisee seems very self-righteous and presumptuous about his holiness and goodness. This leader of faith is at the time part of a culture that was stifling the very presence of God among them. He thought his well-ordered life was all that was needed for him to find favor with God. This can be a real trap for ‘good people doing good things.’
How do we personally measure our goodness? How might we be missing or stifling the personal presence of God in our lives? How might our American culture or society measure goodness and how might we stifle God’s presence?
2 ‘The prayer of the lowly pierces the clouds; it does not rest till it reaches its goal, nor will it withdraw till the Most High responds…’ Sir. 5:21 Think of when you prayed at a very low point in your life? How did God respond? How did that affect the rest of your life? How have you shared your experience with another?
3 In the second reading today from Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy (4:16) he declares, “At my first defense no one appeared on my behalf, but everyone deserted me. May it not be held against them!” When have you been deserted in your time of need? Who should have spoken up for you? What affect would their support have made in your situation? What is the current nature of your relationship with the persons that deserted you? How has this situation affected your ability to trust other people? How has it affected your ability to trust God?
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“The faith of those who live their faith is a serene faith. What you long for will be given you; what you love will be yours forever.” St. Pope Leo the Great