Bulletin: 3rd Sunday in Lent, 3/23/25
SAINT CHRISTOPHER 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.
Portugal Pilgrimage: Don’t forget to join us after Mass for a short presentation by parishioner, Garry Domis, who will be sharing some stories and photos from his recent pilgrimage to Portugal. All are invited for some refreshments and the presentation.
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is April 5, 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: March 16, 2025: Offertory: $2005; Donations Mail: $240; R&I: $65. Thank you!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive (DDD) We currently have received pledges totaling $6260 with $3205 paid in toward our goal of $9000. So far 9 out of 73 (?) families have participated. Thank you and please jump in and join the fun!!
PRAY FOR HEALING: Sherilyn Wentz, Brenda Cain, Eva Montelongo, Sergio Olvera, Jenni Bistline, Suzy Lingwall, Greg Lowenberg, Selma Sierra. 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 from 4 to 5:00 PM.
Stations of the Cross: Fridays during Lent at 6:00 PM.
Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation. Everyone is invited.
Religious Items: 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 sale items.
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Please give us ALL your money. Since alms giving is a special part of the Lenten season, Holy Mother Church again offers you a number of extra opportunities to bask in the Lord’s riches while sharing your own.
The following special annual collections will be solicited in March and April.
3/30 Catholic Relief Services – Next Sunday
This year the need is particularly urgent. CRS has recently lost hundreds of millions of dollars in grants that the Federal Government has slashed in its USAID program. Those cuts have seriously compromised CRS’s ability to offer international aid to those in need. Please consider giving up some of your frequent creature comforts and offering the money to the CRS and Rice Bowl Programs this Lent. Next Week.
4/13 Holy Land Collection
Rice Bowl: Collect your spare change (and $50 bills) during Lent, deposit in your very own personal rice bowl, submit to the parish to be donated to Catholic Relief Services. Bowls are available on the table in the gathering space.
Diocesan Development Drive (DDD) We are now accepting donations for the 2025 drive. You can donate online at https://www.dioslc.org/ddd making sure to select St. Christopher’s in the dropdown menu. If you need any other assistance making your donation, please contact Fr. Rick. Our goal this year is $9000. Thank you in advance for all your extraordinary generosity.
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Unlocking the Mystery of the Bible. We will be meeting again this Wednesday at 6:00 PM and covering Session 8, Messianic Fulfilment, The Church, and Continuing the Journey.
SEEK Conference Replay: The recent National Seek Conference held in Salt Lake City has offered, for free, the video and audio recordings of the Keynote Addresses and more. See the links below. I would recommend especially #282 and will suggest others in coming weeks.
https://seekreplay.com/audio/282 Wes Ely, Catholic Medical Association: Faith, Medicine, and Finding the Lord.
Lenten Message on Abortion and Healing. Bishop Daniel E. Thomas of Toledo, Chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities issued a message in advance of Lent: “I pray that God plants a seed of hope in every heart that is overwhelmed by sadness and despair from participation in abortion. This Lent, the Lord’s mercy awaits you. Allow Him to heal you and lift your sadness into joy.”
The Scrutinies which are celebrated during the Period of Purification and Enlightenment take place during the third, fourth and fifth Sundays of Lent. These special blessings have “the double purpose to reveal what is weak, sick and sinful in the hearts of the elect so that it can be healed; and what is honorable, strong and holy so that it can be strengthened. The Scrutinies are set forth to purify minds and hearts, to fortify against temptations, to convert intentions and to awaken the will so that the elect may cling closely to Christ and pursue more vigorously their desire to love God. The Scrutinies include a Rite of Exorcism whereby the Elect are set free from the effects of sin and from the influence of the Devil; they are strengthened in their spiritual journey, and they open their hearts to receive the gits of the Savior.” (Paragraph #141, Order of Christian Initiation of Adults).
This year we have one Elect, Burke Roberts, who will receive the Sacraments of Initiation during the Triduum Celebration.
Homily Reflection:
- When have you ever been caught in a lie or a half-truth and were treated with a level of mercy that changed your life?
- When have you caught another person in a lie or half-truth and you were able to offer a mercy that changed their life?
- Although Jesus was (is) God, He did not judge the woman at the well, but rather applied which three Spiritual Works of Mercy in His confrontation?
- Name one time when your encounter with Christ compelled you to go tell your friends about the graces received.
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“How could I bear a crown of gold when the Lord bears a crown of thorns and bears it for me?!”
St. Elizabeth of Hungary