Bulletin: 4th Sunday of Easter, 4-26-26
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 Masses April 27 thru May 2: M, T, TH, F, S – 8:00 AM
Wednesday, April 29: Liturgy of the Hours, Morning Prayer – 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 May 2, 2026 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: April 19, 2026. Offertory: $1282. Thank you!!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive Our new goal for 2026 is $11,500. As of 4/15/26, seven households have pledged $5600 with $3220 paid in. It would be great to have a fuller participation than the 17 parishioners we had last year. More info about the purpose and use of these funds are in your mailer and the Intermountain Catholic.
PRAY FOR HEALING: Keith Lingwall, Jill Farmer, Michael Brydon, George Reese, Mar Smothers, the homebound, 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 (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.
| Seven Weeks of Easter; Seven Themes of Catholic Socal Teaching |
| Pope Leo XIV has highlighted Catholic social teaching since the beginning of his papacy. In his apostolic exhortation, Dilexi Te, Pope Leo reflected on the last two centuries of the Church’s social doctrine, calling it a “veritable treasury of significant teachings concerning the poor” (no. 83). The Holy Father notes that in implementing Catholic social teaching, the entire Church works together to address changing times and the dignity of those living on the margins of society. Catholic social teaching is a central and essential element of our faith. The Secretariat of Justice and Peace has created several new resources on Catholic social teaching, including new handouts on the Seven Themes of Catholic Social Teaching and Catholic Social Teaching Mustard Seed Commitments, as well as Catholic Social Teaching prayer cards. (One click away on our parish website). |
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
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 $8600 with interest and additional donations as of 12-30-25. The fund is set up as ‘Permanent Restricted’ which means the corpus stays in the fund, but the earnings are available to the parish 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.
Homes Missions This annual collection will be taken up next weekend. Please see enclosed flyer and offering envelope.
Catholics at the Founding. Check out this short video from the US Catholic Bishops on the state of Catholicism at the founding of our country 250 years ago. https://www.usccb.org/catholic-current/america-250-special-episode-1-catholics-and-founding 15:40 on the video stream above.
“A Catholic, yet a zealous patriot”, John Adams in referring to Charles Caroll. Charles Caroll (1737-1832) was a politician, planter and the only Catholic signatory on the Declaration of Independence. His brother, John Caroll was the first Catholic bishop in the United States.
Homily Reflection Questions
- Since Jesus, the Good Shepherd, established the Catholic Church and commissioned us to love one another as He loved us, that means of course that WE are now the Good Shepherds. How is your local parish acting as Good Shepherd in your local area? Who have you helped to shepherd back into the flock?
- Ps. 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I fear no evil; for you are at my side”. What is your greatest fear at the current time? How are you experiencing the protection of God even in the midst of your fear or anxiety?
- “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” Acts 2:40 To whom was Peter preaching? Where were they? What was the nature of the corruption in that location during the first century?
- What might be the nature of the corruption in the area where you are currently living? Locally? Nationally? Globally? Who is most effectively speaking against the corruption? What is the correction?
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“We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted, unloved and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty.” St. Teresa of Calcutta