Bulletin: Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, 11/2/25

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 15, 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 26, 2025: Offertory: $1186; Donation Mail: $25, R&I: $10.  World Mission Sunday: $613 Total.  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, 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

Rosary / Sorrowful Mysteries with Psalms of Lamentations: Fridays at 5:30 PM

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.

Catholic Relief Services Gift Catalog See the link on our website for some great Christmas ideas. www.kanabcatholicchurch.org

The Word Among Us   Please pick up a complimentary copy of the November Word Among Usavailable in the entrance and the gathering space.

Pope Leo IVX’s New Challenge and Moral Leadership on Poverty, Work and Artificial Intelligence from the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. https://www.youtube.com/live/k4srdfOWQgs   Starts at about 24.12 (Per Fr. Rick: a little weak in specifics, but worth a listen to the process).

Catholic Relief Services:  Consider a gift to help the relief efforts in Jamaica and Haiti.  www.crs.org

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  

National Vocation Week   Nov 2 to 8.  Following Prayer from Diocesan Office of Vocations

Jesus, Lord of the harvest, look with love on this portion of your vineyard. Bless the Diocese of Salt Lake City with more priests, deacons, religious, and married couples to serve your people. Through the intercession of Our Lady, the Virgin Mary, inspire many men and women to open their hearts to respond generously to your call.  Amen.

Register for Climate Change and Migration webinar: Stand in solidarity with the One Church, One Family campaign! Catholic Climate Covenant invites you to join us on Wednesday, Nov. 5th at 10 a.m. (MST) for an online conversation on “Climate Change and Migration: Two Interconnected Crises.”

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CxuMUHIRRkCedfAy0JFliA#/registration

Local Food Support – St. Christopher’s maintains ongoing contact with the Kanab Care and Share Food Bank and is ready to make a substantive donation as is needed.  We will request more parish donations as needed.

Statewide Food and Family Support:  Catholic Community Services of Utah, https://ccsutah.org/

Homily Reflection Questions

1   Rom. 6:5-6.  “For if we have grown into union with him through a death like his, we shall also be united with him in the resurrection.  We know that our old self was crucified with him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin.”

When did this happen in your life?  When did you most definitively begin a major LIFE change by crucifying your old self?  What was the nature of the new life you have experienced?

2   Wis. 3:6 “As gold in the furnace, he proved them, and as sacrificial offerings he took them to himself.”  When have you witnessed or accompanied someone through a long-protracted illness or disability?  How did the suffering person change over this period?  How were you inspired or changed?  How did your understanding of this experience change over time?

3   Jn. 6:40  “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”  What is the operative point in this statement?  What is really necessary to be raised on the last day?

4   Ps. 23:4 “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me;” What was the darkest moment of your life when life as you had known it seemed to be over?  How did you experience God’s presence and strength at that time?  How has that very dark period provided a sense of hope for you and for others?

5   For which of your deceased loved ones do you pray the most?  What do you think has been the effect of your prayers?

—————————————————————————————————————- “He did not say: You will not be troubled; you will not be tempted; you will not be distressed.  But He said:  You will not be overcome.”  St. Julian Norwich