Bulletin: Easter Sunday 2026
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
WEEKDAY MASS THIS WEEK: TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 8:00 AM
MONDAY LAUDS, LITURGY OF THE HOURS: 8:00 AM
CONFESSIONS BY APPOINTMENT
NEXT OPEN DOOR SATURDAY
April 18, 2026 10:00 AM – Noon
NOTE: If you have a sacramental emergency after parish office hours, please call 435-673-2604 for assistance.
MASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK. April 7 to 11.
Tuesday through Saturday: 8:00 AM
Monday: Liturgy of the Hours, Morning Prayer: 8:00 AM
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is April 18, 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: March 29, 2026. Offertory: $1090; Holy Land: $245 (and counting); R&I: $10; Fifth Sunday Community Outreach: $210. Thank you!!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive Our new goal for 2026 is $11,500. As of 3/31/26, seven households have pledged $3600 with $1220 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: 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. NOT ON EASTER
| New Catholic Social Teaching Resources from US Bishops |
| 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. |
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, an initial corpus of $5000 and is intended for general parish use. The fund has now over $9000 with interest and additional donations as of 2-28-26. 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. It’s REALLY easy!
THANK YOU! To say the least. To all who have so diligently created our beautiful liturgies, especially this past week. It is indeed a luxury to have a team that works so well with minimum supervision. And thank you to all who have made the extra space in your week to attend the different liturgies and prayer times. Everyone’s participation is very important to our mission to evangelize the world.
Homily Reflection and Questions:
Today is the most important day of the year, indeed the most important day in history. Today we can say with a renewed confidence that Satan and the power of sin have no control over us. We have been liberated from whatever form of captivity or oppression we have been living under. The many extra hours we have spent in prayer over the past six weeks, especially when spent in community, have strengthened us and helped us to see more clearly the obstacles we may have between us and a fuller life in the Spirit.
The many alluring distractions and temptations we Americans have at our immediate disposal slip into our lives even while we have the best intentions. We can get trapped in ‘what is of the earth and not of what is above’ as St. Paul tells us today in his letter to the Colossians. Our fasting and extra opportunities for alms giving have helped to direct our attention to those living more desperately. There are many and we can be sure they are at the front of God’s attention. Clearly our world is not a place of peace and joy to perhaps the majority of its inhabitants. That is why our lives are so important. We ARE the Easter People.
As our first reading from Acts of the Apostles reminds us today, “Jesus commissioned us to preach to the people and testify that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead.” Since our hearts have now been freed up from what binds us, we have the ability to see more clearly the path to the peace our world needs.
1 From what type of captivity can you most convincingly claim liberation on this Easter Day? Who needs to hear your testimony?
2 In the gospel today Mary Magdeline and the other Mary left the empty tomb ‘fearful yet overjoyed.’ What is most frightening to you in knowing that Jesus has commissioned you to announce His resurrection? How will those closest to you respond? How ready is our nation to accept the resurrected Jesus and the new life to which He calls us? On our 250th anniversary, how do we best model a genuinely free people to the rest of the world?
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“Your accumulated offences do not surpass the multitude of God’s mercies; your wounds do not surpass the great Physician’s skill.” St. Cyril of Jerusalem