Bulletin: Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica 11/9/25
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: November 2, 2025 Offertory: $1376; R&I: $170 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, Susie Lingwal, Mar Smothers. 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.
Rosary with Psalms of Lamentation: Fridays at 5:30 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. On 11/13 we will be discussing Session 9, The Last Things.
Building an Economy for the Common Good: Catholic Social Thought and Impact Investing livestreamed from the Georgetown University Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life. Wednesday, November 12, 500 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. MST
https://catholicsocialthought.georgetown.edu/events/building-an-economy-for-the-common-good#rsvp
2025 Fall General Assembly: Monday, November 24, 2025, 6:30 PM. This is the quarterly livestreamed Pastoral Meeting from Bishop Solis and other Diocesan Leaders. All are invited to the St. Christopher’s social to watch and participate in the question and reflection period.
Holy Hour for Vocations: We request that those attending Adoration on Thursday afternoon (4PM to 5PM) pray especially for vocations to Holy Orders and Religious Life in the Diocese of Salt Lake City.
Catholic Relief Services Gift Catalog See this link 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.
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
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
The readings today emphasize that life flows from the temple. The temple is the intermediary between the great mysterious God and the sensate world we live in. Some tradition of rituals and symbols guide our choices and behaviors in an otherwise incomprehensible world that keeps us yearning for fulfilment and oneness. We see that Jesus is the new temple where life flows from His open side and then spawns the Church. Those of us who are baptized are now the living stones that continue to build the temple which guides others, in fact all nations, to flourish in whatever times we are living in. Our active participation in the life of the Church spawn holy lives and societies that gives life to our parched world.
- 1 Cor. 3:10 “Each one must be careful how he builds upon (the temple foundation), for no one can lay a foundation other than the one that is there, namely, Jesus Christ.”
Consider the foundation of your own life through the various decades. Who guided the building process? How did you know you were building on the foundation of Jesus Christ? How have you re-evaluated the building process of your life? What measures have you taken to shore up the weaker layers of your foundation?
2 Ez. 47:9 “Wherever the river flows, every sort of living creature that can multiply shall live…”
Consider the water that has flowed out of the temple of your family. What types of new life have you provided to the world? How have you helped to purify the saltwater of the sea that it flowed into?
3 What are two reasons that Jesus so forcefully drove the money-changers from the temple?
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“If you do not hope, you will not find what is beyond your hopes.” St. Clement of Alexandria