Bulletin: Palm Sunday, 4/13/25
SAINT 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
Holy Week Schedule:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 8:00 AM
Holy Thursday Mass of the Last Supper: 7:00 PM
Good Friday Liturgy – Veneration of the Cross and Communion: 3:00 PM
Easter Sunday Mass of the Resurrection: 8:00 and 10:00 AM.
NOTE: If you have a sacramental emergency after parish office hours, please call 435-673-2604 for assistance.
Our next OPEN-DOOR SATURDAY is April 19, 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: April 6, 2025: Offertory: $1292; Community Outreach Account: $540 (Altered Attitudes); R&I: $165; Mail-In Donations: $1000. Thank you!
You can also donate on-line at kanabcatholicchurch.org
Diocesan Development Drive (DDD) We currently have received pledges totaling $8310 with $3705 paid in toward our goal of $9000. So far 10 out of 73 (?) families have participated. We are making great progress. Please jump in and join the fun!!
PRAY FOR HEALING: Sherilyn Wentz, Eva Montelongo, Rob Vogel, Sergio Olvera, Suzy Lingwall, Greg Lowenberg, Donald Wilkenson. 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.
Social Hour after Sunday Mass – Coffee, juice and bagels or muffins are served up along with some fabulous conversation. NOT OFFERED ON EASTER SUNDAY.
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.
Reporting Abuse Do you know how to report 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, or at a diocesan location, you must report the alleged abuse to local law enforcement and state agencies, and you must notify the Diocesan Office of Safe Environment at (801) 328.8641, x344.
Learn More: https://www.dioslc.org/offices/safe-environment/reporting-abuse
If you have any questions or need any other help and support, please contact the Safe Environment Office at: safeenv@dioslc.org or call (801) 456.9344.
Earth Day April 22
We’re All Part of God’s Plan(et) is a national Laudato Si’ awareness and engagement campaign to educate and inspire U.S. Catholics to more fully embrace and act upon the teachings of Laudato Si’. This campaign especially encourages Catholics–from families to parishes and from universities to religious communities and businesses–to participate in the Vatican’s global Laudato Si’ Action Platform.
In the U.S., this effort is organized by Catholic Climate Covenant, which has been asked by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development to be the U.S. coordinator. Read the press release announcing the campaign. The campaign also includes the support and engagement of many other Catholic partners who together are working on engagement, outreach, programming, education, and other activities.
Learn more and get involved by visiting www.godsplanet.us
Need Help with Immigration Issues?
Check out these links from our Diocese and / or talk to Fr. Rick
https://www.dioslc.org/documents/2331.pdf English
https://www.dioslc.org/documents/2333.pdf Spanish
Bring Me Thy Pamphlet! Don’t forget the Speaker’s Corner where you can present your favorite religious message. Rather than merely lay your favorite pamphlet, magazine, bookmark or poster on one of the flat surfaces in the church, you could personalize the message in the handout and share it with the community at a prescheduled forum after Mass on Sundays. Garry’s recent presentation on his pilgrimage to Portugal was well received, inspiring and a good model of witnessing and sharing the faith journey. This is a great way to practice. See Fr. Rick for more details.
Palm Sunday Reflections:
- If Jesus were with us today in the flesh, would He still instruct us to weep for our children? What are our deepest concerns for our children? With our biological children? The children of our parish? City? Nation? The children of the world? How is Jesus calling us to be His presence for the most vulnerable children?
- What was our quickest turnaround, going from adulation and gratitude toward Jesus, only to lose faith and forget His constant mercy in our lives? When have our disappointments fostered an outright rejection of God’s presence in our lives? What brought us back?
- Jesus entered a deeply conflicted and divided world. What divisions do we still hold deeply in our hearts? How has Lent prepared us for a new way forward as one people united under Jesus Christ the King?
- The last person to speak in today’s gospel is the Roman Centurian who declared, “This man was innocent beyond doubt.” Have you ever let someone else take the blame for some error you have committed? How did you reconcile that situation? Have you ever willingly taken the blame for someone else’s error? Who was it? What was your motive? Would you do it over again?
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“The Church is like a great ship being pounded by the waves of life’s different stresses. Our duty is not to abandon ship, but to keep her on her course.” St. Boniface of Mainz