Bulletin: Second Sunday of Easter, 4-12-26
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 THIS WEEK: MON, TUE, WED. 8:00 AM
LITURGY OF THE HOURS, MORNING PRAYER: THUR, FRI, SAT 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 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: April 5, 2026. Offertory: $2178; Holy Land: $724 ($969 Total); Easter Envelope Offerings: $400; R&I: $180; Donations Mail: $402. 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.
| 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. (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.
“War is Back in Vogue.”: quoting Pope Leo IVX – Iran and Catholic Teachings on a Moral Foreign Policy. Consider this webinar from The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at the University of Notre Dame. Monday, April 13, 10:30 to 11:30 AM, MDT. This might help us break out of a more typical Conservative / Liberal polemic. Recall in today’s gospel that Jesus tells His disciples (and US), “As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” What message is the Mass sending us out with today and during Easter Season? How can we learn to listen to others’ perspectives with a fresh set of ears?
https://catholicsocialthought.georgetown.edu/events/war-is-back-in-vogue
Homily Reflection Questions
- What was your most memorable group experience of the Holy Spirit? How did you keep that Spirit alive in the group? What were the long-term fruits of this group encounter? (Acts 2:42-47)
- Acts 2:44 “All who believed were together and had all things in common,” Think for a moment of the people living in the immediate vicinity of your house, maybe the same block. What things could you share in common and still get everyone’s needs met? Think maybe landscape maintenance equipment, recreational vehicles and equipment, gardening resources and space.
- Acts 2:45 “…they would sell their property and possessions and divide them among all according to each one’s need.” If a group of Catholics decided to take this passage more seriously, how might they develop a new neighborhood around this Christian community model? Apply this vision to new people moving into Kanab?
- Jn. 20:21 “ As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” Jesus still sends us as the Father sent Him? “The Mass is ended, go in peace to love and serve the Lord.” What is the most frightening prospect about taking this ‘sending forth’ prayer seriously? What part of Jesus’ message are people in our culture least likely to embrace?
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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