Episcopal Church in Navajoland
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P.O. Box 28 Bluff, Utah 84512
| Located 1.5 miles east
of Bluff on Utah Highway 163 Bluff is on Utah highway 191, 45 miles north of Monument Valley, AZ; 26 miles south of Blanding, UT; and 75 miles west of Cortez, CO |
| The Rt. Rev. Mark
MacDonald, Bishop of Navajoland The Rev. Dick Snyder, Vicar of the Utah Region, 435-672-2296 |
| Holy Eucharist every Sunday at 9:00 a.m. |
About St. Christopher's Mission
St. Christopher's Mission was founded in 1943 by Father H. Baxter Liebler, an Episcopal priest from Connecticut. The first building was constructed in 1943. Over its first 20 years, the mission grew to include a clinic where at least 3,000 babies were born, as well as the first school taught in the Navajo language in the Utah region of the Navajo Nation.The clinic and the school are now closed, but St. Christopher's remains a vital resource for the Navajos around Bluff. The heart of the church--like that of any church--is the worship and pastoral care that take place here. But St. Christopher's functions reach beyond that. A community garden is under construction, which will be available to all. Concerts and shows by local artists take place in the church. The old clinic building is being renovated to provide housing for the many volunteers who come to serve and worship here. A museum and gift shop are located on the mission grounds.
The mission was registered as a National Historic Site in
2003.
Nearby churches:
St. John the Baptizer, Montezuma Creek,
UT
St. Mary in the Moonlight, Oljato, AZ