2016 Religious Jubilarian Day

Saturday, Sep. 17, 2016

Location: Our Lady of the Holy Souls Church
City: Little Rock
Contact: Sister Joan Pytlik, DC
Phone: (501) 664-0340, ext. 384

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor will celebrate Mass at noon to honor religious men and women who are celebrating special anniversaries in religious life in 2016. This daylong event also includes a presentation, prayer, workshop and lunch. This year, the presentation is: “Islam in the Year of Mercy." The presenters will be Imam Mahmoud al-denawy of the Islamic Center of Little Rock, Alaa Eldamaty, vice president of Islamic Center of Little Rock, and Sophia Said, program director of the Interfaith Center at St. Margaret Episcopal Church, Little Rock. Registration opens at 9 a.m. A tour of the Islamic Center will be lead at 2:30 p.m. Religious attend for free. The cost for all others is $10 a person, which includes the presentations and lunch. Register by Sept. 3. Download and return the registration form to the address provided. For more information, call Sister Elise Forst, OSB, at (479) 783-4147. This event is sponsored by the Diocesan Council of Religious and Sister Joan Pytlik, DC, diocesan minister for religious.