Diocese unites to support One Church

Each September a church in Arkansas is chosen to benefit from One Church: Unite Arkansas in Faith and Mission. This year’s partner is Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Magnolia, a small, but growing mission in southwest Arkansas, with one Mass in English and one in Spanish every Sunday, plus campus ministry for students attending nearby Southern Arkansas University. According to Arkansas Catholic, when the church, rectory and parish hall were built in the late 1970s, no space for classrooms, meeting rooms or offices was included. Since then, parishioners have More

Campus ministry fall retreat is Oct. 21-23

The 2022 Catholic Campus Ministry Fall Retreat will be held Oct. 21-23 at St. John Catholic Center in Little Rock. This year's retreat master is Deacon Danny Hartnedy, religion teacher at Christ the King School in Little Rock. He has been a deacon for more than 10 years, served as a spiritual director for the past seven years and has preached at retreats and been a director of silent retreats. In addition to psychology and theology degrees, he earned a master’s certificate in spiritual direction from Creighton University. He will address the theme: "I Have Kept the Faith." (2 Timothy 4: 6-7) More

Rother shrine events coming to Arkansas

Representatives from the Blessed Stanley Rother Shrine, which is being built by the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, will speak at five parishes in Arkansas next month. All are welcome to attend one of these presentations to be held Oct. 1-8 in English and Spanish. Leif Ardvinson, executive director, and Jason Spoolstra, director of pilgrimages, will speak in English and Cynthia Aranda, executive assistant, will speak in Spanish about the $50 million shrine, which is set to be dedicated in February 2023. These events are sponsored by the Faith Formation Office. For more information More