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Celebrate Catholic schools Jan. 25-31
Each winter, Catholic schools nationwide celebrate Catholic Schools Week. This year, it is being held Jan. 25-31, marking the 41th anniversary of the observance. The theme: "Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service," notes the values at the heart of a Catholic education. First, schools are small communities of faith within the larger community of home, church, city and nation. Second, faith, knowledge and service are the measures by which any Catholic school should be judged. Schools nationwide observe the week with special Masses, open houses and other activities for students, families, parishioners and the community. To learn how Catholic schools in Arkansas celebrate this week, read the Catholic Schools Herald in this week's Arkansas Catholic. ... More
Pacheco to be ordained a deacon
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor will ordain Luis Miguel Pacheco to the transitional diaconate on Wednesday, Dec. 17 at St. Theresa Church in Little Rock. The 6:30 p.m. Mass will be followed by a reception in the parish hall. He will serve at his first Mass as a deacon at St. Theresa during the 11 a.m. Mass in English and the 1 p.m. Mass in Spanish on Sunday, Dec. 21. Pacheco is currently serving a pastoral year at Immaculate Conception Church in North Little Rock in preparation for ordination to the priesthood on May 28, 2016. He is the son of Miguel Pacheco and Pascuala Calero of Telixtac, Morelos, Mexico. To learn more, read or listen to his vocation story. If you wish to contact him to congratulate him or assure him of your prayers for his continued discernment of priesthood, please e-mail him. ... More
Sidler to be ordained to priesthood
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor will ordain Deacon Jack Sidler, Sr. to the priesthood on Saturday, Dec. 20 at St. Benedict Church on the grounds of Subiaco Abbey. The 10 a.m. Mass will be followed by a reception. He will celebrate his first Mass at Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Barling on Sunday, Dec. 21 at 10 a.m. Father Sidler will become the new associate pastor at Christ the King Church in Little Rock on Jan. 1. Sidler recently graduated from Sacred Heart School of Theology in Hales Corners, Wis. with a degree in theology. He is a member of Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Barling. He began his discernment of the priesthood after the death of his wife in 2008. The retired father and grandfather became a seminarian for the Diocese of Little Rock in 2011. ... More
Collection for retired religious Dec. 6-7
The 27th national collection for the Retirement Fund for Religious will be held Dec. 6-7 in the Diocese of Little Rock. The annual, parish-based appeal is coordinated by the National Religious Retirement Office (NRRO) in Washington and benefits more than 35,000 senior Catholic sisters, brothers and religious order priests. Last year, the Diocese of Little Rock contributed $147,174.24 to this collection. In 2014, the Benedictines at St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith and Subiaco Abbey, Discalced Carmelite nuns and the Olivetan Benedictine sisters received financial support made possible by the Retirement Fund for Religious. ... More
Prepare the way of the Lord during Advent
Advent is a four-week season of joy, anticipation and repentance to prepare for the coming of our savior, Jesus Christ. The word "advent" comes from the Latin "adventus" which means coming. It begins on Nov. 30 and continues through Dec. 24. We are invited to reflect on the wondrous mystery of our Savior's birth and his coming again in glory at the end of time. To learn more, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, nos. 524-528 or visit our 2014 Advent Resource Guide. Advent also marks the beginning of the liturgical year in the Catholic Church. Unlike the secular year, which marks the passage of time, the liturgical year celebrates the sacred mysteries of the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. The Christmas ... More
Pastoral appointments announced Nov. 14
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor recently announced the following pastoral appointments: effective Oct. 23 — Deacon William L. Friedman is excardinated from the Diocese of Dallas and incardinated into the Diocese of Little Rock; effective Nov. 10 — Father Vincent Flusche has resigned from priestly ministry; effective Nov. 14 — Father John C. Wakube, AJ, appointed temporary administrator of Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Little Rock and relieved of his responsibilities as associate pastor of Christ the King Church in Little Rock; ... More
Three seminarians awarded scholarships
Vocations director Msgr. Scott Friend said the scholarships represent an honor for the Diocese of Little Rock because the Knights usually give only one scholarship in each diocese.... More
Diocese to get three sisters from Mexico
Three sisters from the Catholic Teachers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Maestras Católicas del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús) religious order will begin their ministry at St. Augustine Church in Dardanelle and St. John Church in Russellville in January. Bringing the Mexican order to the Diocese of Little Rock was made possible through the Catholic Extension’s U.S.-Latin American Sisters Exchange Program. The program is funded by an initial $3 million grant from the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. The program will span five years and involve 10 Latin American congregations, sending more than 30 women religious to dioceses throughout the United States. ... More
