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Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
Come, discern religious life in Rogers - Sep 27, 2024 The 2024 Women's Religious Discernment Retreat in Rogers is a free event... |
53 accepted as candidates for diaconate - Sep 20, 2024 Bishop Anthony B. Taylor accepted 53 men to candidacy for diaconate ordination... |
Deacons to recommit their service in 2024 - May 28, 2024 Bishop Anthony B. Taylor will celebrate deacon recommitment Masses in two... |
Oct. 19 2024 Women's Religious Discernment Retreat in Rogers St. Vincent de Paul Church - Rogers |
Nov. 3 - Nov. 9 2024 National Vocation Awareness Week Parishes - Nationwide |
Nov. 22 Priesthood Ordination of Brother Raban Heyer, OSB St. Benedict Church - Subiaco |
Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 National Retirement Fund for Religious Collection All Parishes - Nationwide |
Dec. 14 St. Scholastica Monastery Bake Sale St. Scholastica Monastery |
There are a lot of opinions about what the single life means in the Catholic Church, but there is no question that God is calling single people to a deeper faith and witness in the world. For more information, visit Single Life Resources.
Through our baptism, we are called to a life of holiness. God calls each of us to live this holiness through a vocation to marriage, priesthood or religious life. Some married men receive an additional calling to the permanent diaconate. Are you discerning your vocation? Do you know where God is calling you? This page offers resources to help with your discernment of a religious vocation. Have you ever considered such a calling for your life? Come and see what priesthood, religious life and permanent diaconate offers. What you learn might surprise you.
The Office of Vocations and Seminarians aids in the discernment process of those who are interested in a vocation to diocesan priesthood as well as those who have already entered a formation program. If you would like to talk with someone about becoming a priest, contact Father Jeff Hebert at (501) 664-0340. For more information, see the following resources:
Priesthood Q&A
Seminarian Vocation Stories
Steps to Priesthood
Men and women serve as religious priests, brothers and sisters in a wide variety of religious orders in Arkansas. If you are discerning the religious life and want information about the orders serving in the Diocese of Little Rock, visit the Religious Order Directory. For more information, contact the diocesan minister to religious at (501) 664-0340. For more information, see the following resources:
Religious Glossary
Religious Order Directory
How to Become a Religious Brother or Sister
Minister to Religious
Where do Religious Serve in Arkansas?
Permanent deacons assist the bishop and his priests in the celebration of Mass, the distribution of the Eucharist and by proclaiming the Gospel, preaching homilies, presiding over marriages and funerals, and through serving in various ministries and charities, both in the Church and the community. The Diocese of Little Rock offers a five-year, bilingual, permanent diaconate formation program. A new class is being formed. For more information, contact Deacon Mark Verkamp, director of diaconate formation, at (479) 965-6255.
For more information, see the following resources:
Deacon Directory
History of the Diaconate
Permanent Diaconate Formation
By Bishop Anthony B. Taylor
Heavenly Father, remind us that when we pray “Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven” we commit ourselves to do your will, whatever that may be. Free us from the temptation to do our own will rather than your will! Give those you call to the priesthood and religious life the courage to embrace your will with generosity and self-sacrificing love. Remove their fears and fill our hearts with gratitude that despite our unworthiness, you would entrust to them a role so great and necessary in your plan of salvation. Amen.
— June 2011
Come, discern religious life in Rogers - Sep 27, 2024 The 2024 Women's Religious Discernment Retreat in Rogers is a free event... |
53 accepted as candidates for diaconate - Sep 20, 2024 Bishop Anthony B. Taylor accepted 53 men to candidacy for diaconate ordination... |
Deacons to recommit their service in 2024 - May 28, 2024 Bishop Anthony B. Taylor will celebrate deacon recommitment Masses in two... |
Oct. 19 2024 Women's Religious Discernment Retreat in Rogers St. Vincent de Paul Church - Rogers |
Nov. 3 - Nov. 9 2024 National Vocation Awareness Week Parishes - Nationwide |
Nov. 22 Priesthood Ordination of Brother Raban Heyer, OSB St. Benedict Church - Subiaco |
Nov. 30 - Dec. 1 National Retirement Fund for Religious Collection All Parishes - Nationwide |
Dec. 14 St. Scholastica Monastery Bake Sale St. Scholastica Monastery |
There are a lot of opinions about what the single life means in the Catholic Church, but there is no question that God is calling single people to a deeper faith and witness in the world. For more information, visit Single Life Resources.