July 1, 1911: New construction for St. Bartholomew Church and School was reported in <em>The Guardian</em> under the heading "Catholic Colored School." The church building is still home to a predominantly black congregation of about 85 families.
July 1, 1911: New construction for St. Bartholomew Church and School was reported in <em>The Guardian</em> under the heading "Catholic Colored School." The church building is still home to a predominantly black congregation of about 85 families.

As is done today, the Diocese of Little Rock collected data on the state of the Catholic Church in Arkansas and reported it for the Official Catholic Directory. The following list was published on the parishes and missions that existed in 1911 when The Southern Guardian was founded. Many churches also took care of “stations,” which were places where worship took place but not on weekends on a regular basis. About 90 stations were recorded in 1911. One hundred years later many of the places that were “stations” are now the largest parishes in the diocese.

Churches in Little Rock and North Little Rock
St. Andrew Cathedral
St. Edward (German)
Our Lady of Good Counsel
St. Patrick (Argenta)
St. Mary (Argenta) (Polish)
St. Bartholomew (Colored)
St. Ann (Levy)
Immaculate Heart of Mary (Marche) (Polish)

Chapels
Mount St. Mary Convent and College
Sisters of Charity at St. Vincent Infirmary
St. Joseph Orphanage (Levy)

Churches outside Little Rock
Altus: Our Lady of Perpetual Help with missions in Coal Hill and Denning
Arkansas City: St. Joseph with a mission in Dermott and stations in Blissville and Monticello
Atkins: Assumption
Bonanza: St. Stanislaus with missions in Huntington, Jenny Lind and Hartford and stations in Greenwood, Mansfield and Fidelity
Brinkley: St. John the Baptist with missions in Carlisle and DeValls Bluff and stations in Cotton Plant, Clarendon, Fair Oaks, Cach River, Hazen, Keevil, Hunter, Penrose, Wivillle and Wheatle
Camden: St. Louis with stations in Draughon, Felsenthal, Fordyce, Junction City, Magnolia, McNeil, Strong and Thornton
Center Ridge: St. Januarius (Italian)
Charleston: Sacred Heart
Clarksville: Holy Redeemer with missions in Hartman and Spadra and stations in Ozone and Cabin Creek
Conway: St. Joseph
Dardanelle: St. Wenceslaus (Bohemian Church)
Dixie: St. Boniface with a mission in Oppelo and station in Fourche
El Dorado: Guardian Angels
Engelberg: St. John the Baptist
Eureka Springs: St. Elizabeth with a chapel of Hotel Dien and station in Harrison
Fayetteville: St. Catherine
Forrest City: St. Francis with a mission in Wynne and a station in Marianna
Fort Smith: Immaculate Conception and St. Boniface (German)
Helena: St. Mary with stations in Barton and Glenwood
Hope: St. Augustine with a mission in Prescott and stations in Arkadelphia, Berne, Benton, Brady, Columbus, Glenwood, Graysonie, Gurdon, Malvern, Nashville, Pike City, Stamps and Washington
Hot Springs: Our Lady of the Springs and St. John the Baptist
Hoxie: All Saints with stations in Black Rock, Hardy, Mammoth Springs, Minturn, Ravenden and Smithville
Jonesboro: St. Roman the Abbot with a mission in Weiner and station in Marked Tree
Knoebel: St. Bernard with missions in Peach Orchard, Russell, Newport and Batesville and stations in Corning, Bald Knob, Olyphant and Judsonia
Lake Village: Our Lady of the Lake with a mission in Hamburg and stations in Crossett, Empire, Eudora, Lacey, Luna, Mist, Montrose, Portland, Readland and Willmot
McGehee: St. Winand with a mission in Grady and stations in Tillar, Laconia, Watson, Snowflake, Gould, Pendleton, Dumas, Lear and Douglas
Mena: St. Agnes with a mission in Foreman and station in De Queen
Morrilton: Sacred Heart
Morrison Bluff: Sts. Peter and Paul
New Gascony: St. Peter (Italian) with a station in Bauxite
Osceola: St. Matthew with missions in Huffman, Rector and Blytheville and a station in Luxora
Paragould: St. Mary
Paris: St. Joseph
Pine Bluff: St. Joseph with a mission in Sherrill, and St. Peter (Colored)
Pocahontas: St. Paul the Apostle with a mission in Noland
Quinton: St. Paul the Apostle with stations in Searcy and Heber
Ratcliff: St. Anthony with a mission in Barling
St. Vincent: Church of Perpetual Help
Shoal Creek: St. Scholastica with a mission in Prairie View
Stuttgart: Holy Rosary with missions in Gillett, Plum Bayou and Slovactown
Subiaco: St. Benedict and New Subiaco Abbey
Sunnyside: St. Lucia with a mission in Lakeport
Texarkana: St. Edward with a station in Boggy
Tontitown: St. Joseph with stations in Bentonville, Rogers, Siloam Springs and Springdale
Van Buren: St. Michael with stations in Mulberry and Winslow

Religious communities of men
Benedictine Fathers from New Subiaco Abbey in Spieilerville, Little Rock, Altus, Charleston, Clarksville, Dixie, Fort Smith, Lake Village, Morrison Bluff, Paris, Ratcliff and Shoal Creek
Fathers of the Holy Ghost in Conway and Morrilton
Josephite Fathers in Pine Bluff
Society of the Divine Word in Little Rock

Religious communities of women
Sisters of Mercy in Little Rock, Fort Smith, Hot Springs, Mena and Tontitown
Sisters of Mercy from St. Louis in Eureka Springs
Sisters of the Good Shepherd in Hot Springs
Benedictine Sisters from Shoal Creek in Altus, Atkins, Barling, Bonanza, Charleston, Clarksville, Coal Hill, Dixie, Fort Smith, Ratcliff, St. Vincent, Shoal Creek, Spielerville and Van Buren
White Benedictine Sisters of the Congregation of Mount Olive in Little Rock, Argenta, Brinkley, Hot Springs, Jonesboro, Paragould, Pocahontas, Stuttgart and Texarkana
Sisters of Notre Dame in Conway and Morrilton
Sisters of St. Rose in Hope
Sisters of the Holy Ghost in Little Rock
School Sisters of the Holy Family (Colored) in Pine Bluff

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