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Bigger and better building
Msgr. David LeSieur, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rogers, blesses the newly renovated St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry March 15 with several Society of St. Vincent de Paul volunteers on hand. (News photo)
Fighting the devil: Leaders seek training against evil
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A call to arms — to take up the weapons of the rosary and prayer — rang out at a recent international conference on exorcism in Rome. (News)
Priest: Worldwide concern, prayers help Japan
SEATTLE (CNS) — Despite the devastation caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Catholics and others there are buoyed by the support they are receiving from around the world, according to a U.S. priest who has lived there for decades. (News)
Twenty-five year employee of diocese dies March 24
Bettye Lewis Cox, a 25-year employee of the Diocese of Little Rock and member of Christ the King Church in Little Rock, died March 24. She was 81. (Obituaries)
Go to confession and receive mercy before Easter, bishops urge
LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The new archbishop of Los Angeles, in his first written message to Catholics since taking over stewardship of the nation’s largest diocese, urged Catholics to go to confession during Lent. (News)
How do you think Mary felt during the Annunciation?
“Mary had to be scared but she was a believer. She knew the consequences for a girl to be pregnant without being married, but she put God first.” (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)
Take a chance, ask God to surprise you
Hans Christian Andersen, the great storyteller, said, “Life itself is a most wonderful fairytale.” Life as a fairytale — it’s a whimsical thought, one laden with the implication that a miracle lies around every corner. (Columns)
Understand the reality of life in the Holy Land
“It is a blessing, it’s a privilege, it’s a vocation from God to live in the Holy Land,” Bishop William Shomali told the Arkansas pilgrims March 22 during an encounter at the Latin Patrichicate in Jerusalem. (Editorial)
