Taste of Faith dinner draws a big crowd to Little Rock

Msgr. Scott Friend, director of the diocesan vocations office, collects tickets for a prize drawing during the Taste of Faith dinner in Little Rock.
Msgr. Scott Friend, director of the diocesan vocations office, collects tickets for a prize drawing during the Taste of Faith dinner in Little Rock.

Nearly 600 turn out to raise money for diocesan seminarians’ educational expense

Dwain Hebda , Associate Editor
August 18, 2013
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Seminarian Guillermo Caballero serenades the crowd in Spanish during the Taste of Faith dinner in Little Rock. Dwain Hebda photo
Seminarian Guillermo Caballero serenades the crowd in Spanish during the Taste of Faith dinner in Little Rock. Dwain Hebda photo
Msgr. Scott Friend welcomes the crowd of nearly 600 in attendance. The Aug. 10 event grossed $220,000 in donations. Dwain Hebda photo
Msgr. Scott Friend welcomes the crowd of nearly 600 in attendance. The Aug. 10 event grossed $220,000 in donations. Dwain Hebda photo
Stephen Gadberry lends some harmonica to fellow seminarian Guillermo Caballero's guitar playing after dinner. Dwain Hebda photo
Stephen Gadberry lends some harmonica to fellow seminarian Guillermo Caballero's guitar playing after dinner. Dwain Hebda photo
The band, made up entirely of seminarians, brought the crowd to its feet with a rollicking rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In". Dwain Hebda photo
The band, made up entirely of seminarians, brought the crowd to its feet with a rollicking rendition of "When the Saints Go Marching In". Dwain Hebda photo

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The Taste of Faith dinner held Aug. 10 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Little Rock attracted 567 people from across the state. This is the fourth year for the event, which supports diocesan seminarian education. A similar event in northwest Arkansas is in its third year. Among those addressing the crowd were Msgr. Scott Friend, director of the diocesan vocations office, shown here collecting tickets from guests for a drawing held at the end of the evening. Bishop Anthony B. Taylor also spoke, as did seminarians Stephen Gadberry and Luis Miguel Pacheo. Seminarians provided musical entertainment at the event, which grossed $220,000 in donations.

Dwain Hebda

You can see Dwain Hebda’s byline in Arkansas Catholic and dozens of other online and print publications. He attends Our Lady of the Holy Souls Church in Little Rock.

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