Leaders for the Fifth-Grade Vocations Day included Sister Siena Fisk, OSB (from left), Brother Augustine DeFoore, OSB, Sister Cecilia Nguyen, OSB, Father Henry Nguyen of the Dehonians USA, Father Mauricio Carrasco, Father Greg Luyet, Father Daniel Velasco and Deana Luyet. (Marguerite Olberts)

Vocations Day



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Students from Catholic schools across Central Arkansas attended the Fifth-Grade Vocations Day at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Little Rock April 8. They listened to Bishop Anthony B. Taylor and several men and women religious about the importance of religious vocations. The event was co-sponsored by the Catholic Schools Office and the Vocations and Seminarians Office.

Sessions were led by religious, deacons and priests around the state, as well as diocesan leaders, Sister Mickey Espinoza, MCP, Deacon Marcelino Luna, Deacon Chuck Ashburn, Father Jeff Hebert, Liz Tingquist, Tricia Gentry and Jeff Hines.

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