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“The first three months, I struggled,” Father “The first three months, I struggled,” Father Ravi Gudipalli said. “It was discipline, getting up at 5:30 a.m. I slowly got used to the formation. When I was in 10th grade, my parents said, ‘Come back home. One (from a family) is enough to become a priest.’ And I said, ‘No, I want to continue.’ Then, after 12th grade, I said, ‘I want to become a priest.’”

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/05/13/father-ravi-gudipalli-jubilee-arkansas/
One evening, while Joel Brackett and Duwan Booker One evening, while Joel Brackett and Duwan Booker were studying the Bible together, Booker made a rather prophetic statement. 
“I didn’t really know my faith — I didn’t know anything about my Catholic faith hardly. We sat down together and Duwan said, ‘We are either both going to end up Catholic, or we are both going to end up Protestant.’”
A year later, Booker entered the Catholic Church, and Brackett began getting more involved at St. Joseph Church in Conway. Brackett will be ordained a priest May 31. 

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/05/13/deacon-brackett-journey-priesthood/
“They’re so positive and they’re so eager to “They’re so positive and they’re so eager to do what they need to do to reconstitute their family and their community,” Lachowsky said. “Their identity as a community is so strong … and they found St. Mary’s and they found different economic opportunities. They’re just very enthusiastic about being a part of the community.”

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/05/12/zomi-american-refugees-catholic-community/
This year’s winners were Rachel Blair, 18, a par This year’s winners were Rachel Blair, 18, a parishioner of Christ the King Church in Little Rock, and Abner Sierra, 18, a parishioner of St. John Church in Russellville.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/05/08/st-timothy-award-teen-recipients/
Marguerite Olberts, the associate superintendent f Marguerite Olberts, the associate superintendent for Catholic schools, began her school administration career in 1995 as the principal of Our Lady of Fatima Church in Benton.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/05/09/marguerite-olberts-career-catholic-schools/
As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/05/09/pope-leo-xiv-first-american-pope/
The new wing marks the third Catholic school in Ar The new wing marks the third Catholic school in Arkansas to construct a tornado-safe structure, following Sacred Heart in Morrilton in 2018 and Christ the King in Little Rock in 2015. 

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/05/01/rogers-school-tornado-safe-room/
The federal government has spent the past four mon The federal government has spent the past four months tapering off travel, statuses and paperwork for immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers, and some of the latest changes have Catholic groups across Arkansas eager to do more to support the most vulnerable. 

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/05/01/immigration-changes-catholic-groups/
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