Since becoming an affiliate office of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services in January, the Refugee Resettlement Program has resettled four families with a total of nine refugees. After vetting by the U.S. State Department, they received…
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The Catholic Charities Medical Clinic is looking for volunteers as it continues to serve Arkansas as it has done for more than 53 years. The clinic’s medical professionals and volunteers advance the mission to provide free primary care medical and pharmacy services…
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During tax season, Arkansans have an opportunity to give back to their community when filling out their state income tax form. The Arkansas Children’s Catastrophic Illness Grant Program, better known as the Baby Sharon Fund, gives out monthly grants to families with…
« read »Subiaco Abbey announced Feb. 23 that Brother Ambrose Fryer, OSB, was removed from active ministry. Abbot Elijah Owens, OSB, said in a statement posted on countrymonks.org, “In recent months Brother Ambrose Fryer had been experiencing anxiety and stress due to what he…
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Parishes are hosting Stations of the Cross, Lenten meals and missions for Lent to enrich parishioners’ faith lives. Contact the parishes for more details. Batesville St. Mary Stations of the Cross, 6 p.m., every Friday during Lent; Lenten Lunch Service, noon, Feb.…
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Sister Stephanie Schroeder, OSB, a sister at St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith for 66 years, died Dec. 7. She was 91. Born Sept. 25, 1932, in Windthorst, Texas to Ben and Sophia Humpert Schroeder, she was named Florentine Lucy. Sister Stephanie…
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Sister Marya Duscher, OSB, a member of Holy Angels Convent for 45 years, died Jan. 25. She was 74. Born May 3, 1949, in Redwood Falls, Minn., to James and LuVerne Duscher, she was born Mary Katheryn. Sister Marya graduated from St.…
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Sister Verónica Figueroa Sanchez, MCP, a Missionary Catechist of the Poor for 26 years, died Jan. 31. She was 56. Born in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, Sister Verónica entered the order Aug. 7, 1994, made her first profession Aug. 16, 1997, and made…
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Catholic Charities of Arkansas’s Refugee Resettlement Office has a new status and new challenges that come with it. On Jan. 1, the office transitioned from a community partner to an affiliate office with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and…
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