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A Catholic You Want to Know - Page 3

A Catholic You Want to Know is a regular series in Arkansas Catholic, featuring some of the individuals and families who make our parishes tick and give back to their families, parishes and communities.

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A Catholic You Want to Know: Frank Klein

Christ the King parishioner Raymond Bertasi of Little Rock stands with bluebird houses he built as a fundraiser for Pax Christi Little Rock, a Catholic peace and social justice organization.
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A Catholic You Want to Know: Raymond Bertasi

David and Sharon Robinson, parishioners of St. Cecilia Church in Newport, have been visiting inmates at the McPherson women's prison unit for about 10 years.
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A Catholic you want to know: David and Sharon Robinson

Fran Kasemeier stands in the sanctuary at St. John the Baptist Church in Hot Springs, where she was the first female lector and continued for 40 years.
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A Catholic you want to know: Fran Kasemeier

Virginia Ricketts makes the favorite featherbed rolls at Immaculate Conception Church in Fort Smith March 3.
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A Catholic you want to know: Virginia Ricketts

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A Catholic you want to know: Deacon John Pate

Mary Shenker, a parishioner of Christ the King Church in Little Rock, takes a break from serving breakfast at the Salvation Army shelter in downtown Little Rock Jan. 13 to hug her friend Tree.
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A Catholic you want to know: Mary Alyce Shenker

Manuel Ordonez teaches Spanish II to ninth graders at Trinity Junior High School Sept. 9.
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A Catholic you want to know: Manuel Ordoñez

Jim Lockwood (center), chairman of the Knights of Columbus Council 6419 Rummage Sale, is surrounded by the sales team July 3 at Reiter Hall, the barn where rummage sales are held four weekends a year.
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A Catholic you want to know: Jim Lockwood

Susej Thompson, the pastoral music director at Our Lady of the Holy Souls in Little Rock, strums her guitar in the church courtyard June 19.
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A Catholic you want to know: Susej Thompson

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Deacon Ronald “Ron” Francis Stager, who served Deacon Ronald “Ron” Francis Stager, who served St. Anne Church in North Little Rock, died Nov. 5 following a tragic car accident. He was 73.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/11/14/deacon-ronald-stager-obituary/
Pastor Father Juan Guido told those gathered that Pastor Father Juan Guido told those gathered that 90 percent of the bones of the “Little Flower” were resting in the reliquary, an ornate chest adorned with wood-carved flowers. 

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/11/13/relics-st-therese-little-rock/
The Catholic faith is one of the richest in all of The Catholic faith is one of the richest in all of Judeo-Christianity. How can you be expected to explain and defend 2,000-plus years of Church history in just a few moments? What are the most important points to bring up? 

Arkansas Catholic spoke with clergy and lay leaders to seek advice on explaining, defending and evangelizing the faith. 

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/11/11/defending-catholic-faith-apologetics/
"... Our identity is to ultimately be rooted in th "... Our identity is to ultimately be rooted in the unconditional love our Father possesses for us," Mount St. Mary senior Oakley Wilbur writes in this Young Faith column.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/10/28/discovering-identity-in-christ/
The Ladies of Charity began in Arkansas in 2008 an The Ladies of Charity began in Arkansas in 2008 and worked closely with religious orders founded by St. Vincent de Paul, the Vincentians and the Daughters of Charity.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/11/06/marys-cradle-helping-mothers/
“We’re up to a 4.31 percent increase,” super “We’re up to a 4.31 percent increase,” superintendent Theresa Hall told Arkansas Catholic Oct. 31. “We’ve been increasing since 2020-2021. That’s when we really started increasing. Each year it was 2 percent, 2 percent, 2.5 percent, 3 percent, now we’re over 4 percent.”

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/11/05/parochial-schools-growth-arkansas/
Today was a free day in Rome but most of the pilgr Today was a free day in Rome but most of the pilgrims chose to travel to Assisi and tour the Basilica of St Francis of Assisi. They celebrated Mass at the Basilica of St. Clare. Please pray for them as they fly home Saturday!
"... Today’s pagans seek validation from us by i "... Today’s pagans seek validation from us by imposing on us laws that permit grave evils, like abortion in places where it will remain legal even after the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade," Bishop Taylor writes in this "From the Bishop" column.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/11/04/jesus-sends-disciples-message/
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