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Lent: Emptied to fill

Devotion can be more than just obeying Lenten rules; it can open us to God’s greater gifts. Learn more about the Lenten tradition of fasting, its guidelines and some unique fasts to take this season. Read about Almsgiving and Lenten activities throughout the diocese of Little Rock, including Stations of the Cross, fish fries and penance services. 

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Parishes hold activities to observe the Lenten season

A pedestrian gives money to a homeless man outside St. Francis of Assisi Church in New York City. Almsgiving, donating money or goods to the poor and performing other acts of charity, is one of the three pillars of Lent.
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Almsgiving: An overshadowed Lenten pillar

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Lenten guidelines for fasting, abstinence

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Top Catholic media to read and listen to during Lent

Deacon Tim Costello stops for a photo at a scenic overlook Feb. 14 near San Miguel del Milagro in Mexico where St. Michael appeared to Diego Lazaro. Deacon Costello began his fast in January and maintained it during his pilgrimage to Mexico.
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Take a fast from food, social media, even hot showers

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Since the election of the first U.S.-born pope, hi Since the election of the first U.S.-born pope, his 75-year-old childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, has become a tourist attraction and even a place of pilgrimage.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/07/14/pope-leo-xiv-childhood-home-renovation/
Just over half of U.S. adults, or 52 percent, say Just over half of U.S. adults, or 52 percent, say they favor allowing public school teachers to lead their classes in prayers “that refer to Jesus,” while 46 percent of adults say they oppose it, according to an analysis from the Pew Research Center in Washington.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/07/02/christain-prayer-teacher-led-public-schools/
Dominican Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Su Dominican Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, who moderated the press conference, told CNS the series is a “great gift” for Catholics because it offers an opportunity for engagement and genuine conversation.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/07/03/vatican-hosted-screening-the-chosen-series/
Since May, Mark Jechura has brought relics of St. Since May, Mark Jechura has brought relics of St. Damien and St. Marianne, as well as a piece of wood from a tree planted on topside Molokai by St. Damien, to sites across the mainland — from Arkansas to Washington, D.C. — on what he has named the Tree of Hope Tour.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/07/10/relics-st-damien-marianne-visited/
On July 19, after months of preparation, Dr. Jim G On July 19, after months of preparation, Dr. Jim Gorman, an obstetrics and gynecology physician in Fayetteville, will leave the area he has called home for 28 years to embark on an unexpected second act in his life. 

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/07/11/physician-joins-military-at-63-fayetteville/
“Hope is a promise. It is not a prediction. Plac “Hope is a promise. It is not a prediction. Placing our trust in Christ’s promises helps us focus on the known," Father Joseph Friend said. "We can confess our hope without wavering. … Hope is for the poor and humble. … Hope makes you a protagonist.” he said.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/07/09/jubilee-year-hope-event/
Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women Since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision was issued June 24, 2022, 12 states have banned abortion, while another six limit it at some point between six to 12 weeks gestation.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/07/04/abortion-laws-vary-across-us-states/
The diocese’s School of Spiritual Direction rest The diocese’s School of Spiritual Direction restarted in 2023 after a seven-year hiatus. The goal is to help students grow in their faith so they can help others do the same.

https://arkansas-catholic.org/2025/06/27/spiritual-direction-return/
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