Why am I becoming Catholic?

“I’d have to say that there was a feeling that something was missing from our spiritual lives. We were both lifelong conservative evangelicals. As the years went by, we began to notice a definite movement away from what we considered biblical and theological truth. Then when studying history, we began to realize that the early Church, the original Church, was so very Catholic. At that point, it was the true beginning. As a couple, our decision to become Catholics was definitely mutual, but we came at it from different directions. Mine was a conviction from reading history. Sue’s was from a set of experiences in visiting her sister in southern Louisiana, a very Catholic place. She realized how special and holy the faith really was.”

Charles Lewis, Candidate

“We are both very excited about our new life in the Church. Coming into the Church is not the end of our journey, but a new beginning. Neither of us has ever felt so close to the Lord. He is truly leading us by the hand.”

Johnnie “Sue” Lewis, Candidate
Christ the King Church, Little Rock

 

“My husband Wade grew up Catholic. When I met him he really wasn’t going to church, but after college he started going back to church and started to get more involved. I never grew up going to church at all, so I was kind of separated from him doing that. The more I got involved going to Mass and doing things occasionally I started to see there was some kind of emptiness inside of me that I couldn’t explain. I started to realize it was a relationship with God that I was missing. I tried joining RCIA a couple of times, but we moved around so much it never worked out timing-wise. We came back to Little Rock last May and it felt like this was time to do it. Starting RCIA, I’ve become more sure what I’m doing is what I am supposed to be doing.”

Lindsay Wolfenbarger, Elect
Our Lady of the Holy Souls, Little Rock

 

“My reason for becoming a Catholic is to be part of an organization that promotes love, family, diversity and, most of all, a dedication for Christ to be first in all aspects of our lives. Over the years I have felt Christ calling me to be a part of something bigger and the first time I visited St. Vincent de Paul Church I felt the presence of God and a calling to be part of the parish.

“St. Vincent de Paul Parish does so much for the northwest Arkansas community: supporting those in need both spiritually and financially, as well as providing basic needs to those individuals that are less fortunate in life and need support in their rough spots.

“My commitment to God and St. Vincent de Paul Parish is to give back to the community and my parish as I continue my spiritual journey as a new Catholic leading a life that my God has ordained for me.”

Joey Mixon, Candidate
St. Vincent de Paul Church, Rogers

 

“For years I had been going on and off to the Catholic Church with my husband, even before we were married. I felt as though I was just going through the motions and not really knowing why certain things were being done. Recently, I started attending RCIA. You could almost say that I was blind and now I see. This class has opened my eyes to a whole new world, a whole new Catholic world. One thing I find really intriguing is that the Catholic Church was founded by Christ. Also, all the questions I had, coming from a Protestant background, were answered without judgment and were followed up with supporting Scripture. I know that God has taken me from the darkness and shown me the light. I plan to continue to live my life in the light.”

Casey Jones, Candidate
St. Edward, Texarkana

 

“I am becoming Catholic because my wife and children are Catholic. I have two young daughters, my wife teaches Bible school at the church … I felt I wanted continuity in my household; I wanted to be the religious head of household for my children and myself. It means a lot to my wife because she was raised Catholic … We were married at St. Peter’s in 1999. I was baptized Lutheran, but I’ve always attended the Catholic Church since we were married. I thought it was time we provided a united front as far as raising our children. I was interested in RCIA and finding a deeper truth in the Catholic faith through education. With the early Church beginnings and the tradition, it felt like it was the right choice for me. My kids love it. They’re old enough to question, ‘Dad why don’t you go up to Communion?’ I tried to explain it to them but if I expect them to be a member I should also be part of the Church.” 

Irvin DeAtley, Candidate
St. Peter the Fisherman Church, Mountain Home

 

“I was born and raised Episcopalian. I married a Catholic; I’m just very comfortable in the Catholic Church. When you have a question, you have the history of the Church that can answer any question you have, it’s not just one person making an opinion on it. The spiritual growth has been incredible through the RCIA program that I never expected it to be. I started doing it for my son who is 1 now, and it turned into a very personal journey that was kind of unexpected and kind of glorious. I’m looking forward to getting to participate more than anything. That’s one of the things I was worried about because at the Episcopal church it’s open communion. I was a little edgy about that at first, I wished the Catholic Church would have open Communion, but going through the class I understand the importance of it … I look forward to being able to participate in the Eucharist. It’s an incredible honor.”

Siri Briggler, Candidate
St. Joseph Church, Conway

 

“(I am becoming Catholic) because it is answering a lot of my questions and doubts I have about Christianity. I have always been agnostic, leaning toward atheism because I did not understand. I am one of those people I have to understand to believe. I have been going to churches, and I did not understand. I am now understanding.”

Joy Anderson, Elect
Blessed Sacrament Church, Jonesboro

 

“My journey to Catholicism began in 2003 when I was faced with the reality of a divorce. In 2004 I was introduced to a group of ladies at St. Scholastica Monastery who offered me support and spiritual guidance. I spent many lunch dates there praying, meditating and seeking God’s direction in my journey. Whenever I ran across Deacon John Burns, he offered me a smile, a prayer and a hug with the sign of the cross on my back, giving me strength, courage and love.  In 2008 my son Lane was born, and in recognizing that I’m responsible for my children’s knowledge of God I knew immediately that my journey would take me to St. Boniface, where he attends school. I know that every day when I take him to school his day begins and ends in prayer. The staff of St. Boniface treats my son with loving care, discipline and a passion for teaching our children about Christ. Today I get the awesome experience of learning along with my son and of becoming a Catholic at the Easter Vigil Mass.”

Suzanne White, Elect
St. Boniface Church, Fort Smith

 




New Catholic wants to help others get RCIA formation

As a teenager, Brett Carter came to a life-impacting conclusion — God does not exist. 

“It’s easy if you don’t want to acknowledge what control you have as a human in this world. To look at famine, to look at the immigration problems we’re having now which is really a refugee problem and say, ‘How can this happen if there is a God? There can’t be a God or else this wouldn’t happen,’” Carter said. “But you have to reach a point where you say, ‘This isn’t because of God, this is because of man, because of the things we do to deny God all of this exists.’”

And little did he know he’d find that realization while watching the 1999 movie “Dogma,” deemed blasphemous by the Catholic Church. Strangely enough, it brought him back to God who would one day set him on the path to becoming Catholic. Carter will be baptized and confirmed on Easter Vigil Mass April 4, becoming a full member of the faith at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock.

“I’m looking forward to being a part of something bigger than myself,” Carter, 32, said. “It’s a global thing. It’s about being a part of that, along with the tradition and history of it all and following in the teachings of the man that Jesus sent out to build the Church.”

Even aside from being atheist for a while, Carter’s road to God has taken sharp detours. Though Carter’s parents were raised Methodist and Assembly of God, they stopped going to church after they were married.

“I was raised in a Christian family … We went to church intermittently,” Carter said.

His spirituality came from attending the Christian day camp, Family Farm, in Malvern where his mother was a camp counselor.

“It’s run by an Assembly of God family. I’d go there every summer growing up,” he said. “That’s basically where my faith started.”

But because of the “lack of real Christian foundation,” Carter said it was easy for him as a young teen to venture off into atheism. His “come to Jesus moment,” as he said, came at 17 years old watching the comedy “Dogma.” 

“I sat down to watch this movie in all my atheistic glory thinking this would be entertaining,” Carter said.

The movie, starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, is about two fallen angels who hatch a plan to get back into heaven by passing through the archway of a Catholic Church celebrating its jubilee to overrule God’s authority which would destroy humanity. Damon’s character wants no part of destroying humanity and explains how God favored them, gave them free will yet they destroyed paradise and didn’t even acknowledge him.

“That was like getting hit in the face with a sledgehammer for me. Just years of denial and everything else, it was really, really overwhelming,” Carter said. “I really felt like that was a moment where God was speaking to me through the biggest form of blasphemy I’ve ever seen in my life. That’s kind of what turned things around for me.”

He began dating his high school sweetheart Elizabeth Burba and attending the United Methodist Church.

“I started going to church with her, got involved with the youth group and it really changed my life. It put me back on the right path and kind of gave me some sort of guidance,” he said.

The couple married in 2005 in the Methodist church.

“I never converted to Methodism. I tried, but the pastor didn’t seem too enthused with bringing me into the church because I had never been baptized,” Carter said.

However, he kept attending and is involved at Highland Valley United Methodist in Little Rock, even leading a girl’s youth choir with his wife.

“Going to the Methodist church was a really good foothold into Catholicism. And I don’t mean this condescendingly, but in a lot of ways Methodists are minor league Catholics,” Carter said. “The structure of the service is almost spot-on to a Catholic service.”

Carter said he appreciated the traditional nature of Methodists, a far cry from what he witnessed while sporadically attending nondenominational and Baptist churches as a child.

“Their sermons aren’t just telling you a story from the Bible and ‘You’re going to hell,’” Carter said. “It’s here’s how it relates to life and this is how you can use it in your life.”

That positivity wasn’t just at the pulpit. Looking back, Carter said one of his first Catholic encounters was visiting a priest at the Cathedral with his now wife, who was still in high school. She had to do a paper on a different religion for a class and asked the priest if the Church thought those in remote areas would go to hell for not knowing Jesus.

“He said, ‘No, not at all. We believe that people who have lived a good life and have tried to serve others have just as much of a chance of going to heaven as someone who was born and raised in the Catholic faith,’” Carter said. “It’s one of the things I like about the Catholic Church — you have so much respect for other faiths around you.”

Around New Year’s Eve 2013, he finally committed to joining the Catholic Church.

“I went to Mass and felt like I was home. You see so many different people from so many different backgrounds, races; we’re all there for the same reason,” Carter said. “It’s just amazing, the Cathedral, the smells, the sounds. It’s really humbling. You just can’t help but have the sense that you need to surrender.”

Despite coming to the RCIA program too late to join the Church at Easter in 2014, he still attended the classes and respected the fact that he never felt forced to join the faith.

“I really like the RCIA program,” he said. “I like that they want to educate you before they send you out in the world to represent them.”

Carter said the Catholic Church will take priority when it comes to attending weekend Masses, but currently he balances both attending Mass and Methodist services. His wife and two young children have attended some Masses.

“My wife is very, very understanding and respectful of this aspect of my life and so is her family. Her and her whole family of Methodists will be coming to Easter Vigil,” he said.

Aside from his wife’s family, Carter said his grandmother, known affectionately as Mimi, has also been supportive, as well as his parents.

“She’s a very devout woman. She spends about five hours a day at a table with four Bibles in front of her and Bible study books, she’s retired now,” Carter said. “She’s very excited about it now because I’m coming in it for the right reasons … For her birthday I got her a Catholic Bible. She was so excited, she wanted to look through all those books she always heard were banned,” he said with a laugh.

Though his long road to Catholicism ends on Easter Vigil, Carter will be walking his new path in the faith by becoming a sponsor in RCIA and possibly joining the Knights of Columbus.

“It’s a way to give back to what the Church has given me,” Carter said. “It would be very easy for the Catholic faith to say, ‘OK, you’re Catholic now.’ But that they have people that have taken time out of their schedules to help me build a foundation of faith, I’d like to be able to give that back to the Church.”




Welcome, new Catholics

New Catholics will enter the Church during the Easter vigil on Holy Saturday, April 4. These 579 people have participated in their parish’s Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.

Formerly known as the catechumenate, the elect have not been baptized and have been formed in the Christian faith and life to enter the Church. During the Easter vigil, they will be baptized, confirmed and receive their first Communion.

Candidates are baptized members of other Christian churches who wish to become Catholic. At the Easter vigil, they will make a profession of faith and be confirmed and receive their first Communion.

 

Elect

Bella Vista

St. Bernard

Ann Landree

 

Benton

Our Lady of Fatima

Elizabeth Baker

Brian Bariola

Brian “Joseph” Bariola

Hannah Bariola

Kassey Beza-Juarez

Hannah Burns

Freeman “Todd” Henderson

Shaun Nichols

Richard Perry

Karla Rivera

Wendy Rivera-Guardado

Keaunna Rummel

 

Bentonville

St. Stephen

Christina Baker

Joshua Brown

Abigail Cartaya

Daniel Cartaya

Timothy Cartaya

Charles Easterling

Daryl Easterling

Bryan McEuen

Jayden Medrano

Sophia Suchara

Megan Woodmancy

 

Blytheville

Immaculate Conception

Elizabeth Grace Brasfield

Keaton Vaughn Brasfield

Lauren Brasfield

Parker Alan Brasfield

Alexander Holifield

Daniel Holifield

Gabrielle Holifield

Amber Inez McClurg

Bryan Ethan McClurg

Julian Jacob McClurg

Nathan Bryan McClurg

 

Brinkley

St. John

Kimberly Farrell

Madisen Farrell

 

Charleston

Sacred Heart

William Benjamin Cavitt

 

Clarksville

Holy Redeemer

Brett Elliott

 

Conway

St. Joseph

Lorette Adon

Emanuel Garay

Andrew Kiser

Dylan Kiser

Linda Zook

 

De Queen

St. Barbara

Jennifer Ahumada

Vanessa Ahumanda

Lorena Elizabeth Brown

Jackie Janelle Fields

Frankie Gonzalez

Hannah Marrufo

Tristan Marrufo

Cirilo Resendiz

Erika Resendiz

Jacqueline Teposotlan

 

El Dorado

Holy Redeemer

Logan Stratton

 

Fayetteville

St. Joseph

Lily Despain

Jose Diaz

Elizabeth Laguna

Isaac Martinez

Megan Marvin

Kathleen McClelland

Sophia Ryan

 

St. Thomas Aquinas

Jeremy McMurrian

Kaylee Presley

Brandon Steinke

 

Fort Smith

Christ the King

Aden Grady

Lyrik Johnson

Higinio Martinez

Ella McEntire

 

Immaculate Conception

Cash Castaneda

Joanna Ibarra

Liliana Ibarra

Adrian Mancera

Jesse Nichols

Addyson Nolewajka

Johnny Ramos

Princess Ramos

Lisa Rosales

Crystal Smith

Kaliyah Smith

Lakayila Smith

James Wood Jr.

Rhonda Wood

Elizabeth Zamora

 

St. Boniface

Brendan Alococer

Natalie Alococer

Tara Cherry

Barry East

Suzanne White

 

Forrest City

St. Francis of Assisi

Bobbie Jolene Alsup

 

Glenwood

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Juan Martin De la Paz

Mariana Guadalupe Ortiz

 

Hot Springs

St. John the Baptist

Adrian Arreola

Breanna Andrade

Felipe Andrade

Alyah Tapia

 

St. Mary

Brittany Halverson

Michelle Meeks

 

Hot Springs Village

Sacred Heart of Jesus

Ted Giraud

Junior Wilken

 

Jacksonville

Holy Family Parish

Peter Beyer

Lukas Cowen

Hollie Maynard

Nichole Reynolds

 

St. Jude

Jhery Crosby

 

Jonesboro

Blessed Sacrament

Joy Anderson

April Harlan

Harold Scott

 

Little Rock

Cathedral of St. Andrew

Brett Garlton Carter

Dylan James Holsted

Kiera Ann Viger

Shane Jeffrey Weindel

 

Christ the King

Bryan Black

Heath Cobb

Christian Davis

Auriana “Auri” Gibbons

Anna Margaret Harbison

Ian LeCrone

Heather Maxwell

Kelly McCain

Michael McCain

Tara McCain

Kathy Parrish

Eva Rector

 

Our Lady of Good Counsel

Gerogia Castle

Tessa Castle

Pamela Dailey

 

Our Lady of the Holy Souls

Jason Brown

Daytrel Herts

Zelenka Herts

Tuyen Le

Andrew Musgrove

Alissa Phan

Grace Speight

Lindsey Wolfenbarger

 

St. Edward

Christofer Dominguez

Kimberli Dominguez

Natasha Gomez

Francisca Romero

 

St. Theresa

Fany Canales

Wladimir Delgado

Jorge Omar Garcia

Emilio Mendoza

César Monzón

Kim Sullivan

Tommy Herschel Tyler

David Zavala

 

Monticello

St. Mark

Thomas McKeown

William Moore

William Richard Roberson

 

Morrilton

Sacred Heart

Rebekka Marshall

Dustin Massingill

Patricia Ramirez

 

Mountain Home

St. Peter the Fisherman

Chace Berwold

Vincente Fernandez

Natali Fernandez

Christian Fernandez

Nicole Loyd

James Leverton

Jordan Leverton

James Leverton Jr.

Jacob Smith

 

Nashville

St. Martin

Diana Elizabeth Dominguez

Erik Avlino Dominguez

Jenny Victory Dominguez

Jose Luis Dominguez

Orlando Avlino Dominguez Jr.

Veronica Michelle Dominguez

Joshua Jonathan Marcum

Cecelia M. Navanete

 

North Little Rock

Immaculate Conception

Cross Engel

Jennifer Grant

Carly Head

Emily Head

Cassie Johnson

Carrie Kimbrell

Clarence Matthews

James Ray

Tracy Wright

 

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Marche)

David Buhajla

Ronnie Davis

Blake Howard

 

St. Anne

Guadalupe Ruiz Garcia

Brittany Morado

Sabrina Patino

 

Pine Bluff

St. Joseph

Parker Holland

Gene Rhodes

Mary Ruth Rhodes

Andrew Spadoni

 

Pocahontas

St. Paul

Audrey Nicole Clark

Dalton Fain-Bennett

Joshua Sterling

Bryton Sterling

 

Rogers

St. Vincent de Paul

Jacquelin Alvarado

Isaiah Bott

Joseph Bott

Erika Calderon

Gregg Eide

Alondra Giron

Angelina Hernandez

Christopher Lemus

Wesley Lomardo

Sayra Mendoza

Brian Monson

Joaquin Morales

Josue Oseguera

Leslie Oseguera

Sherly Rivas

Diego Salinas

David Schmill

Adam White

Paige White

 

Russellville

St. John

Alexander Beck

Tina Harvey

Destiny Rojo

Anthony Salgado

Savannah Thompson

Rowdy Warren

 

Searcy

St. James

Amanda Topich

Jacob Yates

 

Siloam Springs

St. Mary

Maria Elena Bastida

Elder Ariel Mancia

Jeniffer Martinez

 

Springdale

St. Raphael

Luis Alfredo Chaves

Scott Hunter

Cameron Luper

Antonio Molgado

Fernando Morales

Maria Estela Pedraza

 

Texarkana

St. Edward

Millard Formby

Danny George

Cody Hildebrand

Carson Walthall

Jackson Walthall

 

Candidates

Altus

St. Mary

Elaine Denney

 

Batesville

St. Mary

James Eason

Andrew Gay

Wilma JoAnn Gay

Deana Warner

 

Bella Vista

St. Bernard

Sandra Alonzo

Jessieth Aranda

Jana Columbus

Ben Haley

Susan Hamann

Douglas Henry

 

Benton

Our Lady of Fatima

Hannah Bariola

Rachel Beza-Juarez

Robert “Bobby” Byington

Hannah Calderon

Amanda Couto

Ashley Gonzalez

Jovani Gonzalez

Jacob Hansen

Samuel Hansen

Anahi Hernandez

Anna Kate Jordan

Ashlyn Grace Jordan

Kandy Jordan

Rachel Lang

Patricia Quilantan

Brian Resendiz

Emily Reyes

Marily Reyes

Cindy Ticas

Tiffany To

 

Bentonville

St. Stephen

Katherine Brumley

Jenny Cartaya

Susan Coughlin

Jessie Fosdick

Amy Holder

Brian Johnson

Bill Meeker

John Nessmith

Linda Peterson

Amy Sanchez

Carlos Sanchez

Michelle Stockand

Robert Stockand

Kyle Wages

 

Clarksville

Holy Redeemer

Sandi Garland

Mandy Hilton

Joel Ostendorf

 

Conway

St. Joseph

John Altenbaumer

Siri Briggler

Heather Cordaro

Micah Cox

Brooks Joseph

Destiny Lehman

Trey Martinez

Jay Mattox

Sarah Mayorga

Jeffrey Neal

Ashley Newman

Jackie Small

 

De Queen

St. Barbara

Resendiz Abel

Bryan Alarcon

Luz Selene Alarcon

Hulber Antunez

Gerardo Ivan Buenrostro

Heriberto Cruz

Elmer Delgado

Jose Antonio Elizondo

Leonel Escalante

Adriana Laganda Figueroa

Yesenia Galindo

Aida Karla Gallardo

Alexis Gallardo

Alma Garcia

Katy Garcia

Silvia Garcia

Ashlen Alicia Gonzalez

Rylie Janelle Gonzalez

Lidia Hilario

Francisca Loaeza

Alex Alberto Martinez

David Karim Martinez

Miguel Martinez

Brandon Marrufo

Erika Mayorga

 

El Dorado

Holy Redeemer

Pam Reed

Larkin Wilson III

Robin Wright

 

Fairfield Bay

St. Francis of Assisi

Douglas Nelson

Ladell Strafaci

 

Fayetteville

St. Joseph

John DeLap

Jessica Ferrell

Jason McCollum

Chris Middaugh

Summer Middaugh

Peggy Ryan

Richard Ryan

Terry Taylor

James Vawter

 

St. Thomas Aquinas

Madelyn Blanchard

Marcus Bowles

Ellie Erwin

Amanda Fruen

Rafael Haros Jr.

Maria Lopez-Solis

Kaitlin McMurrian

Jessica Springer

Mitch Stobee

Kayla Wald

Lauren Zimmerman

 

Fort Smith

Christ the King

Carrie Childers

John “Breck” Childers

Ralph “Carder” Ferguson

James Grady

Kelly Grady

Christina “Marie” Holland

Lillian Howerton

Samantha Layes

Morgan Seubold

Dawn Turner

 

Immaculate Conception

Meredith Akins

Nicholas “Nick” Akins

Mary Allen

Crissy Benton

Tra-Millia Calloway

Shelia Catsavis

Adelaide Coleman

Allyn Donaubauer

Natalie Donaubauer

Judith “Judy” Englehart

Michelle Kaiser

Ella Pennington

Joseph “Joe” Pennington

Neil Pennington

Neil Owen “Owen” Pennington

Karla Reedy

Richard “Rick” Reedy

Alanna Stanton

Kristen Vines

Joseph Wesley

John Williams

 

Glenwood

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Miguel Ayala

Oscar Mendoza

Alejandro Ortiz

Joan Trejo

 

Hot Springs

St. John the Baptist

David Hafer

Barbara Niemerg

Judith Sullivan

Jonathan Townley

Carol Lynn Willingham

 

St. Mary

Beverly Gorman

Ken Kalahiki

 

Huntsville

St. John

Sabrina Rivera

 

Jacksonville

Holy Family Parish

Edith “Edie” Aloway

Jason Cast

Gilbert J. Ramos

Matthew Thompson

 

St. Jude

Ray Benton

Katherine Chaisson

Diana Estrada

West Great

Jocelyn Kennedy

Matthew Kennedy

Mike Lehman

Janelle Noel

 

Jonesboro

Blessed Sacrament

Kaitlyn Brodell

David Bufkin

Charlie Crosby

Connie Davidson

Paige Gilbert

Kathleen Taylor Gunn

Diana Howard

Anna Kaloghirou

Dean Massey

Sarah Jane Nichols

Sherrie Patrick

Cord Rapert

Kathy Scott

Michelle Strommer

 

Lake Village

Our Lady of the Lake

Courtney Danielle Bandy

Laura Elizabeth Vetrano

 

Little Rock

Cathedral of St. Andrew

Eugene “Gene” Ladner Crouch

Mona Jo Fulmer

Aaron Perry Hargis

Jamal David Hockaday

Adam Lawson Holsted

Abigail Rose Hudspeth

Blakely “Blake” Collins Johnston

Ladonna Jeanny Stogner

Michelle GloriaDawn Malchaski

Ryan Kendal Thornton

David Randall Van Den Berg II

 

Christ the King

Amanda Butler

Charles Davidson

Lester Frank

Lisa Gibbons

Maccall Gilmartin

Sara “Lile” Harbison

Stephen “Casey” Harbison

William “Will” Harbison

Javas “Bo” Leavy

Melissa LeCrone

Charles Lewis

Johnnie Lewis

Krista “Courtney” Marks

William Mathieu

Gala Norwood

April Null

Eliza Null

Kenneth “Clay” Null

Richard Redus

Thomas “Mark” Singleton

Matthew Smeds

Vivian Tolentino

David Wardlaw

Mary Frances Wardlaw

 

Our Lady of Good Counsel

Cammie Baker

Jasmine Brathwaite

Josephine Nyangweso

Clyde “Sonny” Scott

 

Our Lady of the Holy Souls

Chris Colclasure

Lauren Hamilton

Zelenka Herts-Gibson

Abby Hill

Theo Howard

Charles Magill

Regina Magill

Michael Marchand

Jennifer Murley

Sydney Neel

Jean Noell

John Reed

Janet Wilcox

 

St. Bartholomew

Sabra Miller

St. Edward

Cesar Gomez

Denisse Gonzalez

Gabriela Gonzalez

Tomas Lopez

Clarisa Velázquez

 

St. Theresa

Charles Terry Hilliard

 

Monticello

St. Mark

Kelly Brown

Rob Ellis

Ken Judd

Marilyn Judd

Eric Phillips

Charlotte Jean Roberson

Howard Wells

 

Morrilton

Sacred Heart

Chelsea Andrews

 

Mountain Home

St. Peter the Fisherman

Irvin DeAtley

Hope Kornegay

Olivia Wolfe

 

North Little Rock

Immaculate Conception

Heather Buckaloo

Jeff Buckaloo

Jane Burton

Phillip Butterfield

Abby Carman

Grace Carman

Jackson Carman

John Carmical

Kaitlyn Carmical

Brad Cartwright

David D’Amato

Rebecca Dewstow

Michael Dupslaff

Dawn Fenton

Belinda Graves

Ray Graves

Brandy Head

Stephen Head

Taylor Head

Whitney Malham

Ricky Manous

Greg Meriwether

Michael Miller

Madison Morrissey

Marla Morrissey

Jessica Phillips

William Roberson

David Taliaferro

 

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Marche)

Jennifer Davis

 

St. Anne

Juan Alvarez

James “Jim” Barnett

 

Paragould

St. Mary

David Ray Goodson

Lourdes Hernandez

Adam Bedford Long

 

Pine Bluff

St. Joseph

Michael Calvert

Charlotte England

David Holland

Suzy Holland

Jeri Holland

Tyler Mitchell

 

Pocahontas

St. Paul

Bobby Wayne Blackmon

Glen Stuart Blalock

Malorie Brooke Bloyd

Scott Brown

Rhonda Difani

Daniel Honeycutt

Matthew Ammon Lamb

Aubry Lissette Lange

Karen Ann O’Gara

Jeremy Ray Stout

 

Rogers

St. Vincent de Paul

Samantha Bott

Julie Burkhart

Mackenzie Burkhart

Owen Drish

Joey Mixon

Eric Scott

Donald Spann

Starry Taylor

 

Russellville

St. John

Darrell Thompson

Peggy Thompson

 

Searcy

St. James

Edward Seaton

Robert Terry

 

Siloam Springs

St. Mary

Fernando Sanchez

 

Slovak

Sts. Cyril and Methodius

Tarryn Wright

 

Springdale

St. Raphael

Mayra Alvarado

Hector Barron

Luis Enrique Casillas

Veronica Castro

Adelfa Garcia

Tania Herrera

Jacob James

Margarita Martinez

Teresa Pacheco

Jared Parr

Mishell Quintero

Miguel Salgado Jr.

Nicolas Sierra

 

Stuttgart

Holy Rosary

Jonathan Bain

Sarah Berg

Kara Womack

 

Subiaco

St. Benedict

Ryan Davis

Christina Schluterman

 

Texarkana

St. Edward

Casey Jones

Alton Murray

Daniel Seiler

 

Tontitown

St. Joseph

Bryan Denton

Eric Hall