St. Norbert Church has always been a mission of a larger parish. It has never had many members, and its resources have always been limited. So when the original church, built in 1949, had to be torn down in 1981, Randy Shinabery…
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B.J. Breckenridge, 81, like many of his fellow parishioners, has been a lifelong member of St. Mary Church in McCrory. His grandparents, Ben and Mary Starman, moved to the McCrory area in 1914.…
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After the first Mass was celebrated at a home in 1976, Holy Trinity Church in England grew to construct their own church building in 1977. Today the Catholic community in England is small but close-knit.…
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Good Shepherd Church in Fordyce began as a mission in 1977, serving a small community of Catholics who found each other by word of mouth.…
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Bishop Emeritus Andrew J. McDonald will celebrate his 60th anniversary as a priest with Masses at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock Sept. 7.…
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A tiny church west of Grady in southeast Arkansas is the third structure to serve Catholics in the area over the course of 100 years. Now used only for a monthly Communion service, Blessed Sacrament Church still serves.…
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Father Thomas Keller, now celebrating 50 years as a priest, embraced the changes brought by Vatican II. He found himself among the people who took "too many liberties." A 1989 experience in Medjugorje brought him back to traditional Church teachings and a…
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In 50 years as a Benedictine priest, Father Hugh Assenmacher has been teacher, chaplain, confessor, musician, hiker and friend to several generations of students at Subiaco Academy.…
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Father Brendan Miller was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Nashville in 1983 and was happy as a pastor there for 10 years. But he felt a calling to monastic life and professed his vows as a monk of Subiaco Abbey…
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Father Gregory Mallya, CSSp, celebrated his 25th anniversary as a priest with Mass and a reception at St. Joseph Church in Conway June 8. Ordained in 1983, Father Mallya has spent his priesthood as a missionary serving in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and…
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