Sacred Heart Church in Foreman is the direct descendent of a Catholic community active since 1845 in what was then called Rocky Comfort. Today the small parish has 17 households and is growing.…
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Father Raymond Rossi has been a priest for the Diocese of Little Rock for 50 years. On June 1, family and friends came to Mass in Center Ridge to celebrate his anniversary.…
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St. Joseph the Worker Church in Corning is a small, close community and the only Catholic presence in Clay County. Thanks to a sizable bequest and generous support from parishioners, the church is able to support itself and give money to Catholic…
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St. Leo the Great Church in Hartford has a long tradition of stewardship, which is alive and well today despite an aging congregation.…
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From a full chapel when the parish was established in 1991, participation at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church is down to about 30 active members as Ashdown’s population has dropped and jobs left the area. But parish life goes on, with baptisms,…
« read »During his 50 years as a Benedictine of Subiaco Abbey, Father Camillus Cooney has taught, pastored, planned and directed a performing arts facility -- and moved 7,000 miles to help found the missionary St. Mukasa Monastery in what was then eastern Nigeria.…
« read »Decades of teaching and pastoral ministry bring many fond memories and friends to Father Victor Gillespie, OSB, on his 50th anniversary of ordination. Forced by illness to retire in 2005, he remembers difficult times with no regrets and treasures his life in…
« read »Looking back on 50 years of teaching and pastoral ministry, Benedictine Father Denis Soerries particularly values the give-and-take of community and work with children, who he says are "like creation in slow motion."…
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Since 1946, Father Joseph Enderlin worked hard building the Church in Arkansas as ’an an instrument in God’s hands.’ Since retiring in 2004, he continues to minister through prayer.…
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Ordained in 1981, Msgr. Scott Marczuk has taken on many roles in the diocese, from pastor to judicial vicar to ’tour guide, curator, historian, media relations coordinator and behind-the-scenes production manager’ as rector of the Cathedral of St. Andrew.…
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