Built in 1964 on donated farm land, St. Mary of the Lake Church in Horseshoe Lake originally served farmers only during crop season. Now with eight to 10 full-time-resident families attending year-round, the tiny congregation swells with lake visitors during the summer.…
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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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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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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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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,…
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