Pro-life issues continued to be highlighted on the pages of The Guardian in 1977 and 1978.…
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Arkansas Catholics opened their hearts to Vietnamese refugees at Fort Chaffee, imitating the pope’s call for peace through supporting life.…
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The tragedy of abortion took center stage during 1971-1973, while Arkansas Catholics received a new leader to guide them.…
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Peace, violence, birth control, abortion and a changing society were news of the day for Arkansas Catholics between 1968 and 1970.…
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The focus of the world on modernity took center stage in the 1965-1967 issues of The Guardian with closing of the Second Vatican Council and Pope Paul VI’s call for peace and morality.…
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The Second Vatican Council captivated top coverage before it convened in 1962 and throughout the three sessions held during 1962-64.…
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Following the 1957 crisis at Central High School in Little Rock, race relations continued to be a topic of articles and editorials in The Guardian.…
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As The Guardian began to take on a more modern appearance in the 1950s, changes included more photos and investment in a new press to double the number of pages that could be printed each week. St. Vincent Infirmary moved into a…
« read »Bishop Fletcher and 17 Arkansans made a pilgrimage to Rome in June and July 1950 for the Holy Year. At the same time, the Korean war began and hundreds of Europeans displaced in the aftermath of World War II were resettling in…
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While Bishop Albert Louis Fletcher was ordained to the episcopacy and installed as an auxiliary bishop in 1940, it wasn’t until the formal ceremony in 1947 that the diocese officially had its fourth bishop.…
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