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Father Joseph de Orbegozo, rector at the Cathedral of St. Andrew in Little Rock and faculty member at the House of Formation, hears confessions at the Catholic Youth Convention April 7 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Little Rock. (Collin Gallimore)

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Spirit is moving: Look at vocations in past two decades

Father Taryn Whittington, associate pastor of St. Joseph Church in Conway and an instructor at the House of Formation in Little Rock, reads about the purpose of work from the Catechism of the Catholic Church in his office at the Spiritan Center in Conway April 11. (Aprille Hanson Spivey)

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What the Catholic Church teaches about purpose for work

Seminarian Joel Brackett of St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rogers makes his rounds July 13 as a hospital chaplain this summer at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock. The 11-week Clinical Pastoral Education program draws seminarians from California, Wisconsin, Texas and Arkansas.

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Catholic seminarians accompany patients at hospital

Dr. Chris Hackett instructs propaedeutic year students, including diocesan seminarian Steven Wilson (left), Nov. 11 at St. Meinrad School of Theology in Indiana.

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Preparatory year added to diocesan seminary formation

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor opens the celebration of the All Souls Mass at Calvary Cemetery in Little Rock Nov. 2.

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Bishop Anthony Taylor celebrates annual All Souls’ Mass

Diocesan vocations director Msgr. Scott Friend stands behind broken window frames from the boarded-up back door of the House of Formation in Little Rock on Dec. 30. The house was burglarized on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, with intruders throwing rocks through a window to enter.

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House of Formation burglarized twice over Christmas

Seminarians Duwan Booker (left) and Joel Brackett chat at the House of Formation in Little Rock, where the two have been roommates. The friends met in college while teammates on the Hendrix Warriors football team in Conway. They experienced a conversion in college, studying Catholicism and growing in faith. They are both in formation to become priests for the Diocese of Little Rock in 2025.

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Hearts of two Hendrix football players moved to seminary

Deacon Joseph Friend prays during adoration at the House of Formation April 2, surrounded by fellow seminarians. Outside ministries have been suspended, leaving the seminarians to devote more time to prayer.

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COVID-19 offers challenges to seminarian formation

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Seven men join ranks of diocesan seminarians in 2019

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Rector of Cathedral joins House of Formation staff