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Postulants follow countercultural calling in Little Rock

Sister Mary Clare Bezner, OSB, (left) shares a story with students from Christ the King in Little Rock during the May 2016 Vocations Day for Catholic school students. Brother Raban Heyer, OSB, (seated center) also talked about his life to this and other groups during the day along with priests, seminarians and members of other religious orders. Fifth graders in Catholic schools will get their own Vocations Day once again April 26, after a three-year pandemic break.

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Fifth graders to be introduced to religious vocations

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New abbot once a diocesan priest, Southern Baptist

Brother Raban Heyer, OSB, at the Monastery of the Benedictines of St. John the Baptist in Subiaco, Italy, Sept. 30. The monk from Subiaco Abbey has been in Europe since June, first studying in Assisi for a four-month Italian immersion program and now in Rome to study toward his priesthood.

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Subiaco’s Brother Raban preparing for priestly ordination

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Sister Mary Clare, OSB, elected prioress of Holy Angels

Brother Ambrose Fryer, OSB, makes his solemn profession as a Benedictine monk at Subiaco Abbey Dec. 21.

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Brother Ambrose took 20-year detour toward religious life

On Easter Sunday April 12, Gregory Allen, whose family lives by St. Scholastica Monastery in Fort Smith, plays the violin for the sisters from a safe distance on their patio.

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Religious communities running on prayers, reduced staff

Brother Raban Heyer, 29, signs his profession document, which contains his vows, on the altar during his final profession at Subiaco Abbey Dec. 22. He currently teaches and coaches at Subiaco Academy.

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Brother Raban Heyer finds perfect fit at Subiaco Abbey

During her solemn profession Nov. 25 at the Carmel of St. Teresa of Jesus in Little Rock, Sister Anu Maria, OCD, smiles at Bishop Anthony B. Taylor as he gives her the black veil while Prioress Sister Lucia Ellender, OCD, prays.

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God engineered Sister Anu Maria’s transfer to Arkansas

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Diocese celebrates religious serving Church 25 to 85 years