Bulletin Resources
The following briefs are available for Arkansas parishes and schools to use year-round when they have space to fill in their weekly bulletins or newsletters. Copy and paste any or all of these at any time. Please visit this page regularly as briefs are added throughout the year. Also, feel free to link to this page from your parish or school website. Simply copy and paste the address of this page to establish a direct link.
Arkansas Catholic Subscription
With your subscription each week to Arkansas Catholic, you will get the news and information you need to live out your faith in the Diocese of Little Rock. You will find inspiration for your spiritual growth. You will know what’s going on in the Church, locally and around the world, and understand what it means to you and your family. Order yours today. Get the paper the way you want it. The print edition is delivered to your mailbox every week. Subscriptions are only $22 a year ($20 for seniors). Subscription envelopes are available at the church or call (501) 664-0125 today. Or you can get Arkansas Catholic Online the same day it’s published, anywhere you have an Internet connection. Log on to www.arkansas-catholic.org and sign up for only $19.95.
Book for Sale
For only $5, you can own a copy of Catholic Charities of Arkansas’ "Family Emergency and Disaster Planning Guide: An Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, Prevention and Basic First Aid Manual". Call Bridget Barcenas at (501) 664-0340, ext. 420, for purchase information.
Diocesan Directory
The Diocese of Little Rock directory is an invaluable source. If you need a Mass time for another parish or want to call or e-mail a parish, priest, deacon and religious in the diocese, order a directory today. It costs only $12. Send your check or money order to Directory, Arkansas Catholic, P.O. Box 7417, Little Rock, AR 72217.
Join the MOMMS Prayer Watch
MOMMS (Mothers of Major and Minor Seminarians), a prayer group initiated by the mothers of the Diocese of Little Rock seminarians, invites the Catholic people of Arkansas to join in their prayer efforts. This ministry encourages participants to pick a day of the week to pray for the intentions that each seminarian holds in his heart. On that specific day, any type of prayer can be offered, such as the Hail Mary, a rosary, the Mass, or time spent before the Blessed Sacrament. These additional sacrifices will be offered for all of their intentions because God knows what every seminarian needs each day. Since mothers will pray, the Prayer Watch has already encouraged a special bond among the mothers of these men who were already praying for their son’s vocation. This effort can only be more efficacious and successful with the more people that pray. For more information, go to "MOMMS Prayer Watch" at www.dolr.org.
Looking for a Job?
Employment opportunities are listed on the Diocese of Little Rock website at www.dolr.org. Click on "Employment" for current diocesan, parish and Catholic schools job openings.
Parish Disaster Team
Do you have a calling to assist your local community in preparing for and recovering from disasters? Join your local parish disaster team and lend a hand! If your parish doesn’t have a disaster team and you’re interested in forming one, call Bridget Barcenas at (501) 664-0340, ext. 420, to learn more.
Preparing for Disasters
No matter where you live, YOU should take personal responsibility and prepare yourself, your family and your property BEFORE disasters or natural disasters strike. Take time to learn about what disasters might occur where you live. Remember, it’s not a matter of IF, but WHEN a disaster of some type might affect you or a loved one. The best thing you can do to deal with any type of disaster is ... Be Aware, Be Prepared and Have a Plan! To learn more, go to "Disaster Resources" at www.dolr.org or call the diocese's Disaster Response Office at (501) 664-0340.
Please also use these related briefs:
- A Month of Family Preparedness: Disaster Preparedness Kit
- See special notes for Week 3: Disaster Kit Scavenger Hunt
- A Month of Family Preparedness: Fire Safety
- A Month of Family Preparedness: Summer Safety
- A Month of Family Preparedness: Holiday Safety
Source: "Family Emergency and Disaster Planning Guide: An Emergency and Disaster Preparedness, Prevention and Basic First Aid Manual" from the Disaster Response Office of Catholic Charities of Arkansas. Purchase a copy for your family for just $5 by contacting Bridget Barcenas.
Prayer Intentions
Submit your prayer intentions to the diocese’s Prayer Book of Intentions Online at www.dolr.org. Prayer intentions are offered up once a week at a Mass celebrated by Bishop Anthony B. Taylor.
Project Rachel
Are you suffering from a past abortion? Would healing that wound, especially spiritual healing, help? Project Rachel may be your answer. Counseling and small support groups are offered each fall and spring. Call (501) 664-0340, ext. 357. All calls are strictly confidential. Don’t put off making that call any longer. Help is as close as your phone.
Submit directly through the Diocesan Website
The website for the Diocese of Little Rock, www.dolr.org, offers you several ways to submit requests or post information without ever picking up the phone.
- Ask the entire diocese to pray for you through the Prayer Book of Intentions Online. To submit your prayers to be posted online, go to: www.dolr.org/prayers/submit.php
- Promote your parish or school event on the Diocesan Calendar of Events. To submit an event to be posted online, go to: www.dolr.org/contact.php and then select “Calendar Submission” in the subject field.
- Advertise your parish or school job opening by posting it to the Employment Opportunities page. To submit an employment listing, go to: www.dolr.org/employmentform.php
- If you need a long-term volunteer at your school or parish, submit a volunteer listing online. To submit a volunteer listing, go to: www.dolr.org/volunteerform.php
- Ask for a sacramental record or search of the diocesan archives by submitting your request online. Go to: www.dolr.org/offices/chancery/archivesearchrequest.php
- Questions, comments, changes or suggestions? Contact us directly by going to: www.dolr.org/contact.php
Subscribe to Arkansas Catholic Online
The complete issue of Arkansas Catholic is available online. With this edition of the newspaper, there’s no more waiting for postal delivery. You can read the entire issue on your computer the same day it is printed — by 9 a.m. Wednesday. You can read the paper anytime, anywhere you go, as long as you have a computer and Internet connection for only $19.95 a year. Just visit www.arkansas-catholic.org and click the ONLINE EDITION button on the left side of the page.
Updated Jan. 16, 2012