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Catholic Diocese of Little Rock
| Ash Wednesday 2025
Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return, but also remember that you have been saved by Jesus and to heaven you shall ascend. |
| 25th Anniversary of Perpetual Adoration in Benton
If God knows everything, why do we have to ask him for what we need? |
| 2025 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
To love our enemies, all three are needed: good deeds, helpful words and prayer. |
Bishop issues clergy changes April 25
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor announced the following pastoral appointments, April 25, 2025, for the Diocese of Little Rock. Effective June 6, 2025: Duwan Booker, to be ordained to the transitional diaconate on May 15, 2025, appointed to serve as deacon at Our Lady of the Lake Church in Lake Village, Holy Cross Church in Crossett and Holy Spirit Church in Hamburg during the summer 2025; Tuan Do, to be ordained to the transitional diaconate on May 21, 2025, appointed to serve as deacon at Blessed Sacrament Church in Jonesboro during the summer 2025. More
New Catholics: Welcome to the Church!
Catholic parishes across Arkansas welcomed 668 new Catholics into the Church during Easter Vigil Masses Saturday, April 19, 2025. During their initiation they were baptized, confirmed and receive their first Communion. These neophytes (new Catholics) prepared for entry into the Catholic Church through the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults process in their parishes. Formerly known as the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA), the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults is the new translation for Christian initiation that was issued by the U.S. Conference of More
Deacon inquiry meetings begin in June
A new class for permanent diaconate formation will begin in the fall of 2027. Men and their wives interested in learning more are invited to attend an inquiry meeting, which will be held in seven different locations across the Diocese of Little Rock in June. Meetings will be held in English at 6 p.m. and in Spanish at 7:30 p.m. Reservations are not required. Discernment applications will be handed out during the inquiry meetings, with discernment groups forming in the fall of 2026. The five-year program will equip the men spiritually, academically and pastorally More
July 21, 2024 - June 8
Year of Going Out On Mission
Dec. 24, 2024 - Jan. 6, 2026
Jubilee Year 2025
Feb. 27 - May 1
2025 Project Rachel Virtual Bible Study
| Ash Wednesday 2025
Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return, but also remember that you have been saved by Jesus and to heaven you shall ascend. |
| 25th Anniversary of Perpetual Adoration in Benton
If God knows everything, why do we have to ask him for what we need? |
| 2025 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
To love our enemies, all three are needed: good deeds, helpful words and prayer. |
