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2025 Presentation of the Lord
Jesus' cross will also be Mary's cross: Jesus shedding his blood and Mary shedding her tears. |
Catholic Arkansas Sharing Appeal 2025
If we aren't making sacrifices to make the world a better place now, whose kingdom are we building with our efforts? Our own, or the Lord's? |
2025 Women of Hope Retreat
I can proclaim to you that Jesus is more powerful than any storm you will ever have to face. |
Arkansas Catholic is running a contest to choose a photo for the cover of the 2026 Catholic Diocese of Little Rock Directory. Any Arkansas photographer 18 or older, professional or amateur, can enter their photo of a Catholic church or institution in the diocese. March 17 is the deadline to enter the contest. It is free to enter. Complete rules are listed in this contest entry packet (which includes the rules, official entry form and a sample model release form). First place also wins a copy of the directory and a one-year print subscription to Arkansas Catholic. More
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The Church celebrates the feast of the Presentation of the Lord 40 days after the birth of Jesus. Before 1969, the feast was known as the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or Candlemas. It was celebrated in the earliest times in the Church in Jerusalem and from there the observance spread throughout the Christian world. According to the law of Moses, a woman was ritually unclean for 40 days after childbirth. Therefore, Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple to present him to the Lord and offer sacrifice for purification. "... just as it is written in the law of the Lord, 'Every male that More
July 21, 2024 - June 8
Year of Going Out On Mission
Dec. 24, 2024 - Jan. 6, 2026
Jubilee Year 2025
Feb. 1 - Feb. 28
Black History Month
2025 Presentation of the Lord
Jesus' cross will also be Mary's cross: Jesus shedding his blood and Mary shedding her tears. |
Catholic Arkansas Sharing Appeal 2025
If we aren't making sacrifices to make the world a better place now, whose kingdom are we building with our efforts? Our own, or the Lord's? |
2025 Women of Hope Retreat
I can proclaim to you that Jesus is more powerful than any storm you will ever have to face. |