The Official Newspaper of the Diocese of Little Rock
Arkansans are a sports-loving people by nature and with organized athletic teams on the sidelines — their return date still largely a matter of conjecture — many are turning to the recreational options that lie in The Natural State’s... More 
After dating six years, Brookelyn Throesch and Joseph Difani were ready to walk down the aisle. They had it all planned out after their Sept. 1 engagement — a wedding Mass May 9 at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Pocahontas surrounded by 350 of their... More
Father Richard Davis, a diocesan priest for 57 years and longtime pastor of St. Boniface Church in New Dixie, died May 20. He was 83.
Born Feb. 21, 1937, in Pocahontas, he attended Blessed Sacrament School in Jonesboro. Observing the kindness of priests... More
FORT SMITH -- Two Fort Smith churches notified parishioners May 25 that a parishioner who had been in attendance at Mass the week before later tested positive for COVID-19.
Christ the King and St. Boniface churches said a parishioner attended both... More
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On a spectacular weekday afternoon, a few longtimers gather at The Greens at North Hills in Sherwood for a socially-distanced happy hour as the occasional duffer hums through a leisurely nine before sundown. But for Noah Crisco and August Grunnels, both... More
During a semester spent in Rome in 1989 as a sophomore at Holy Trinity Seminary at the University of Dallas, Father Greg Luyet, feeling insecure, aware of his imperfections, walked into St. Ignatius Church. There, he saw a picture of the Sacred Heart... More
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor announced the following pastoral appointments:
Effective May 20
Rev. Phillip Reaves appointed temporary administrator of St. Boniface Church in New Dixie (Bigelow), St. Francis of Assisi Church in Roland (Little Italy),... More
When Uchenna “Ann” Onyia-Murphy walked into the hospital in Queens, New York, April 6 and in the days that followed, there were countless intubated patients, body bags wheeled out and loaded into vans to ease an overcrowded morgue and tragedy,... More
Masses returned to all parishes May 16-17 in the Diocese of Little Rock after a two-month break.
While some parishes added more Masses or moved them to their parish hall, St. Anne Church in North Little Rock looked outward. All weekend Masses will... More
