Sister Noeline Banks, RSM, of Hot Springs, hugs her former first-grade student Sandra McKay, a Christ the King parent during vocations day May 12. (Malea Hargett photo)

Brother Raban Heyer, OSB, talks to students from Christ the King School in Little Rock. (Malea Hargett photo)

Sister Mary Clare Bezner, OSB, shares a story with Christ the King students. (Malea Hargett photo)

Seminarian David Aguilar of Springdale (right) talks to students from St. Theresa School in Little Rock. (Malea Hargett photo)

St. Theresa School students look at fish in the backyard pond at the House of Formation on Good Counsel’s campus in Little Rock. (Malea Hargett photo)

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Fifth grade students ask, learn during vocations day

More than 260 students from Catholic schools heard presentations from religious

Published: May 19, 2016

By Malea Hargett
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Malea Hargett

Father Adam MacDonald, SVD, of Iowa, vocations director for the Society of the Divine Word, leads a workshop during the May 11 vocations day for central Arkansas Catholic school students.

Malea Hargett

Father Adam MacDonald, SVD, of Iowa, vocations director for the Society of the Divine Word, leads a workshop during the May 11 vocations day for central Arkansas Catholic school students.

The Diocese of Little Rock’s fifth-grade vocations day, May 12 at Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Little Rock, was resurrected from an event that was at one time held each year at Subiaco Abbey.

The day was a response to the Year of Consecrated Life, which ended in February. From 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. the students attended Mass with Bishop Anthony B. Taylor, heard presentations about different vocational calls, learned about youth ministry opportunities in their parishes and toured the House of Formation and the bishop’s quarters.

More than 260 students from St. Joseph, Conway; St. John, Hot Springs; Christ the King, Our Lady of the Holy Souls, St. Edward and St. Theresa, Little Rock; Sacred Heart, Morrilton; and Immaculate Conception, Immaculate Heart of Mary and North Little Rock Catholic Academy, North Little Rock, attended with their teachers, principals and chaperones.

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