Devotion, tradition add joy to Holy Week activities

Adoration, Stations of the Cross, blessings and more offered across the state

Published: March 30, 2023

Travis McAfee, Arkansas Catholic file

Living Stations of the Cross in 2022 also include reenactment of the Last Supper by Hispanic parishioners at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rogers.

Travis McAfee, Arkansas Catholic file

Living Stations of the Cross in 2022 also include reenactment of the Last Supper by Hispanic parishioners at St. Vincent de Paul Church in Rogers.

Parishes host adoration hours after Holy Thursday Mass. Dates listed are Thursday, April 6, unless otherwise noted.

Charleston: Sacred Heart, 8 p.m.-midnight
De Queen: St. Barbara, 8 p.m.-midnight
El Dorado: Holy Redeemer, 6:30 p.m.-midnight (chapel)
Fairfield Bay: St. Francis of Assisi, 6:30 p.m.
Fort Smith: St. Boniface, 7 p.m.-midnight
Hope: Our Lady of Good Hope, 8 p.m.
Hot Springs: St. John, 8 p.m.-midnight: St. Mary, 7;30 p.m.-midnight
Jacksonville: Holy Family, 6-8 p.m.
Little Rock: Christ the King, 7:30 p.m.-midnight (Family Life Center); Our Lady of the Holy Souls, 8 p.m.-midnight
Nashville, St. Martin, after 7 p.m. Mass
North Little Rock: Immaculate Heart of Mary, 8 p.m.-midnight; St. Anne, 7 p.m.-8 a.m. Friday
Morrison Bluff: Sts. Peter and Paul, 7:30-midnight
Ratcliff: St. Anthony, 6:30-10 p.m.
Searcy: St. James, 7:30 p.m.-midnight
Sheridan: Holy Cross, 6 p.m.
Springdale: Our Lady of Sorrows, 7 p.m.-midnight
Stuttgart: Holy Rosary, 7:30 p.m.-midnight
Subiaco: St. Benedict, 8:30 p.m.-midnight
Warren: St. Luke, 8:30 p.m.-midnight
Wynne: St. Peter, 7 p.m.-midnight

These parishes will have Stations of the Cross at 3 p.m. on Good Friday, April 7, unless otherwise noted.

Arkadelphia: St. Mary, 3 p.m. & 5:30 p.m. (live)
Batesville: St. Mary (live)
Bella Vista: St. Bernard, 2 p.m.
Benton: Our Lady of Fatima, 11 a.m. (live)
Berryville: St. Anne, 6 p.m., Spanish
Blytheville: Immaculate Conception, 5:15 p.m.
Cabot: St. John the Baptist, 2 p.m.
Charleston: Sacred Heart
Cherokee Village: St. Michael
De Queen: St. Barbara, 5 p.m., Spanish
Eureka Springs: St. Elizabeth, 12:15 p.m.
Fayetteville: St. Joseph, bilingual; St. Thomas Aquinas University Parish, 1 p.m.
Fort Smith: St. Boniface, noon, English, and 4:30 p.m, Spanish (live)
Harrison: Mary Mother of God
Hope: Our Lady of Good Hope, 7 p.m., bilingual
Hot Springs: St. John, noon (live); St. Mary, 2:30 p.m.
Jacksonville: St. Jude, 5 p.m. (live)
Jonesboro: Blessed Sacrament, Spanish (live); St. John Newman University Parish, 7:30 p.m., Vietnamese
Little Rock: Cathedral of St. Andrew, 2 p.m.; Christ the King (live); Our Lady of the Holy Souls; St. Edward, 5 p.m., Spanish (live, McArthur Park); Our Lady of Good Counsel, bilingual
Morrison Bluff: Sts. Peter and Paul
North Little Rock: Immaculate Heart of Mary, noon; St. Anne, Spanish (live); St. Augustine, 5:30 p.m.; St. Patrick
Paragould: St. Mary, 3 p.m.
Pine Bluff: St. Joseph, 12:15 p.m.
Rogers: St. Vincent de Paul, 4:30 p.m. (live)
Russellville: St. John, 1 p.m. (live) bilingual
Sheridan: Holy Cross, 3 p.m. (rosary, 2:30 p.m.)
Springdale: Our Lady of Sorrows, noon (confessions at 11 a.m.)
Stuttgart: Holy Rosary
Tontitown, St. Joseph, noon
Wynne: St. Peter, noon

Blessings offered on Holy Saturday, April 8, unless otherwise noted

These parishes are hosting Easter egg hunts on Easter Sunday, April 9, unless otherwise noted.

Altus: St. Mary, noon
Fayetteville: St. Joseph, April 16, 10:30 a.m. & 3 p.m.
Fort Smith: St. Boniface, Saturday, 2 p.m.
Jonesboro: Blessed Sacrament, Saturday, 2 p.m.
Morrilton: Sacred Heart, 11:30 a.m.
New Blaine: St. Scholastica after 10:30 a.m. Mass
North Little Rock: Immaculate Heart of Mary, after 10:30 a.m. Mass; St. Augustine, after 10:30 a.m. Mass
Russellville, St. John, after 8 a.m. and 11 a.m. Masses
Sheridan: Holy Rosary, after 9 a.m. Mass
Subiaco: St. Benedict, 11:30 a.m. Saturday
Rogers: St. Vincent de Paul, Saturday, 10 a.m.
Winslow: Our Lady of the Ozarks, after 9:30 a.m. Mass
Wynne: St. Peter, after 9 a.m. Mass