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The annual Taste of Faith dinners are going virtual this year with a live one-hour program online at 7 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 8.
The talk-show-style program will be hosted by Msgr. Scott Friend, vocation director, and will include interviews with the... More 
God works in such mysterious ways. Eight years ago my son Daniel and his friend Joseph entered Holy Trinity Seminary in Dallas and began their journey to the priesthood as seminarians for the Diocese of Little Rock.
Daniel’s path to God... More
As a new priest, Joseph Friend says he wants to keep the social justice issues of racial inequality and prison ministry at the heart of his work.
Friend, younger brother of Father Patrick Friend and nephew of Msgr. Scott Friend, is ready to apply what... More
It doesn’t take much thought on Deacon Daniel Velasco’s part to pinpoint what brought him from skeptical discerner to the threshold of ordination. At every step on his vocational journey, there’s been one figure most conspicuously guiding... More
What do football, friendship and faith have in common? Ask seminarians Duwan Booker and Joel Brackett.
In this episode of Arkansas Catholic Asks, Aprille Hanson of Arkansas Catholic talks with Duwan and Joel about how they met at Hendrix College... More
Bishop Anthony B. Taylor announced the following pastoral appointments:
Effective Sept. 1
Rev. Keith Higginbotham appointed pastoral administrator of St. Louis Church in Camden and Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Magnolia. He remains assistant... More
Attending the Catholic Charities Summer Institute, a high school diocesan program dedicated to the Church’s social justice teachings, changed Alex Tingquist’s life.
“That was the first time I was really exposed to the issue of homelessness,”... More
Caroline Spellins, 21, calls herself “God’s prodigal daughter.” Coming from a devout family — Randy Spellins, now a diaconate candidate, mother Kim Spellins, a women’s Bible study leader, and three older sisters working in... More
Dear Reader,
There will be no issue of the paper August 1, as Arkansas Catholic takes a scheduled summer break. Please look for your next issue August 8.
Warmest regards,
Your Arkansas Catholic staff
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David Zamora grew up at St. Mary Church in his hometown of Siloam Springs. But it took a trip halfway around the world to show him how to truly live his faith.
“This mission trip came about in college through an organization called Fellowship... More