Thank you to all who donated your items, time, and energy to the Handmaids' Rummage/Bake sale. It was a huge success! We could not have done it without you. Thank you so much!

Our Patronal Feast, the Feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist is on Thursday, 24 June. Mass will be at 6:30 pm instead of 7:00 am so that as many who wish to honor our Patron by attending mass may do so. Please join us to honor our Patron! St. John the Baptist, Pray for us!

The Handmaids’ rummage sale is rapidly approaching. Volunteers of all abilities are needed for setup and help at the sale. Contact Kathy Nauman to volunteer. Get your donations in by Friday, June 18 for the Saturday, June 19 sale. Please, no large appliances and no old electronics (TVs, computers, etc.). For more information, click the title to access the flyer.

First Holy Communion will be celebrated Sunday, 6 June at the 10:00 am mass followed by a reception. Please, pray for the first communicants as they prepare to receive Christ in the Eucharist for the first time.

Please pray for the five men who will be ordained to the priesthood for the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter on Friday, 28 May. For more information on the ordinations and regarding where you can watch, please click the title to follow the link to the FSSP's website.

There will be no Confessions or Public Masses Thursday, 27 May - Saturday, 29 May.

Bishop Taylor is encouraging Catholics to join him at Barton Coliseum in Little Rock for the ordination of five new priests Saturday, May 29, starting at 10 a.m. You can find more details by clicking for the full article or by going to the Diocesan website at dolr.org. Please pray for the soon-to-be newly ordained priests of the Diocese!

An oversight in our bulletin shows only one mass time for Thursday; however, Ascension Thursday, our mass schedule will follow our typical Holy Day schedule: 7:00 am & 7:00 pm.

Mask-wearing will become optional beginning the weekend of 15 May in the Diocese of Little Rock, per Bishop Taylor's annoucement Sunday, 9 May. (See link to Diocese's page)

May Crowning will be on Sunday, 9 May immediately prior to the start of the 10:00 am mass.

This week will begin the opportunity for parish-wide preparation for the Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, according to the method of St. Louis Marie de Montfort. The 33-day preparation is for all in the parish who are interested either in first making the consecration, or in renewing theirs. Father invites all to undertake or renew this devotion by beginning the preparation on Tuesday, April 27, one day before St. Louis de Montfort’s feast. We will then make the consecration as a parish, for all who desire, on Sunday, May 30 after each Mass, one day before the feast of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Please click to see the changes which will take affect on 1 April as annouced by Bishop Taylor on 25 March.

Thursday, 1 April:
Solemn Mass of the Lord's Supper - 7:00pm
Friday, 2 April:
Stations of the Cross - 2:00 pm
Solemn Liturgy of the Passion - 3:00 pm
Saturday, 3 April:
Paschal Vigil - 9:30 pm
Sunday, 4 April:
Easter Masses - 08:00 am, 10:00 am

Please show your support for our society’s most vulnerable at the March for Life at the State Capitol Sunday afternoon beginning at 2pm. Click for more information.

Our sadness at his departure is a joy for the faithful of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Springdale, where, on the Feast of St. Joseph, March 19th, Fr. Passo will become the first pastor! Light refreshments will be served after the 11:00 am Mass Sunday, March 14th, providing one last opportunity to give Father a sendoff before he takes up full-time duties as Pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows. Thank you, Father Passo, and may God bless you!

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Stations of the Cross will be held every Friday during Lent. Stations will be at 7:15 pm, except on Good Friday, when they will be at 2:00 pm.

On Wednesday, 17 February, the Diocese will take up the annual Ash Wednesday Collection. 100% of the funds collected will be used to support missionary work that serves Catholic parishes and communities in Arkansas. The Ash Wednesday Collection supports the evangelization mission of the Church in Arkansas. This includes providing priests, religious and lay personnel to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ as they serve among the people of our diocese who lack the financial resources to support fully the priests, religious and lay personnel who serve them.

To find out more about the Ark of Heaven Media Group and their mission to bring the Truth, Beauty, and Goodness of the Catholic Faith to Arkansas via New Covenant Radio, click the link above!

Bishop Taylor Kicks off the Annual Catholic Arkansas Sharing Appeal this Sunday. The theme for this year is "Love One Another as I Have Loved You" (John 13:34-35). Thank you for your continued generosity to this Annual Diocesan fundraising effort!