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The Cathedral will be available during the week, Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. and Friday, 9:00 a.m.—12:00 Noon for private prayer. Please enter through the courtyard gate. PLEASE REMEMBER TO MAINTAIN SOCIAL DISTANCING DURING THESE TIMES AND REMAIN HOME IF YOU ARE SICK. If you would like a Missalette for home, you are welcome to take one.

The Cathedral will host a Mardi Gras Dinner, Dance & Silent Auction on Saturday, February 22 in McDonald Hall beginning at 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. The menu includes Boiled Shrimp, Salad, Chicken/Sausage Jambalaya, Green Beans, French Bread, and King Cake. Tickets are $20 per person, $10 for children 6-12. Children 5 and under, free! Reserved tables of 10 are $150.00. Live DJ/Music and Dancing! We are in need of quality Silent Auction Items. Auctions items may be dropped off at the Cathedral Office during regular business hours Monday-Friday. Volunteers are needed to help with this event. For more information, please contact C h u c k B y r d , 5 0 1-517-2 8 4 2 , o r cbyrd1976@gmail.comor Barbara Bender, 501-352-1160, bgbender01@comcast.net, or the Cathedral Office. Please make plans to attend and bring your family and friends!

All ladies are invited to join us at St. Joseph’s in Conway for the next Magnificat Meal on Saturday, March 14 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Magnificat is a Catholic woman-to-woman ministry. Our speaker will be Patti Drake, co-founder of Miracles for Mary, Inc. a foundation that helps families coping with traumatic brain injury. She will be sharing how she and her family experienced God’s Love during difficult moments in their lives. For further information and to purchase tickets visit sjparish.org/Magnificat.

Our Lady of the Holy Souls Church will offer a Grief Support Group in the Benedict House located at 5323 H Street across from Holy Souls School led by Mary Ann Stafford, PhD and Laura Humphries, C.T. The group will meet for 11 sessions, beginning on Saturday, March 7 at 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Support groups help grieving people by introducing them to others who have had similar experiences, thoughts, and feelings. They provide emotional, physical, and spiritual support in a safe, non-judgmental environment. Support groups allow the mourner to explore their feelings and be compassionate with themselves. If you or someone you know is in need of support, please email lhumphries@holysouls.org or 2dings@sbcglobal.net, Mary Ann Stafford or call the church office at 663-8632 and register for the group. If you have any questions, please contact Laura in the church office. There is a registration material fee of $15.

Next weekend begins the Annual CASA Appeal. The funding you provide during the Annual Diocesan CASA Appeal, is critical to the work and life of the Diocese of Little Rock and each of its parishes. Sign-up at DOLR.org A donation of $25 provides religious education books for two people. $50 provides a partial scholarship for a student to at-tend a Campus Ministry Retreat. $150 provides utility bill assistance for a family through our Family Assistance Program. $250 provides dental care for a patient of the Westside Free Medical Clinic. $500 covers the cost of an application for a work permit for an eligible immigrant. $1,000 provides a Project Rachel experience for a woman experiencing the pain of a past abortion. $4,000 provides a scholarship for one student to receive a Catholic education in a parish school for a year. Please prayerfully consider donating to CASA. No amount is too small. The Cathedral’s goal is $56,000

Please continue to pray for an end to abortion. Pray for those considering an abortion, those who have been affected by an abortion, and those who work in the abortion industry. If you are interested in becoming a sub or regular of the on-going prayer group who pray outside the abortion clinic throughout the year, please contact Marsha Boss, 960-5051 or marshaboss74@gmail.com.

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December 14th at 6:00 p.m.after 4:30 Mass is our next Family Movie Night, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Put on by the Knights of Columbus in McDonald Hall. Come and make some fun memories.There will be activities for the children and wonderful concession items. The movie is FREE!

Mark your calendar for the Cathedral’s Annual Lessons and Carols on Sunday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. There will be congregational hymns as well as organ voluntaries. Bishop Antony Taylor will be the Presider and Homilist. Following the service, a light reception will take place in McDonald Hall. All are invited and welcome to attend.

In an effort to give practical help to married and engaged couples to live out the teaching of the Church, a short course on NFP begins every month across the Diocese. Come learn the beauty of the Church's teaching on the natural and holistic way of family planning that respects the dignity of every family member. Visit www.ccli.org or Brad and Anna Ostrom at nfp@csalr.org.

Please continue to pray for an end to abortion.Pray for those considering an abortion, those who have been affected by an abortion, and those who work in the abortion industry.If you are interested in becoming a sub or regular of the on-going prayer group who pray outside the abortion clinic throughout the year, please contact Marsha Boss at 501-960-5051 or marshaboss74@gmail.com.

The Cathedral of St. Andrew Choir will present the Requiem Mass in D Minor by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger for the Souls of the Faithful Departed on Tuesday, November 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Cathedral. Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901) was a prolific composer and organist who spent most of his life working in Germany. This is the first time the Cathedral Choir has performed this beautiful setting of the Requiem Mass. A light reception will follow in McDonald Hall. Please join us for an evening of prayer and glorious song as we remember the souls of the faithful departed.

The PRE is taking orders for Greenery now through November 5. The greenery will be available for pick-up after Thanksgiving. All proceeds from greenery sales benefit our religious education program for our youth. Thank you for your support for our future!

Mark your calendar and make plans to join the Knights on Saturday, October 26, after 4:30 Mass for our FREE Family Movie Night in McDonald Hall. A movie suitable for kids and parents will be shown. There will be drinks and snacks at a small price for all, along with activities for all families.

FAREWELL RECEPTION FOR FR. CHAN—The Cathedral and St. Patrick parishes and the Filipino and Vietnamese Communities will host a reception for Fr. Chan on Sunday, October 6 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in McDonald Hall.

Join the Cathedral for a Bible study series of the Acts of the Apostles. Scripture Study meets Sundays at 10:00 a.m. in the Education Room of McDonald Hall. For more information and Registration, please con-tact Toni Snow, tsnow876@yahoo.com.

The Cathedral Choir will present, “The Hills are Alive”, “The Sound of Music!”A delicious spaghetti dinner prepared by Fr. Shaun Wesley will be served. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children. A table of 10 $100. Hope to see you there! Tickets available for pre-sale via church office ask for Beau or music@csalr.org All proceeds benefit your music ministry!

The Cathedral will host a Flu Shot Clinic on Sunday, September 29 from 9:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m. in McDonald Hall. Please bring ID and Medicare/insurance card. For those who do not have insurance/Medicare and unable to pay, the cost is free. Sign-up is required and available in the vestibule of the Cathedral or by contacting the Cathedral Office, 374-2794, @221 or in-fo@csalr.org. Flu Shots are provided by The Medicine Man located at 5308 JFK Blvd. in North Little Rock.

Please help us collect gently used or new coats for kids. Coats may be dropped off in the vestibule now through September 24

Little Rock will join cities across the United States in participating in the National Life Chain. Please join with us October 6 from 2:00-3:00 p.m. as we stand for the sanctity of human life from conception through natural death. We will line the sidewalks, forming a cross, down Chenal Pkwy and across Bowman Road, rain or shine. The purpose of this annual event is to unite communities in silent prayer and to provide a visual symbol of strength in the community. The Cathedral of St. Andrew will be located at the intersection of Bowman/Chenal on the Southwest corner by Taco Bell, facing Bowman Road. Suggested parking: Taco Bell or Walmart lot. For more in-formation, contact Diane Moellers 580-1507