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The Cathedral Our House Team is in need of volunteers to help prepare a meal the first Wednesday of each month for the residents of Our House. Due to the pandemic, we are only preparing the meal and dropping it off. For more information or to join the team, please contact Diane Moellers, text or phone at 501-580-1507 or e-mail diane-moellers@sbcglobal.net

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) is for those who are interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. R.C.I.A classes have been suspended until further notice. For more information or if interested in attending R.C.I.A., please contact the Cathedral Office, 374-2794, #221.

All are invited to watch live "Taste of Faith: Virtual Edition" from the House of Formation on Saturday, Aug. 8 at 7 p.m. on our homepage (dolr.org), Facebook page or YouTube channel. Normally Taste of Faith is an in-person dinner held four to five times a year across Arkansas to raise money for seminarian education. But this year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, these dinners have been combined into one, live event where everyone can participate online. You can watch and donate online from the safety of your home.

Please pray for Cathedral Seminarians, Nathan Ashburn, Joseph Jones, and Hong Dai Nguyen, and all Diocesan Seminarians. Nathan may be contacted at Assumption Seminary, 2600 West Woodlawn Ave, San Antonio, TX 78228. Joseph and Hong may be contacted at the House of Formation, 1201 S. Van Buren Street, Little Rock, AR 72204.

Due to the current COVID-19 restrictions, some hospitals are not allowing clergy to visit unless they are listed on the visitor list. If you or your loved ones are in ICU, need anointing, and visitors area llowed, please list Fr. Vu or Fr. Abraham on the visitor list. Please call the office to request an anointing.

St. Joseph's Helpers a.k.a. Arkansas Pregnancy Resource Center, has an immediate opening for a part-time bookkeeper. For more information, please email director@pregnancylittlerock.com. You can also visit the St. Joseph's Helpers website at https://stjosephshelpersark.org/employment.

Those who are ill: Catherine Martin, Chris Allen,Mary Jo Burger, Susan Daughtery, Imelda Roberts, Stephen Bass, Cynthia Davis, Bill Bryant, Aide Bensie, William Collie, Sharon Rodgers, Betty Jo Lock, Angel May, Catherine Hoge, Dc. Butch King, Bill Eldridge, Angela Maynard, Carolyn Cheek Lorey, Beth Eddington, Dc. Joe Harrison, Robert Andrae Blackburn, James Whitehead, Abby Short, Pam Hicks, Michael Jackson,Oliver Klintworth, Rebecca Davis, Louise Ellis, Jeanne Easley, Zellie Norsworthy, Caleb Browner, Carmen Johns, Bill Maguire, Duel Scroggins. or those who serve our country in the Military including: Jake Bequette, Garrett Mazachek, Michael DeSandre, Ian Sweeney

We are blessed to be able to offer the holy sacrifice of the Mass per our normal Mass schedule, including weekdays. Please come worship with us and give thanks to God for our many blessings and also to pray for the world during this time. Confession is also available at our scheduled times available on the website. or can be scheduled in private by calling the parish office.

Rosary and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament has now resumed on Sunday’s beginning at 11:15 a.m. Please join us!

Our Online Giving system provides you with the opportunity to give to our special collections in addition to regular offerings. You can choose to do a one time gift, a special remembrance, or you can set up regularly scheduled contributions that are withdrawn on the date you specify in the system. Even if you typically use your offering envelopes, you may wish to contribute online to a particular collection. It’s easy and it’s convenient! Visit www.csalr.org and click on the Online Giving link, or contact the Cathedral office. We greatly appreciate your continued support . We have a Special Collection this month of July, Peter's Pence. The Peter’s Pence Collection enables the Holy Father to respond with emergency financial assistance to requests to aid the most needy throughout the world. This can include those who are suffering as a result of war, oppression and natural disasters. The fund is collected annually in July. Donations can easily be given via our online giving by clicking Peter's Pence.

In compliance with Governor Hutchison’s Office, Bishop Taylor has implemented the following restrictions: Please do not attend Mass if you do not feel well or have been exposed to someone who tested positive for COVID-19. All participants, including children 10 years of age, must wear mask or other covering of their mouth and nose. All participants must use hand sanitizer upon arrival at the Church. Sit in designated pews. Every other pew will be roped off and should remain empty. Maintain a 6’ distance between other worshipers/families. The Sunday Mass obligation remains suspended indefinitely for all people.

Each year around Mother's Day the Cathedral of Saint Andrew distributes baby bottles to parishioners so they can collect loose change for babies. With COVID-19 restrictions, the baby bottle campaign will be VIRTUAL this year. Please consider supporting St. Joseph's Helpers/ARKANSAS PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER with an online donation. Click on the baby bottle image here to make a donation. The goal for the cathedral parish is $3000.

Our parish is now offering a convenient service for contributions! Online Giving is a web-based application that allows you to start, stop and change your contributions at any time. Online Giving is very easy to use and requires no special knowledge. Sign-up by visiting our website and clicking the GIVING button on the homepage. Easily set-up a one time or reoccurring donation. You will be able to see reports on your contribution history and generate tax statements at year end. We will still offer paper auto-drafting forms as an option to contribute. Those forms are available by contacting the Cathedral office or also downloading them from the website under giving. We are grateful for your continued financial support to the Cathedral parish.

Jericho Way needs cleaning and hygiene supplies and you are most welcome to drop off items at my house, 1715 Biscayne Dr. in Leawood, rather than Jericho Way. We need all manor of cleaning supplies especially disinfectant wipes such as Lysol or wipes with bleach. No clothing will be accepted during these times. Jericho Way is in need of hygiene type items such as razors, shampoo, soap etc. Thanks ahead of time for anything you are able to bring to my house. For more information, please contact Janet Nelson, Volunteer Coordinator, Office 501-916-985, Mobile 501-412-5683 or Janet.nelson@depaulusa.org

R.C.I.A. (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) is for those who are interested in learning more about the Catholic Faith. R.C.I.A classes have been suspended until further notice. For more information or if interested in attending R.C.I.A., please contact the Cathedral Office, 374-2794, #221. We'd love to visit with you!

The Cathedral of St. Andrew will be open for individual visits and picking up of blessed palms Sunday April 5, 8 AM to 5 PM. Please respect social distancing while in the cathedral at this time. For further information, please see the bulletin or contact the parish office. Please help us ensure no more that ten people are in the building at one time.

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