Aprille Hanson
St. Joseph interim and middle school principal Matt Tucker and high school principal Teri Breeding discuss plans Feb. 4 in the lot where they hope to break ground this spring for a new high school building in Conway.
Aprille Hanson
St. Joseph interim and middle school principal Matt Tucker and high school principal Teri Breeding discuss plans Feb. 4 in the lot where they hope to break ground this spring for a new high school building in Conway.
CONWAY Held up for a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, St. Joseph School in Conway is officially launching its $10.9 million capital campaign for a new high school, replacing its 70-year-old building.
Blake Zimmer, Subiaco Academy
Seniors Brandon Stroh (left), David Menjivar, Max Linares and Jacob Kay smile during lunch at Subiaco Academy Feb. 3, divided by plexiglass to protect them as they eat. Masks are otherwise mandatory.
Blake Zimmer, Subiaco Academy
Seniors Brandon Stroh (left), David Menjivar, Max Linares and Jacob Kay smile during lunch at Subiaco Academy Feb. 3, divided by plexiglass to protect them as they eat. Masks are otherwise mandatory.
Outdoor adventures
With more than 1,500 acres of property to explore, Subiaco Academy students are getting plenty of fresh air. Nick McDaniel, who lives in a dorm, was hired at the beginning of the fall 2020 semester as the residential life coordinator and outdoor adventure program director, running weekend expeditions and activities within the newly implemented outdoor adventure program. His initial vision of a strong outdoor education about human relations and land relations has shifted, because “that s not what the boys
Boys and young men at Mary Mother of God Church in Harrison are learning outdoor skills, leadership and above all, values of the Catholic faith, thanks to the establishment of Trail Life USA Troop 14:1.
Trail Life USA is a national Christian-based scouting organization that focuses on a mission to “guide generations of courageous young men to honor God, lead with integrity, serve others, and experience outdoor adventure,” according to traillifeusa.com.
While there are 800 churches across the country that charter a troop and 12 troops in Arkansas, Troop 14:1, based on the Bible verse John 14:1, is the only Catholic-chartered troop in the state.
Dionne Mitchell was born and raised Catholic, attending St. Augustine Church in North Little Rock, one of three historically Black Catholic churches in Arkansas. As a 29-year-old, she has her pick of churches in Central Arkansas, but has always sought out a predominantly Black congregation.
“I wanted to be around people that look like me,” she said. “. I didn’t feel excluded (in other parishes). I just always thought it was weird seeing white Jesus in a church.”
Walking into most churches in Arkansas, there’s no shortage of Anglo depictions of Jesus, Mary and Joseph the cross, statutes and Stations of the Cross. But for a Church that’s supposed to be universal, the concept of being welcoming can start with more diverse depictions of the Holy Family. But it runs deeper than that for local Black Catholics, rooted in cultural acceptance.
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Diana Pacheco (left) discusses her DACA renewal paperwork with immigration specialist-in-training Karla Campalans, through Immigration Services Little Rock at St. John Center Jan. 8.
Aprille Hanson
Diana Pacheco (left) discusses her DACA renewal paperwork with immigration specialist-in-training Karla Campalans, through Immigration Services Little Rock at St. John Center Jan. 8.
DACA restrictions lifted
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Young undocumented immigrants again have the chance to live and work in the United States without fear of deportation under the protection of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program after restrictions were lifted Dec. 4.
Federal judge Nicholas G. Garaufis, of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, ruled the government must allow eligible immigrants to apply for DACA, invalidating a memorandum from summer 2020 that allowed DACA renewals to be processed but barred any new applicants, according to a Dec. 4 report in