In 2019 the Knights of Columbus sponsored Taste of Faith Dinner raised $30,000 to support the seminarians in our diocese. Unfortunately, the reality of COVID-19 health concerns forced the cancelation of the Taste of Faith Dinner in 2020.   Over the next four weeks the Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a campaign to raise funds to support our seminarians. There will be bulletin articles, emails and possibly a “robo call” or two! Each weekly article will include a biography of one of our seminarians.

There are currently 27 seminarians in the Diocese of Little Rock. With the increases in cost and number of seminarians, the diocese needs our help to form our future priests. Msgr. Scott Friend recently said, “We just have to trust that the Lord will provide for us what we need. I know that the Lord will take care of us, our people will take care of us”.

Please consider making a generous donation to support our seminarians. Checks should be made payable to the Knights of Columbus, with Seminarian Support in the memo line.   Your check can be mailed to Rick Phillips, Financial Secretary, 11 Vuelta Lane, Hot Springs Village, AR, 71909. Alternatively, you can drop your donation check in the offertory basket at mass.

The featured seminarian this week is our own Jonathan Semmler. His biography can be found on the DOLR website at https://www.dolr.org/clergy/jonathan-semmler.