Don and Anne Dierks

Don and Anne have been married 53 years and have lived inHot Springs Village since 2002, although the Dierks family originally owned the forest area encompassing the Village and sold it to Cooper in 1970.  They have 4 children and 14 grandchildren.

Don has been a Eucharistic Minister, lector, usher and served on the Parish Council.  He was a Eucharistic Adorer in Hot Springs and is one now at Sacred Heart.  For 10 years Don was the Director of Finance and then Executive Director of Christopher Homes of Arkansas, a Ministry of the Diocese that provides housing for the very low income elderly.  He is also the author of a book on the history of Hot Springs Village entitled “Full Circle 1957 to 2002.”

Anne has sung in the choir, been a cantor, Eucharistic Minister and lector, and taught CCD and Pre-Cana classes.  When they were in Hot Springs, she was the first woman president of the St. John’s Parish Council and in 1989 became the Respect Life Director for the Diocese, a position she served in for 16 years.  She founded Project Rachel in 1991, an outreach to women who have had an abortion, and is still its Director.  Anne served for four years on the National Advisory Board to the U.S. Conference of Bishops, the only women representing Region 10 which encompasses Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

At present she is a member of St. Monica’s Guild, sings in the Resurrection Choir, is a homebound Eucharistic Minister, is on the New Parishioners Greeting Committee and is an Hourly Captain for Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. 

Roger and Marcia Bresnahan

Roger received first, second and third degrees in the Knights Council in Fargo, ND in January 1954.  This is the third Council that he has been in since that time.

For the past several years he has been on the CPID team to raise funds for the intellectually disabled, and on the Ham sales team to raise funds for the Christmas baskets that are given to the needy in our area.

Roger has been a Eucharistic Minister for several years and a facilitator for two of the Adult Religious Education programs in the parish.  He put together a display for the Narthex to promote the Year of Faith with some 25 different pamphlets with truths of our faith. 

Four years ago Roger started and continues to lead a Prayer Service at each Men’s Club meeting. Five years ago he started and continues to lead the Friday Prayer Group of about 26 parishioners who meet at the church after Mass on Friday every week.  Roger also organizes a team each month from the Friday Prayer Group to cook and serve dinner to about 30 men at the Samaritan Ministries' homeless shelter in Hot Springs.

Marcia is often seen and heard as a daily mass cantor and is a team leader for the “Prayer Warrior” group in the parish.  She has been an organizer, promoter, and facilitator for numerous Adult Religious Education Bible studies and programs for the parish over the past five years.

Marcia is also a leader of the Friday Prayer Group along with Roger.  She has served on the Pastoral Council and has been a member of the Education Committee.

Bob and Mary Anne Honzik

Bob and Mary Anne were instrumental in the great success we had at the House of Formation Dinner.  They provided leadership in all aspects of the event and are the two people most responsible for the wonderful resulting contribution.

Bob became a Knight as a result of his efforts to help a young Honduran Indian girl named Karen who was born without a left arm and leg.  Bob and Mary Anne started and led the “walking with Karen” fund, which resulted in Karen receiving prostheses from the Shrine Hospital in Shreveport. The fund also provided herwith a Catholic education.  Karen is now teaching school in the mountain village of San Bartolo in Honduras.

In the Village, Bob has served on the POA Village Promotions Committee, the Chamber of Commerce, Stewardship for the Parish, the A & E Building Committee.  A year ago, Bob accepted an appointment by Bishop Taylor as a Director on the Board of the Diocesan Seminarian Fund.  And Bob is, of course, our Deputy Grand Knight.

Mary Anne has worked with the Chamber of Commerce, was President of the Village Community Foundation, has been on the Pastoral Committee; a Server and Eucharistic Minister, and also served on the A & E Building Committee.   She is on a decorating committee for special holidays in the parish and is an Associate Member of the Ladies of Sacred Heart and a member of the Hot Springs Village Garden Club. 

In September, she will be added to our roster of parishioners helping with Bingo at Good Sam’s.