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BUILDING

CHURCH

FEATURE STORY 26 THE

DREAMS
OF THEIR

Parishioners in n the small town of Warren, Arkansas, about
90 miles south of Little Rock, a big dream was
rural Arkansas I10 years in the making. Parishioners of St. Luke
convert an old longed and prayed for a church that could sup-

farmer’s co-op port their growing faith community; not so much
into a beautiful, for themselves, but for their children and the gen-
erations of Catholics to come. With help
new church from Catholic Extension and its gener-
ous donors, a diocesan program led by a
visionary local bishop and some dili-
gent and creative fundraising of their
own, their dream came true.

A crane brings the cross, refurbished from an old telephone pole, to the newly remodeled St. Luke Church in Warren, Arkansas.