Pocahontas Flood 2011...

Please keep in your prayers the people in my hometown of Pocahontas, AR. The largest recorded flood has hit the town and surrounding farms due to the overflow of the Black River and other nearby rivers and creeks.

This wide shot is of East Pocahontas and shows several flooded businesses. Just outside the top-right corner of the photo are residential houses.

I don't know the background story, but somehow and for some reason the local KFC was spared by sandbags. The grocery store next to it, where can be found fresh produce and healthy foods, etc., did not experience the same fate.

This final shot is of the local community college, again in East Pocahontas.

Eucharistic Procession.....

For those of you in the area, a Eucharistic Procession will take place at Notre Dame beginning immediately after the 11:45 A.M. Mass.

More information can be found here and sign up for Eucharist Adoration can be made here.

An Online Journal: Oblation...

April has arrived and with it a new online journal from the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy.

Oblation: Liturgy and Evangelization "explores through both regular columns and occasional writings the role of liturgy in the evangelical mission of the Church". Under the leadership of the editors, David Fagerberg and Timothy O'Malley, this journal is a promising new addition to digital communication and research.

May St. Isidore of Seville, patron saint of the internet, pray for the journal's good fruit.