It's hard to believe that the "Back To School" commercials already started playing in mid-July.  The fact is that school in many places now starts in early to mid-August, so I guess the timing of those sales is appropriate.  Also appropriate is my encouragement of people who might be interested in the Catholic Faith to make themselves be known - or you make them known to me if you are aware of people who could be encouraged and/or persuaded to step forward and start looking into the Catholic Church community and beliefs.  While I have to say we haven't produced many "new" Catholics either through Baptism or a Profession of Faith since I've been here, we need to always have the door open, and not be hesitant to invite people who are not practicing any faith to come to us to find out if the Lord is calling them to life as a Catholic and a member of our wonderful faith community.  We will offer an "inquiry session" sometime in August.  Please keep an eye on the bulletin and even more so, keep an eye and ear out for possible candidates who are at least open to discovering what it means to live as a Catholic.  Please call me at 501-209-2502 with any names and contact information you might have for people who I can touch base with in the weeks ahead.