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Fayetteville parish joins prison ministries
By Patricia May Fayetteville Correspondent
Published: 02/19/2009

FAYETTEVILLE -- Michael Huber wanted to be a deacon, but Church officials didn't think he was ready. Disappointed but unfazed, Huber talked to his parish priest and walked away with a challenge. "Father Brad (Barber) challenged me" to set up a prison ministry, he recalled. That was several months ago, and Huber and parishioners at St. Joseph Church have risen to the challenge. Huber leads a small but dedicated group of volunteers one night each week to the Northwest Arkansas Community Corrections Center in Fayetteville where they pray the rosary, distribute Communion and generally, just let "the girls," as they call the inmates, know someone cares. Read more.

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