About All Saints · Mount Ida, Arkansas
All Saints Catholic Church is a mission parish located on Highway 270 in Mount Ida, Arkansas, serving Catholics across Montgomery County as well as visitors to nearby Lake Ouachita. It is part of the Diocese of Little Rock and falls within the Ouachita Deanery. Because All Saints is a small mission, it does not have a priest resident on site; it is 'attended from' St. Agnes Catholic Church in Mena, with Father Joseph Shantiraj, pastor of St. Agnes, providing sacramental ministry. The parish gathers weekly for Sunday Mass at noon (preceded by Adoration and the Rosary) and for a weekday Mass on Thursday morning.
- Patron
- All Saints
- Rector
- Father Joseph Shantiraj (pastor of St. Agnes Catholic Church, Mena, AR — also serves All Saints as an attended mission)
- Diocese
- Diocese of Little Rock
Why belong here
All Saints offers Catholics in Montgomery County and visitors to Lake Ouachita a welcoming place to worship close to home in an otherwise rural, largely Protestant region. The mission provides traditional Catholic devotions — Sunday Adoration, the Rosary, weekday Mass, and the Sacrament of Confession — even though it is too small to house a resident priest. For anyone in the Ouachita Mountains seeking a tight-knit Catholic community or just stopping through the lake country, All Saints is a regular Sunday destination.
Mass times at All Saints
Weekly Mass schedule
Confession times
- Sunday 11:15 - 11:45 a.m.
Adoration times
- Sunday 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
About All Saints Catholic Church
All Saints Catholic Church is a mission parish on Highway 270 in Mount Ida, Arkansas, within Montgomery County. As the area's Catholic mission, it exists to serve Catholics living in the Ouachita Mountain region as well as visitors drawn to Lake Ouachita. The parish is too small to house a resident priest and is therefore 'attended from' St. Agnes Catholic Church in Mena.
Clergy & Pastoral Care
Because All Saints is an attended mission, its sacramental ministry is provided by the pastor of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Mena, Father Joseph Shantiraj. Parishioners may direct inquiries to the parish contact or to the St. Agnes rectory in Mena.
- Attending Priest: Father Joseph Shantiraj
- Attending Parish: St. Agnes Catholic Church, Mena, AR — (479) 394-1017
- Parish Contact: Diane Campbell ([email protected])
- Business Manager: Debby Hunt
Diocese of Little Rock & Ouachita Deanery
All Saints belongs to the Diocese of Little Rock, which was established in 1843 and serves the entire state of Arkansas. Within the diocese, All Saints is grouped in the Ouachita Deanery — a regional grouping of parishes in the Ouachita Mountain area that share pastoral and administrative ties. The diocese lists All Saints as a mission parish and supports it through clergy shared with St. Agnes in Mena.
- Diocese: Diocese of Little Rock
- Deanery: Ouachita Deanery
- Parish Status: Mission (attended from St. Agnes, Mena)
Visit & Contact
All Saints Catholic Church sits on Highway 270 East in Mount Ida, the seat of Montgomery County. The mailing address uses P.O. Box 724, Mount Ida, AR 71957. For parish matters, the on-site line is (870) 867-4644; for sacramental needs the St. Agnes rectory in Mena can be reached at (479) 394-1017. The parish also maintains a web presence at allsaintsmountida.org.
- Address: 708 Hwy 270 E, Mount Ida, AR 71957
- Mailing: P.O. Box 724, Mount Ida, AR 71957
- Phone (parish): (870) 867-4644
- Phone (Mena/St. Agnes): (479) 394-1017
- Email: [email protected]
- Website: http://allsaintsmountida.org/