Family resettled by Catholic Charities celebrates First Communion

Published on June 18, 2025

When the Contreras family began their immigration journey in July 2019, they never imagined that six years later, they would be celebrating their daughter Fabiana’s First Holy Communion in Little Rock.

The Contreras family — father Franklin, 51, mother Jogrenan Roa, 44, son Fabricio, 18, and daughter Fabiana, 9, were originally from Venezuela. 

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