STERLING — Good News Jail & Prison Ministry, the ministry that provides chaplains for Sterling Correctional Facility, celebrated its 50th anniversary last week with a live simulcast shown at various ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jul. 1—PENDLETON — For 30 years, Tim Davis has conducted Bible studies at both Pendleton Correctional Facility and the ...

From Hawaii to Florida, many U.S. parishes and dioceses across the country are reaching out to the incarcerated. Following are some examples. The U.S. bishops' website carries a moving and informative ...

In my work as a state prison chaplain I sometimes receive phone calls from zealous, well-meaning Christians who want to come "preach to the prisoners." My usual response is to smile benignly at their ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A prison ministry in South Carolina brought five inmates into the Catholic Church this winter, with the help of a dedicated team of ministers offering catechetical formation and ...

When I was a newly ordained pastor, I heard a speech by a federal judge. The judge said that he kept in contact with every person he sentenced to prison. His rationale was simple: he didn’t want his ...

Current and former inmates meet on a weekly basis inside First Christian Church near 66th and Dodge. The meeting is an opportunity to mentor each other and discuss prison reform based on their own ...

Presenters: Jack Butler, S.J., vice president, Boston College Mission and Ministry, Suzanne Jabro, C.S.J., founder and executive director of the Center for ...

John and Andi Bayer have such compassion for incarcerated men and women that they have devoted the last several decades of their lives to their small but influential Free At Last Prison Ministries.

Lives in: Mount Ephraim, N.J. Sr. Camille: Mary Lou, when you assumed the role of prison ministry coordinator for Catholic Charities in the Camden diocese in September 2013, the executive director of ...

Five years ago I wrote a Lenten meditation, “Jesus the Prisoner,” (America, March 30-April 6, 2009). I was interested in the theme because I was then reading a book written by Michael Kennedy S.J., ...