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Play Project Update – February 2013
By Greg Callaghan, Dead Man Walking Play Project Coordinator Saint Francis Borgia Regional High School, Washington, Missouri, presented three performances of Dead Man Walking to rave reviews. Saint Joseph’s Academy in Saint Louis held an opening-night town hall featuring Sr.... MORE
Play Project Update – November 2012
Our 9th Season is well under way, and high school students and teachers have been making theatre and taking action across the country. At Brighton High School in Rochester, NY, Twenty-five teachers in 11 departments are integrating the themes from... MORE
Play Project Update: August 2012: Ninth Season on the Near Horizon
By Greg Callaghan, National Coordinator, Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project August 16, 2012 We are gearing up for another exciting school year for the ninth season of the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project! Since the launch of the... MORE
Hermanas Franciscanas de María
A la luz de nuestro compromiso por el valor y la dignidad de la vida humana, unimos nuestras voces con la de los que se oponen al uso de la pena de muerte. Jesucristo es la fuente de nuestra visión... MORE
American Bar Association Recommends Reforms to Missouri’s Death Penalty
The American Bar Association has released a report on Missouri’s capital punishment system after a two-year study of the state’s death penalty. The study was conducted by legal experts, including former and current judges, lawyers, and law professors. Douglas Copeland,... MORE
Divine Mercy and the Death Penalty
By the Most Reverend Robert W. Finn of the Archdiocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph As we seek a reason to put aside the practice of the death penalty, perhaps the best motive is our desire to imitate God in His Mercy toward... MORE
Missouri Catholic Conference
The Missouri Catholic Conference (MCC) is the public policy agency for the Catholic Church in Missouri. The Missouri bishops serve as the MCC Board of Directors. The MCC is actively involved in all levels of government, especially state and federal... MORE
Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP) is composed of individuals and chapters across Missouri. MADP chapters carry out public action, promote educational speaking opportunities, gather moratorium resolutions and meet regularly.... MORE
Franciscan Sisters of Mary
The Franciscan Sisters of Mary, based in St. Louis, Missouri, took a corporate stance against the death penalty in 2008. This community ministers to people on the margins of society throughout the world. On each expected execution date, sisters will remember... MORE
Marianist Province of the United States, Saint Louis, Missouri
We, as the Marianist Family, because of our belief in the sanctity of all human life and in the dignity of all persons, pledge ourselves to prayer, education, reflection, and action to abolish the death penalty. This practice is unjust,... MORE