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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 – October 2012: Sr. Helen Surprises and Inspires
By Greg Callaghan, National Coordinator, Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project and Cynthia Hunt, PR Manager of Crespi Carmelite High School Sr. Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking, made a surprise visit to Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino,... MORE
Play Project Update – September 2012
By Greg Callghan, National Coordinator, Dead Man Walking School Theater Project - September 15, 2012 - We are excited to begin the Ninth season of the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project. To date, over 10 schools have signed on... 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
Play Project Update: Looking toward Season Nine
By Greg Callaghan, National Coordinator, Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project June 15, 2012 The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project is gearing up for an exciting ninth season. In the 2012-2013 academic year, students will explore the death penalty... MORE
Play Project Update – May 2012: Wrapping Up a Successful Eighth Season
By Greg Callaghan, National Coordinator, Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project is wrapping up an excellent eighth season. Schools in California, Chicago, Illinois, Washington, New York, Alabama, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Oklahoma, Florida, Indiana, Utah,... MORE
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn on Church Teaching and the Death Penalty
November 2, 2011 If the Church must be consistent regarding the value of life from the very conception to a natural death, the use of the death penalty is something that the Church should be against in our own day... MORE
Mercy and Justice – On Capital Punishment
By the Sanctity of Life Commission of the Diocese of Brooklyn This video by the Diocese of Brooklyn articulates the Catholic Church’s position on the death penalty. It features an excerpt of Blessed John Paul II speaking about the death... MORE
New York State Catholic Conference
The New York State Catholic Conference represents the bishops of New York State in matters of public policy. The role of the Conference is to seek justice, fairness and charity for all, with a particular emphasis on the poor and... MORE
New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty
New Yorkers for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (NYADP) believes abolition means much more than the absence of death row. Abolition means that responses to violence are constructive, just and work toward the betterment of all members of society. It... MORE