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Play Project Update – April 2013
By Greg Callaghan, Dead Man Walking Play Project Coordinator - April 15, 2013 - Spring is a busy season for The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project. Three productions took place during March: Mayfield Senior School in Pasadena, Calif.; St.... MORE
Play Project Update – March 2013
By Greg Callaghan, Dead Man Walking Play Project Coordinator - March 18, 2013 - The Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project and the Fetzer Institute are working together to bring students a new understanding of values of love and forgiveness... MORE
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
Texas’ San Angelo Diocese Brings a Message of Hope
By Maria Huemmer, Communication Director, Texas Catholic Conference - November 15, 2012 - The San Angelo Diocese’s Criminal Justice Ministry is dedicated to bringing a message of faith, hope, justice, and reconciliation to all who are affected by the tragedy... MORE
The State of the Death Penalty in Texas
By Kristin Houle, Executive Director, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty - November 15, 2012 - While most Americans observe December 7th as Pearl Harbor Day, here in Texas that date holds additional significance. On December 7, 1982, Texas carried... 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
Archbishop Fiorenza Joins TCADP Interfaith Prayer Service at Notorious Texas Execution Chamber
November 5, 2011, Huntsville, Texas – The Most Reverend Joseph A. Fiorenza, Archbishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston, joined the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty’s Interfaith Prayer Service to end the death penalty in Texas. The service took place... MORE
Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin Speaks on the Death Penalty
From the Texas Catholic Conference (2007) This video from the Texas Catholic Conference is a recording of Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin from 2007. He speaks of Jesus’ clarity on the call for compassion, justice and mercy rather than revenge.... MORE
Bridges to Life News Story
Fox News Channel 29 in San Antonio, Texas, aired two news reports featuring the work of the Bridges to Life Restorative Justice Program. Bridges to Life is a faith-based nonprofit 501 (c) 3 corporation founded in November 1998, with a primary... MORE
Bishop Oscar Cantu Encourages Death Penalty Abolitionists to Take Message to Public Square
Bishop Oscar Cantu, auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of San Antonio, reiterated that opposition to the use of the death penalty recognizes the dignity in every human life during his closing remarks for the 2011 Religious Leaders Dialogue on the Death Penalty, held... MORE