Webinars

  • [Webinar] The State of the Death Penalty in 2026: Trends, Realities, Advocacy

    2025 presented numerous challenges to the movement to abolish the death penalty in the United States: increased rates of executions, new execution methods, and the introduction of legislation in some states that seeks to expand the practice. At the same time, new death sentences remained at historic lows and public support for the death penalty…

  • [Webinar] Drawing Mercy: A Conversation with Sr. Helen Prejean

    Watch the recording of Sr. Helen Prejean and Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN)’s powerful conversation on Dead Man Walking — now released as a graphic edition — and the urgent fight for mercy and justice in today’s world. Hear Sr. Helen’s insights on the death penalty, the power of storytelling, and why these issues matter now…

  • CMN Co-hosts Panel with the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life

    Catholic Mobilizing Network and the Georgetown Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life co-sponsored this panel as part of the 2025 National Catholic Conference on Restorative Justice. Hosted on September 26, 2025 in-person for conference attendees in Atlanta, Georgia, this impressive panel was livestreamed to engage a national audience. Watch the recording below. Here…

  • [Webinar] What’s Really Happening with the Death Penalty in 2025?

    About the Webinar This year executions are increasing across the U.S., and states are reengaging with the death penalty in new ways. This webinar takes a closer look at recent developments and asks: what’s really happening — and why now?  Through a moderated discussion, our three panelists: Robert Dunham, the founder and director of the…

  • [Webinar] Pilgrims of Hope: Tools for the Synodal Journey

    About the Webinar Throughout 2025, the worldwide Church will journey through a special Jubilee Year — a celebration that happens every 25 years proclaiming liberation, conversion, and reconciliation — to re-establish a proper relationship with God and others. In January 2025, CMN kicked off the Jubilee Year with a special webinar to provide tools that…

  • [Webinar] The Federal Death Penalty: What’s at stake?

    About the Webinar In this webinar, you’ll hear from Catholic Mobilizing Network, a lawyer with decades of experience litigating capital cases as a defense attorney, and a religious sister who has provided spiritual accompaniment for individuals residing on the federal death row in Terre Haute, Indiana—even accompaniment to their execution. Our featured speakers will answer…

  • [Webinar] Introducing Conversations in Communion: Parish Dialogues for Connection and Understanding

    This webinar unveils CMN’s newest restorative justice program: Conversations in Communion: Parish Dialogues for Connection and Understanding.  “Conversations in Communion” is a formation program and facilitator guide that empowers Catholic parishes to build a culture of connection and understanding using the restorative practice of circle process. It was created for parish and ministry leaders who…

  • [Webinar] The U.S. Death Penalty in 2024: A State of the Union

    What is the status of the death penalty throughout the U.S. as we enter into 2024? Experts respond to this questions in a one-hour webinar presenting the 2024 landscape of the death penalty throughout the nation, to increase awareness of what lies ahead in the year. Featured Speakers Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley, Archbishop of…

  • [Webinar] Growing in Restorative Practices: One Year Into the Synod on Synodality

    In January 2022, Catholic Mobilizing Network’s webinar “Five Lessons From Restorative Practices for the Synod on Synodality explored how practices from restorative justice could enrich the synod listening processes taking place in Catholic parishes and dioceses nationwide. In this webinar, Fr. David McCallum, SJ and Dr. Vanessa White illuminate the joys, hopes, sufferings and wounds…

  • [Webinar] Conversations of Hope: Ending the Death Penalty, with Sr. Helen Prejean

    For 2022 Respect Life Month, Catholic Mobilizing Network hosted a one-hour webinar featuring Sr. Helen Prejean, Ohio death row exoneree Kwame Ajamu, and Director of Prison Ministry for the Nashville Diocese Deacon James Booth. The panelists shared their perspective on the death penalty and discussed how capital punishment denies the gospel call to uphold and…

  • [Webinar] Ending Oklahoma’s Death Penalty: How Catholics and Evangelicals Can Get Involved

    Calling all Catholics and Evangelicals in Oklahoma! Catholic Mobilizing Network and EJUSA Evangelical Network hosted a one-hour webinar to learn from Oklahoma faith leaders about how to stand up for the sanctity of life and end Oklahoma’s death penalty. Participants will learn the latest updates with the status of Oklahoma’s plan to execute 25 people…

  • [Webinar] The Catholic Call to End Missouri’s Death Penalty

    This one-hour webinar was hosted on August 16, 2022 by Catholic Mobilizing Network and Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. It explores how Catholics can help in the efforts to end Missouri’s death penalty. Participants heard from a variety of voices on the brokenness of Missouri’s death penalty, including Joe Amrine — who spent…