Ruth is a novice in the Society of the Sacred Heart. An educator, she has worked in Catholic schools and parishes in three states, including 16 years at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Ruth’s experience with the legal system as a victim’s family member reinforced and energized her desire to end the death penalty.
After participating in CMN's Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity Conference, Ruth Cunnings finds herself imagining restorative justice as a beautiful stained glass window.
On the first Holy Thursday, Jesus invited his human, fallible followers to sit at his table—and does the same for us today.
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