Every year on All Souls Day, each of us carry in our hearts loved ones whose lives and memories we cherish. My own heart aches to have recently lost a dear friend, community leader and Dolores Mission ministry colleague, Rita Chairez.
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Posted Sep 27 2022 |
Last week, this world lost a gentle, pastoral giant. The wide rippling effects of his daily words and actions were a major influence in our country for many years.
Posted Aug 19 2022 |
The death penalty doesn't heal or repair what has been broken; it only continues cycles of harm and violence.
Posted Feb 25 2022 |
A defense attorney and victim outreach specialist bring restorative justice to one of the most unlikely places: a death penalty case at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Posted Feb 04 2022 |
The Synod on Synodality is fundamentally a process of healing and deep listening — not unlike restorative justice.
Posted Jan 13 2022 |
These grieving parents found new meaning in the Lord's Prayer and its call to forgiveness.
Posted Nov 23 2021 |
The Catholic Church, in particular, has to play a part in addressing this trauma of the past.
Posted Oct 06 2021 |
In 2008, my older brother Andrew was sentenced to 62 years in prison. But one thing I never had to fear was that his life would be taken by the state in response.
Posted Jul 28 2021 |
A Catholic sister recalls her visits with Michael Ross before he was put to death in Connecticut's last-ever execution.
Posted Jul 13 2021 |
"The Phantom" is a new documentary calling into question the aims and ends of our capital punishment system.
Posted Jun 29 2021 |
A 1972 Supreme Court case temporarily eradicated the U.S. death penalty. Now it's time to end it for good.
Posted Apr 17 2021 |
The great-grandson of a murder victim reflects on his great-grandmother's quiet holiness and mercy.
Posted Jan 08 2021 |
Writing to those in prison is a way to bring healing to places of isolation and loneliness.
Posted Nov 23 2020 |
After participating in CMN's Harm, Healing, and Human Dignity Conference, Ruth Cunnings finds herself imagining restorative justice as a beautiful stained glass window.
Posted Nov 16 2020 |
After accompanying William LeCroy to his death on Sept. 22, Sr. Barbara Battista reflects on Christ's call to “love our neighbors as ourselves.”
Posted Nov 04 2020 |
An in-prison educational program fosters transformational relationships.
Posted Sep 28 2020 |
The federal government's resumption of executions — led by Attorney General William Barr — runs counter to the Gospel of Life.
Posted Aug 24 2020 |
Catholic sisters in Terre Haute, Indiana respond to the restart of federal executions with faith and action.
Posted Jul 15 2020 |
If God leaves the door of redemption open to all of us, who are we to close it?
Posted Jul 07 2020 |
"I was eleven years old when my dad was shot and killed during the robbery of our family business."
