Intro to Restorative Justice Workshop (August 2025)
August 21 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Join Catholic Mobilizing Network for a virtual introductory workshop on restorative justice. Discover the core concepts and practices of restorative justice in the legal system, Catholic ministry, and beyond.
In just two hours, participants will:
- LEARN the foundational principles of restorative justice as they relate to Catholic teaching.
- WITNESS the testimony of a Catholic individual who went through a restorative process and became a practitioner of restorative justice.
- PARTICIPATE in a small group circle process, to experience a foundational restorative practice firsthand.
- DISCOVER how restorative practices can be applied in various settings, including parishes and ministry.
This workshop will allow you to engage with the key concepts of restorative justice to advance justice and healing, transform the U.S. criminal legal system, and live out Catholic teachings on justice and mercy.
WHO IS IT FOR? This workshop is ideal for individuals and ministry groups who are new to restorative justice and its practices, or those interested in exploring how they can be implemented in faith-based contexts.
Event Details
DATE: Thursday, August 21, 2025
TIME: 12–2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m.–1 p.m. CT / 9–11 a.m. PT
This workshop is participatory. Please make sure to attend the entirety of the event.
LOCATION: Virtual via Zoom. The event will not be recorded.
REGISTRATION COST: $30. Sliding scale available.
MATERIALS: Participants will receive a list of digital resources for continued learning, as well as a print copy of the 80-page faith formation guide Harm Healing and Human Dignity: A Catholic Encounter with Restorative Justice.
Intro to Restorative Justice workshops are hosted quarterly. Click here to see the list of upcoming workshops.
QUESTIONS? Email lucie@catholicsmobilizing.org
Featured Presenter
Leonard Rubio is the Executive Director of the Insight Prison Project. He spent over 23 years incarcerated within California’s jail and prison system for a 15-year-to-life sentence for second degree murder. While incarcerated at San Quentin, Leonard created the Responsibility, Rehabilitation, & Restoration Interfaith Roundtable to promote restorative justice by including prisoners and volunteers from many faith and ethnic backgrounds to work together. Leonard participated in numerous Insight Prison Project programs as a participant and as co-facilitator for: Victim/Offender Education Group (VOEG), Next Step, the Violence Prevention Program, Violence Prevention Program Facilitator Training, and many others. He earned an Associate of Arts Degree in General Education from Patten University and created other opportunities for prisoners to further their education.
Since his release, he has married, earned a bachelor’s degree in both Finance and Entrepreneurship & Innovation at the University of San Francisco (USF), was awarded the USF Archbishop Oscar Romero Leadership Award, and continues to promote restorative justice through public speaking. Leonard and his wife Aouie have been featured in USF Magazine Summer 2013 for their work in restorative justice.
Co-Facilitators
Caitlin Morneau serves as Director of Restorative Justice at Catholic Mobilizing Network where she oversees program development that activates Catholics to embrace healing approaches to harm and crime. As an educator, author, speaker, and community organizer, Caitlin is committed to an ethic of mutuality that builds relationships and capacity among people of faith and the national restorative justice movement.
Caitlin has over 15 years of experience in volunteer management, operations, and program implementation at local and national non-profits such as Catholic Charities of Baltimore, Catholic Volunteer Network, Youth Service Opportunities Project, and Bethlehem Farm. While at CMN, Caitlin has led the co-creation of several major publications. She is also the host of CMN’s podcast, Encounters with Dignity.
Caitlin is an experienced facilitator of circle process and trained in restorative community conferencing. She holds an MA in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University and is a Bernardin Scholar at Catholic Theological Union. Caitlin lives in Alexandria, VA with her husband, two children, and black lab.
Lucie Martinot-Lagarde is the Restorative Justice Program Manager at Catholic Mobilizing Network. A native of France, she graduated with an MA in Conflict Transformation from the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding at Eastern Mennonite University, with a focus on trauma healing.
Lucie has experience living and working in cross-cultural and cross-denominational contexts, serving as a spiritual companion and circle keeper, and supporting the implementation of restorative practices in public schools.