Born and raised in the mountain west, I was vaguely aware of the death penalty, but it was never headline news in Montana. I knew, however, from an early age that my Catholic faith called for mercy and that Thou Shalt Not Kill was the 6th commandment, to be applied universally. After marrying, I lived…
Deacon Paul Kipfstuhl is a Permanent Deacon in the Diocese of Cleveland, and is the Director of the Social Action Office of Catholic Charities Cleveland for the Southwestern part of the Diocese. Paul is also a member of the Board for Catholic Mobilizing Network, and a Board member of the National Association of Catholic Social…
Cullen Larson serves on the CMN National Grassroots Advisory Committee. He is a member of Georgia Catholics Against the Death Penalty and Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty. He also serves as a member of the Glenmary Home Missioners’ Justice, Peace, & Integrity of Creation (JPIC) Commission, and convenor of the JPIC Economic Development…
Beth Ford McNamee is Director of the Sisters of Saint Joseph Center for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation in Philadelphia. Prior to this role, she served as Associate Director of Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) Campus Ministry for 18 years. She is a triple graduate of SJU (BS, Psychology; MS, Psychology; Ed.D., Higher Education Leadership)….
Felix Rosado is cofounder of Let’s Circle Up, a restorative justice (RJ) project he helped build while fighting a death by incarceration sentence at Graterford State Prison. In 2022, Felix narrowly escaped that fate via governor clemency after 27 years. While inside, he also held leadership roles with the Alternatives to Violence Project and Inside-Out Prison Exchange…
Peter M. Leibold recently retired as the Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy Officer for Ascension, a national Catholic health system. Prior to joining Ascension, Leibold served for fifteen years as the Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA), the largest association in the United States dedicated to…
Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy serves as the Executive Director for Catholic Mobilizing Network.
Maryam Mohseni is a freshman at Georgetown University’s Walsh School of Foreign Service, passionate about faith-based advocacy and social justice. As a Muslim engaged in interfaith work, she is dedicated to promoting human dignity and advancing policies that reflect shared values of justice, compassion, and peace across faith traditions.
Carolyn D. Townes, OFS is an experienced facilitator, circle keeper, and storyteller and a professed member of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS). Carolyn has served in leadership roles on the local, regional, national and international levels of the Secular Franciscan Order (OFS), including as Animator for Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation (JPIC) for the…
Holly O’Hara is a young adult minister and a restorative justice practitioner living in Chicago, IL. She currently works at DePaul University as the Faith and Justice Coordinator, and is an active community member at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR), a restorative justice ministry on the South Side of Chicago accompanying families impacted by…
Sheila M. McMahon, Ph.D., M.Div., MSW, LCSW is currently the Visiting Scholar and Director for the Restorative Justice and Catholic Social Thought program at the Center for Restorative Justice, University of San Diego. She co-chairs the Restorative Justice Network of Catholic Campuses (RJNCC), which cultivates restorative principles and assists in implementation of restorative practices on…
Kayla Jackson-Wolff serves as University Minister and Coordinator of the Beloved Community Fellowship at Dominican University. She previously served as the Director of Social Justice Ministries at Old St. Patrick’s Church in Chicago from 2018-2023. Kayla holds a Master of Social Work and a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from Dominican University. As a trained…
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