Photo Gallery: National Catholic Conference on Restorative Justice 2025

October 7, 2025October 7, 2025

On September 25 – September 27, 2025 CMN hosted the National Catholic Conference on Restorative Justice to bring together Catholic ministry leaders, academic and legal professionals, restorative justice practitioners, and people directly impacted by harm, crime, and incarceration to build capacity within communities and the Church to advance healing approaches to harm, crime, and injustice.

This was hosted in collaboration with The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta and The Aquinas Center of Theology, Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

The conference took on the theme “Tangible Signs of Hope”, drawing inspiration from the special Jubilee Year 2025.

Below are images taken across the three days to capture the energy, joy, and hope that was present in Atlanta.

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