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Texas religious sisters care for their ‘sisters in Christ’ on death row 

August 4, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Sister Pia Maria, third from left, and her fellow nuns of the Sisters of Mary Morning Star, a contemplative order near Waco, Texas. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Sister Pia Maria

CNA Staff, Aug 4, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA).
When Sister Pia Maria firs… […]

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Catholic charities unite to meet prisoner hospice needs 

August 1, 2024 Catholic News Agency 1

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Toronto, Canada, Aug 1, 2024 / 17:16 pm (CNA).
In response to the concerns for the rising numbers of incarcerated Canadians asking to end their lives by medical assistance in dying (MAID), Catholic Chariti… […]

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Seton Route makes only prison stop on National Eucharistic Pilgrimage

July 7, 2024 Catholic News Agency 0

Bishop Earl Fernandes of Columbus, Ohio, carries the Blessed Sacrament during a procession at Pickaway Correctional Institution on June 28, 2024, at one of the stops on the Seton Route of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage. / Credit: Catholic T… […]

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Catholic prison ministry makes good use of large donation of Bible study materials

February 20, 2024 Catholic News Agency 2

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CNA Staff, Feb 20, 2024 / 08:00 am (CNA).
Jerry Trzeciak leads a lot of Catholic retreats. But the participants aren’t your typical parishioners, and they live in a place where not many people have the coura… […]

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NFL’s Harrison Butker, Notre Dame give $10,000 to group creating ‘monastic village’ for ex-prisoners

November 11, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, which was closed in 1989 and sold, which the Serenelli Project is hoping to purchase (left), and a home for ex-inmates reentering society owned by the Serenelli Project (right). / Credit: Serenelli Project

CNA… […]

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Christmas in prison? What it’s like to celebrate behind bars

December 24, 2021 Catholic News Agency 0

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Denver Newsroom, Dec 24, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA).
Prison is probably the last place people think of when they think about the holidays. Yet Christmas behind bars is a reality this year for more than 2 million… […]

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