Prison Ministry

Coalition aims to have an active prison ministry in all U.S. dioceses, get more laity involved

February 22, 2025
By Simone Orendain
OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Prison Ministry, World News

Those who accompany the incarcerated have said there is a lot to do in ministering to a population that has committed crimes and had to live with the consequences of those actions.

Father Canterna earns Dismas Award for tireless prison ministry

December 18, 2024
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Prison Ministry, Vocations

Father Charles “Chuck” Canterna, who has worked tirelessly in prison ministry for nearly five decades, has been named the 2025 St. Dismas Award recipient by the Dismas Ministry, a national prison outreach organization.

RADIO INTERVIEW: Importance of fatherhood/New book by Tony Pagnotti

June 21, 2021
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review Filed Under: #IamCatholic, Books, Feature, Journalism, Local News, News, Prison Ministry, Radio Interview

Josephite Father Kingsley Ogbuji shares some of his experiences ministering to prisoners and what he has learned about the importance of fatherhood. Also, Tony Pagnotti talks about his new book, “My Scripted and Unscripted Life: A Memoir of a TV Newsman.”

Supreme Court stops Texas execution for inmate’s religious liberty

June 17, 2020
By Carol Zimmermann
Filed Under: News, Prison Ministry, Respect Life, Supreme Court, World News

The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution for Texas death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez June 16, saying the state prison officials need to reexamine their rule that bans clergy from being with prisoners to the execution chamber.

The Least of These: Care for prisoners doesn’t stop after release

September 8, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, Ministry, News, Prison Ministry, Urban Vicariate, Video, Western Vicariate

“I found Christ in these men, and they shared it with me. It didn’t matter whether they were Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, there was a respect,” Father Canterna said. “The key is love. The key is your presence, your oneness with that person. You have to give of yourself, like Jesus did.”