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 courage to go. For the past several ...

In a hostile system where faith is shaken and isolation runs deep, Deacon Kenneth Lampert, of St. Michael Church, keeps ...

A prison nursery program in Missouri that has drawn support from local Catholic leaders is offering mothers a supportive “family-oriented” place to bond with their newborn babies while still ...

“I think when you’re in a darker situation,” one of the volunteers Lynette Noyszewska added, “it’s sometimes easier to see Jesus. He shines so much brighter.” The local Jail Chaplains program includes ...

Bishop Joe Vasquez of the Diocese of Austin celebrated Mass on Friday at the prison housing Texas’ seven female death-row inmates, five of whom have converted to Catholicism during their time awaiting ...

When Ravenna’s Bill Barber accepted a 2024 Voice of Hope Award last May from Diocese of Youngstown’s Catholic Charities, he did so on behalf of all the diocesan Prison and Jail Ministry Volunteers.

The Grotto is traditionally staffed by a husband and wife alumni duo, who welcome students into the first floor of their home during open hours and events throughout the day. Father David Reamsnyder ...

Rev. Lawrence J. Craig, 59, Pastor of Assumption Parish for 22 years from 1984-2006. Founder and Director of Kolbe House Catholic Prison Ministry. Served at St. Sylvester from 1973-1978, and also ...

Rosalinda Ramos participates in an Iskali picnic in 2020. For more than a decade, Iskali—a Chicago-based Catholic organization whose name in Nahuatl symbolizes growth, resurgence and new ...

For one year I had the privilege to serve as the assistant Catholic chaplain at California State Prison-Sacramento, a maximum-security prison, through the Jesuit Volunteer Corps. At first, I struggled ...