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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...