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Upcoming Events:
Death Row Ministry as a Couple and as a Family
Dale and Dr. Susan Recinella
Thursday, January 22, 2009 at 6:30pm - Florida
Catholic Volunteers of Florida Annual Retreat
Green Cove Springs, FL (not open to the public)
For information, contact Sr. Florence by email: fbryanssj@aol.com
The Biblical Truth about America’s Death Penalty
(offered twice)
Catholic Teaching and the Realities of the American Death Penalty
Dale S. Recinella is the presenter of these three workshops at the NCADP
(National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty) National Conference:
Training for the Long Run 2009
January 25-27, 2009 - Harrisburg, PA
Workshops will be offered on Saturday, January 26
Holiday Inn Harrisburg East
4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111 Phone:(717) 939-7841
Dale’s book, The Biblical Truth about America’s Death Penalty, will be
available for purchase and signing.
For information, contact NCADP:(202) 331-4090 or
go to conference webpage: ncadp.org
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Catholics for an End to the Death Penalty
By: Dale Recinella
Back in June of 1999, our little rural mission parish three miles from the Georgia border in the far north of Florida’s Deep South became one of the first
two Catholic parishes in the country to pass a death penalty moratorium resolution.
A copy of it is available online at the
website: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
Then in 2005 the U.S. Catholic Bishops launched a renewal of their then-25-year-old campaign to end the use of the death
penalty in the United States with a beautiful document on Church teaching called The Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death.
In calendar year 2007 the Catholic Bishops of Florida had Susan and I speak on Catholic Teaching and the Realities of the
U.S. Death Penalty in all seven dioceses in the state of Florida.
Now, a new impetus is being launched by American Catholics to end the use of the death penalty in the U.S. The following
is the press release announcing this development:
CATHOLIC MOBILIZING NETWORK TO END THE DEATH PENALTY COLLABORATES WITH U.S. BISHOPS, ABOLITION GROUPS
WASHINGTON — The launch of the Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Death Penalty will be announced at a news conference
on Sunday, January 25, at 11 a.m., at the Holiday Inn Harrisburg East, 4751 Lindle Road, Harrisburg, Pa., at the conclusion
of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty training conference, which is being held at that location.
John Carr, Executive Director of the Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development of the United States Conference of
Catholic Bishops (USCCB), will participate in the news conference. Also scheduled to participate are Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ,
author of the book “Dead Man Walking” on which the feature film of the same name is based, and Diann Rust-Tierney, Executive
Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty.
The Catholic Mobilizing Network, an independent entity, will collaborate with the USCCB and established abolition organizations
such as the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, New Jersey Campaign Against the Death Penalty, and Murder Victims
for Reconciliation. Its goal is to inform and activate Catholics about capital punishment in the United States and why its use
must be ended. Building on the U.S. bishops’ statements on ending the use of the death penalty, it will employ all available
media to reach archdioceses and dioceses, Catholic colleges and universities, as well as Catholic high schools and elementary
schools. The media the Catholic Mobilizing Network will use include plays, walks, vigils, the Internet social site Facebook,
and English and Spanish educational materials about the death penalty posted on the USCCB’s web site.
I will be at the training conference in Harrisburg this weekend conducting three workshops on how to address the erroneous
use of the Bible and Catholic teaching by death penalty supporters.
Please pray for the success of this initiative.
© 2009 Dale S. Recinella
Used with permission. All rights reserved.
No further reproduction or republication without prior written permission.
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I Was In Prison
News & Updates
This ezine is targeted for people involved in prison ministry or in stopping the death penalty, we think you will find helpful information for people who are undecided about capital punishment, for those who have never experienced the inside of a jail or prison, and for those who feel called to participate through prayer and adoration.
Your name and information will never be used or shared with anyone. We promise!
Dale S. Recinella, Catholic Lay Chaplain, Florida Death Row and Solitary Confinement
Susan M. Recinella, Clinical Psychologist for mentally ill adults, and
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