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Sister of Providence released from prison
...Kathleen, Mary and Kate walked away from the administration building, about 50 women who are imprisoned at the camp stepped around the corner of one of the prison’s buildings and waved and shouted to the three leaving the facility. By 9 a.m. (CST), the welcoming group moved to the front gate at the prison grounds for a short prayer service in celebration of the moment and to offer a blessing of the prison grounds and for the women still serving...
From fear to tranquility: Sister Dorothy Rasche and prison ministry
Sister Dorothy in her prison ministry stands outside the gates to the chapel at the United States prison with the Catholic Chaplain Fr. N. Ponferrado in 1980. In the fall of 1976, Sister Dorothy Rasche had just started a new ministry. She joined with Sister Mary Moloney and Sister Gilchrist Conway (RIP) as part of the Southeast Pastoral Team in McAlester, Oklahoma. After serving in six places in Indiana as a teacher and as director of religious education at two...
Oral history: Sister Kathleen Desautels, change maker
...from Indianapolis whose mother attended SMWC. It’s a small world in such moments! What was prison like? Life in prison Sinsinawa Dominican Sister Kathy Long, OP, at left, served prison time with Sister Kathleen Desautels, SP, at right, for participating in a peaceful protest against the School of the Americas. The photograph here was taken in November 2003. “You meet some good ol’ scouts. People are people. This was federal prison. Minimum security. I met a lot of nice people...
Dorothy Rasche
...introduced to the prison ministry,” Sister Dorothy said. “After getting my CPE certification, I went to Seelyville, Indiana, to serve as the resident Pastoral Associate and Chapel Contractor at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute.” Sister Dorothy has also ministered in California and Texas. While in Texas, she and Linda Nunez began a ministry in the county jail with the women who were being held for deportation. “Linda continued this ministry after I left for many, many years until a...
Donna Stites: wanting to be seen as somebody
...stepfather themselves. “I was not present when my stepfather was killed,” maintained Donna. “I said that I did it because I tried to cover up for my mother.” The authorities eventually arrested Jan and she received a 110-year prison sentence for her role in the murder. She was also imprisoned at the Indiana Women’s Prison. It took Donna a decade in prison to realize she needed to radically change. And change she did. She set some goals. Among them were...
Oscar Lopez Rivera: A Man of Hope
The United States Penitentiary in Terre Haute A Federal penitentiary is not where one might imagine learning how to find hope in today’s world. However, that may be because one has never visited Oscar Lopez Rivera. Oscar Lopez is a Puerto Rican political prisoner who has served 35 years in multiple high security prisons, 12 of which were in solitary confinement. He is the longest held political prisoner in the history of Puerto Rico, and one of the longest held...
ICE and Immigration
...jails and prisons. In many of the states with Democratic governors, arrests commonly occur in the community where racial profiling is prevalent. ICE has gone, with administrative warrants, into schools, churches, businesses, and homes, arresting individuals, often without criminal records. Note: An administrative warrant is signed by immigration officers instead of the courts. There are two types of administrative warrants. One authorizes the arrest of people violating immigration law. The other authorizes the removal of people who have final deportation...
History Timeline 1966–Today
...Kathleen Desautels, in the pink, stands on the front courthouse steps on the first day of her trial after being arrested for peacefully protesting at the School of Americas march in Fort Benning, Georgia Working for peace and social justice Social justice has always been very important to the sisters. In the years following the Vietnam War, they are able to focus their ministry. Sisters participate in anti-war work, prison ministry, and anti-racism efforts. In 1974 the sisters help start...
A look into our prison ministry
...Indiana and at the federal level. In the newer prison in Terre Haute, there is the federal death row section, which houses inmates convicted of federal crimes. Sisters have been visiting prisoners on death row for many years. I visited with David Hammer for 15 years until he was moved to another state. I still keep in touch with weekly letters or emails. There are many myths surrounding the death penalty. I’ll cite several. “Innocent people are not executed.” Professionals...
Blessed and encouraged to act justly, love tenderly
...a man on death row at the federal prison in Terre Haute, I gave this serious thought and prayer. This has led to a friendship with a man spanning 18 years. I have learned a lot from him, and I believe I have brought joy and hope to a man who could be just a number in the prison system. Many of our sisters and some Providence Associates are involved weekly or monthly in prison ministry. The Sisters of Providence continue to work and pray...
Sisters to participate in panel discussion of documentary
...Sisters of Providence are co-sponsors of the film screening. There is no cost to attend the event. Tamara said the path to the documentary began with an invitation to provide the prisoners with a yoga course. She had been teaching the course to troubled youth as a way to help them cope with anger and other issues. In 2006, she took the course to the prison’s health fair. Only one year later, many of the prisoners began asking her if...
Mary Patricia Peacock
...27 years at schools in Indianapolis and Illinois. She also served as a pastoral associate at St. Dennis in Lockport, Ill., and at Assumption Parish, Coal City, Ill. She returned home to the Woods in 1998 but continued to volunteer in many ministries, including Providence Food Pantry, the Wabash Valley Health Center and Educational Family Services. She also found time to minister in prayer with inmates at the federal prison. She was known for her deep, lasting and loyal friendships....