A prison ministry program, run by former Nixon aide Charles Colson to reform Texas inmates, is leading some critics to question the legality of religion in state prisons and the exclusion of ...

Presenters: Gregory Boyle, S.J., Maureen Clark, C.S.J., and respondents Carl Carbonic, Janet Connors, Leo Vercollone This conference focused on current issues and concerns in prison ministry, and the ...

The Rev. Ulrich “Ulli” Klemm has been involved in prison ministry for nearly 30 years, serving as a head prison chaplain, and since 2004 as the religious services coordinator for the Pennsylvania ...

Religious programs, including evangelical schools, are a major force for good behind bars. The most prominent evangelical mascot for prison ministry in recent memory is, of course, Charles “Chuck” ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HIGH POINT, N.C.– Every Monday evening, the ...

Initiated by a pair of seminarians more than 40 years ago, Prison Ministry India is now a nationwide effort, with more than 8,000 volunteers serving inmates in 1,300 jails. Participants gather for the ...

Surrounded by floor-to-ceiling shelves with hundreds of books on subjects as varied as controlling anger and starting a business from scratch, 33-year-old Chip Lockwood leaned forward at a round table ...

“… like men sentenced to death; we have become a spectacle to the world. … We are fools (for Christ’s sake) ..." — I Cor, 4: 9,10 Writing for April Fool’s ...

Prison Fellowship Ministries will provide a free three-hour training session from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday for anyone interested in the Yellowstone County Prison Ministry Aftercare Program. The ...

When I was a newly ordained pastor, I heard a speech by a federal judge. The judge said that he kept in contact with every person he sentenced to prison. His rationale was simple: he didn’t want his ...

Five years ago I wrote a Lenten meditation, “Jesus the Prisoner,” (America, March 30-April 6, 2009). I was interested in the theme because I was then reading a book written by Michael Kennedy S.J., ...