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Criminal Justice Ministry: Rooted in Gospel message
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org Heidi Moore knew that closure was needed. So she did what she had to do, even if it meant spending almost a whole day traveling through rural Missouri.read more
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Addressing the scars of prison life
Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Cynthia Stevenson-Johnson started using drugs at age 16, with heroin as her drug of choice. She often paid for the drugs by shoplifting. In...
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After Pope Francis' visit, Bolivians hope for change
Catholic News Service SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia -- Ernesto Rossell was born Catholic, went to Catholic schools and was married in the Catholic Church, though he fell away from his faith. But he said seeing...
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Visiting prison, pope says all people need forgiveness, cleansing
Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service PHILADELPHIA -- While pilgrims in Philadelphia put up with a long weekend of lines and security checks at the papal venues, the pope reached out to a group of...
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‘Godsend’ to ex-inmates struggles after cut in state funds
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Brian Moore spent more than three decades in prison. The first time, he was exonerated after going to jail at age 16 and spending 10 years...
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School suspensions seen as part of ‘pipeline’ to prison
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Billy Harris grew up in southwest Missouri and started getting into trouble with the law at age 14, receiving unsupervised probation for...
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By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 Joseph Jones, a maintenance technician at the St. Louis Medium Security Institution, stopped by a McDonald's for lunch Nov. 8 to find one...
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Fontbonne aids a Criminal Justice Ministry enterprise
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@archstl.org | twitter: @josephkenny2 After spending three hours with the manual, Mike Tverdick figured out how to operate the surger.It was no easy feat, but Tverdick, who...
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