Tag: Prison Ministry

  • May 7, 2026

First annual Silver Mass honors correctional and detention officers

Fr. Estevan Wetzel, director of The Office of Prison Ministry and Restorative Justice, celebrated the first annual Silver...
  • April 14, 2026

Bishop Dolan celebrates sacraments in the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

Three young people at Adobe Mountain School Juvenile Detention in Phoenix were baptized by Bishop John Dolan on...
  • September 4, 2025

Bishop Dolan celebrates confirmations at state prison

Bishop John Dolan visited the Perryville state prison complex in Goodyear, Ariz., on Wednesday night (Sept. 3), to...
  • November 27, 2023

‘It’s worth it all:’ Diocese’s Prison Ministry head hosts final Thanksgiving dinner for ex-inmates, families
  • May 23, 2023

Destination: Mom for ‘Get on the Bus AZ’ riders

Every outcast is a child of God because the Son of God was born as such, Pope Francis...
  • September 9, 2022

Prison ministry volunteers find common language with those behind bars

They are known as chaplains....
  • May 11, 2022

Faith-based group changes prison life for inmates in Belize

Greg Jones has a clear idea when his life changed. It was not in 1998, when he went...
  • September 28, 2021

Papal academy gives U.S. death row chaplain ‘Guardian of Life’ award

Death row inmates in Florida's prisons refer to their 6-foot-by-9-foot cell as their "house," with some having lived...