Sister Helen Prejean

The Spark: Christians as Catalysts Against the Death Penalty

Sister Helen Prejean — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:26:20 +0000

Although I live in New Orleans it’s not often I have a chance to give a talk there, so I’m delighted that later on this month I’ll be home and talking about Christians as Catalysts Against the Death Penalty.

While I’ve been traveling the country I’ve been sensing the changing shifts in the Catholic community, a tide rising against the death penalty. At the same time, I’ve seen Christians in general and, indeed, people of all faiths doing important, determined work to create a country-wide shift towards abolition. I believe we are moving much closer to that national shift. The signs are good, our movement is growing, the once-strong fervor for the death penalty is on the wane. Still, there’s much work to be done to make this the tipping point.

If you’re in New Orleans I invite you to join me for a night when we think about those tipping point possibilities:

When: 7pm Tuesday January 22nd
Where: Roussel Hall, Loyola University, New Orleans.

Vote Yes on 34 today!

Sister Helen Prejean — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:10:01 +0000

Dear Californians,
Today, among your many awesome responsibilities, you have the opportunity to end your state’s death penalty, a penalty that is cruel and wasteful in every sense.

If you don’t already know the facts, head over to Safe California and find out for yourself. Read the New York Times’ succinct editorial for today. Learn how voting Yes on 34 is a vote for life, for justice, for compassion. Heck, it’s even a vote for fiscal responsibility!

Discover the facts and then go vote! Vote Yes on 34 today and let your friends, family, colleagues and entire circle know how they can make a big difference.

Love,

Yes on 34 tour

Sister Helen Prejean — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 19:53:39 +0000

I’ve landed in California for a week of events for the Yes on 34 campaign. Proposition 34, the SAFE California Act, will replace California’s death penalty with a sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole as the maximum punishment for murder.

You’ll find flyers for my speaking events below. I’ll be speaking at some of these events with my good friend Magdeleno Rose-Avila, someone you really don’t want to miss.

Please click the Yes on 34 button on this page to visit the Yes on 34 campaign website.

Click any of the flyers below to see the details of these events and please feel free to print out any of the flyers and pass them around or post them where others will see them!

San Diego A presentation for San Diego's clergy October 2nd, noon	San Diego Public talk October 2nd, 7pm

San Bernardino Book signing, luncheon & presentation October 3rd, 11.30 - noon & October 3rd, Noon - 2pm	Redlands Book signing & presentation October 3rd, 6.30pm - 7pm & October 3rd, 7pm - 8.30pm

Palm Desert Presentation & Q&A	Orange Benefit for SAFE California Reception, Speakers & Silent Auction

Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment

Sister Helen Prejean — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:22:36 +0000

On April 13, 2012, Sister Helen gave a lecture and Q&A, hosted by Bill Quigley, at the Center for the Humanities in an Urban Environment. The talk is in three parts.

An Afternoon with Sister Helen Prejean

Tweet!

Sister Helen Prejean — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 03:14:00 +0000

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