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Chaplains train to help prisoners with their grief

NZ Catholic Staff — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:07:51 +0000

Prison chaplains from throughout New Zealand came together last month to strengthen their ministries by being trained in accompanying people in prisons in their grief. Senior Prison Chaplain Sr Veronica Casey, PBVM, said many of the people in prison have grief that has largely gone unacknowledged. “They carry the pain with them into more and

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The challenge of being Mercy for prisoners

Michael Otto — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:30:49 +0000

Just imagine a person released from prison who, having heard the Good News of the Gospel from a prison chaplain, goes to church, but the person he or she sits next to shuffles away and shifts a handbag to the other side.

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Chaplains seek community support

Rowena Orejana — Wed, 21 May 2014 22:00:53 +0000

by ROWENA OREJANA AUCKLAND — Auckland prison chaplain Mary Thorne is one of the lucky ones. She has strong community support from St Mary’s parish in Papakura. “There has always been a strong awareness in our community of our neighbours: the women of Wiri Prison,” Mrs Thorne told NZ Catholic. Prison chaplains care for the

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