Nan Ross writes for the Diocese of Atlanta:An untold story about convicted murderer Kelly Renee Gissendaner is that she is loved and admired by many inmates and others who serve at Lee Arrendale State Prison north of Atlanta.Gissendaner, 47, a graduate of a prison-based theology certificate program, is set to become on Monday the first woman to be executed in Georgia since … [Read more...] about 11th-hour Plea for Inmate
Archives for March 2, 2015
Rise in Glory: Fr. Hesburgh
Adapted from an announcement by the University of Notre DameThe University of Notre Dame will honor the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, with a Mass at 2 p.m. March 4. Hesburgh, president of the university from 1952 to 1987, died late Feb. 26 at Holy Cross House. He was 97.The Mass is scheduled in Notre Dame’s Basilica of the Sacred Heart. The Rev. Thomas O’Hara, CSC, provincial … [Read more...] about Rise in Glory: Fr. Hesburgh
Rise in Glory: Bishop Walker
The Rt. Rev. Orris G. Walker, Jr., Bishop of Long Island from 1991 to 2009, died Feb. 28. He was 72.Born in Baltimore, Walker was a graduate of the University of Maryland and General Theological Seminary. He was ordained deacon in 1968 and priest in 1969. During the 1980s he earned further degrees from Drew University, the University of Windsor, and the Graduate Theological … [Read more...] about Rise in Glory: Bishop Walker