List of ways RLC and MC can engage against the Death Penalty
Get info about your state and the death the Death Penalty.
If your state doesn’t have the death penalty, you might want to address the issue in
another state: Ohio, Louisiana, and Texas are possibilities
Use CMN news letter to read and study
Promote Helen’s books and Vicky’s books.
Buy copy of book for your group.
Write letters as part of meeting
Group could go as a group to a prayer vigil at execution
Pray for someone on death row at each meeting
Pray for family members of those on death row.
Write to victim’s family and send them a note telling them you’re praying for them
Ways you as an individual can promote life instead of the Death Penalty
Sign up for a couple of Death Penalty News letters and read the web site
Share the information you learn with others
Lead parish discussion with materials from CMN
Become a spiritual director for someone on death row.
Visit local jail or prison
Add intention to intercessory prayer the weekend before execution
Put something in local bulletin
Put something on parish web site
Promote play Dead Man Walking at local university or HS
Write a letter to the editor at times when being discussed in a state
Write someone on death row
Write to family members of someone on death row
Write victim family member
As we are made aware of the person charged in the Boston Marathon bombing, you may
want to pay ongoing attention and write letters accordingly. Even if the death penalty is
not brought forward, the person making the decision can often use support for their
decision. Let us pray for those killed, injured, and all those involved.
