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September 17, 2010

Helen Prejean, C.S.J., anti-death penalty advocate and author of聽Dead Man Walking

Sister Helen Prejean has been involved in prison ministry since 1981. 聽Her 1993 book,聽Dead Man Walking, which inspired both a motion picture and an opera, radically questioned capital punishment. 聽In this lecture, Sister Helen speaks about her work to build a culture and society in which vengeance is left behind and compassion joins us as one people.

Cosponsored by The Church in the 21st Century Center and the School of Theology and Ministry