The Death Penalty as a Social Justice Issue



The Death Penalty as a Social Justice Issue

We will explore the death penalty issue from the point of view of the principles of Catholic Social Teaching:

• The moral and ethical foundations.

• The call to responsible civic participation.

• The impact on the most vulnerable in our society

We will also have available means and avenues for anti-death penalty advocacy and activities.

Keynote Speaker:

Robert Meeropol

“The Death Penalty: Forgiveness, Reconciliation & Human Rights.”

Robert Meeropol was six years old when his parents, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, were executed in 1953 after one of the most hotly debated trials in U.S. history. He is now an attorney, activist, author of the memoir, AN EXECUTION IN THE FAMILY and Executive Director of the Rosenberg Fund for Children, a public foundation he created to honor his parents’ legacy. () Robert is also a Board Member of the anti-death penalty organization, Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights, .

May 7, 2005

254 Bridge Street, Springfield, MA

Schedule

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

9:00 Check-in & Refreshments

9:20 Welcome:

Jan Denney, Executive Director, Catholic Charities Agency

Introduction:

Marilyn Paul-Lewis, Director, Parish Social Ministry

Opening Prayer

9:30 Keynote Speaker

10:15 Break

10:30 Presentations

Moderator: Marilyn Paul-Lewis

The Death Penalty and…

… the Life and Dignity of the Human person.

--Sr. Carol Allan

…Rights & Responsibilites.

--Brayton Shanley

…Option for the Poor & Vulnerable.

--James Morton, Esq.

…Solidarity.

--Kathryn Buckley-Brawner

11:30 Call to Action

Saul Finestone

Martina Jackson

Brayton Shanley

Sr. Carol Allan

John & Linda Thompson

12:15 Answering the Call:

Information Tables

Light Refreshments

Speakers

Sr. Carol Allan: Sisters of Saint Joseph.

Kathryn Buckley-Brawner: Catholic Charities Agency: Coordinator, CCHD & CRS.

Saul Finestone: Chair, Mass. Citizens Against the Death Penalty (MCADP), Hampden County Chapter.

Martina Jackson: Executive Director, Mass. Citizens Against the Death Penalty and Chair of Mass. Anti-Death Penalty Coalition.

James Morton, Esq.: Executive Director, Mass. Career Development, Institute, Inc.

Marilyn Paul-Lewis: Catholic Charities Agency: Director, Parish Social Ministry.

Brayton Shanley: along with wife Suzanne: Founders of Agape, a lay Catholic non-violent residential community in Hardwick, MA.

John & Linda Thompson: Thompson & Thompson, Attorneys-at-Law. Specialists in Criminal Defense.

Registration Form:

Name: _________________________

Address: _______________________

_________________________

Phone: ________________________

e-mail: ________________________

Parish or Agency affiliation:

______________________________

FEE: $10.00

Make check payable to:

Catholic Charities Agency.

Please mail registration form and check to:

Catholic Charities Agency

254 Bridge Street

Springfield, MA 01103

Attn: Marilyn Paul-Lewis

Please reply by April 22, 2005.

For more information contact:

Marilyn Paul-Lewis

Director of Parish Social Ministry

413-452-0651

m.paullewis@

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PRESENTS……..

The Death Penalty

as a

Social Justice

Issue

May 7, 2005

9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

254 Bridge Street

Springfield

413-452-0605

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