Post by thinkinkmesa on Oct 12, 2011 22:02:50 GMT -5
Death Penalty Conference in Cincinnati - register today!
"It's an opportune time in Ohio to seriously debate and discuss whether or not we have the death penalty" ~ Ohio Justice Paul Pfiefer
Defending Life against the Penalty of Death:
A Conference for Catholic Respect Life Month,
October 29th, 2011 ~ 9am to 12:30pm
Good Shepherd Church
8815 East Kemper Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45249
The Archdiocesan Offices of Catholic Social Action, Family and Respect Life, and African-American Catholic Ministries, along with the Advocates for Justice Death Penalty Task Force and Ohioans to Stop Executions, are organizing a conference on the death penalty from 9:00 amto 12:30 pmat GoodShepherdChurch. Speakers will include local and national leaders, including those from the national Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty, endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Joseph Binzer will lead with morning prayer with keynotes and panel presentations to follow.
Cost: $10.00. To register, please go to www.CatholicCincinnati.org/SocialAction. Students and those interested in obtaining a scholarship can register for free by contacting the Catholic Social Action Office directly at (513) 421-3131, ext, 2660.
PROGRAN DETAILS
Invocation by Most Rev. Joseph Binzer (Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati)
Presentations by:
•Rev. Neil Kookoothe (Pastor of the Churchof St. Clarencein Olmsted, Ohio, Diocese of Cleveland)Joseph D’Ambrosio (A parishioner at St. Clarence Church, who spent 22 years on Ohio’s death row and was released in 2009 after a judge ruled evidence was withheld that would have proven D’Ambrosio was not responsible for the crime).
•Vicki Schreiber (Education Coordinator for Catholic Mobilization Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty and Board Chair for Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights)
•Timothy Young (Director of Ohio’s Office of the Public Defender since 2008)
•Judge A.J. Wagner (Montgomery County Common Pleas judge)
•Judy and Chuck Hogan (mother and stepfather of Ohiodeath row inmate, Shawn Hawkins, who recently received clemency from Gov. John Kasich)
•Fr. Len Wenke (Director of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Pastoral Services Department and spiritual advisor to executed inmate, Michael Beuke)
•Mary Anne Boyd (Archdiocese of CincinnatiRespect Life Coordinator)
•Sr. Ruth Kettman, CSJ (Director of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur’s Notre DameSpiritualityCenter)
•Sr. Ruth Kuhn, SC (Coordinator for Region VI Coalition for Responsible Investment)
To register and for more information, go to;
www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/catholic-social-action/priority-issues/penalty-of-death
"It's an opportune time in Ohio to seriously debate and discuss whether or not we have the death penalty" ~ Ohio Justice Paul Pfiefer
Defending Life against the Penalty of Death:
A Conference for Catholic Respect Life Month,
October 29th, 2011 ~ 9am to 12:30pm
Good Shepherd Church
8815 East Kemper Rd.
Cincinnati, OH 45249
The Archdiocesan Offices of Catholic Social Action, Family and Respect Life, and African-American Catholic Ministries, along with the Advocates for Justice Death Penalty Task Force and Ohioans to Stop Executions, are organizing a conference on the death penalty from 9:00 amto 12:30 pmat GoodShepherdChurch. Speakers will include local and national leaders, including those from the national Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty, endorsed by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Joseph Binzer will lead with morning prayer with keynotes and panel presentations to follow.
Cost: $10.00. To register, please go to www.CatholicCincinnati.org/SocialAction. Students and those interested in obtaining a scholarship can register for free by contacting the Catholic Social Action Office directly at (513) 421-3131, ext, 2660.
PROGRAN DETAILS
Invocation by Most Rev. Joseph Binzer (Auxiliary Bishop of Cincinnati)
Presentations by:
•Rev. Neil Kookoothe (Pastor of the Churchof St. Clarencein Olmsted, Ohio, Diocese of Cleveland)Joseph D’Ambrosio (A parishioner at St. Clarence Church, who spent 22 years on Ohio’s death row and was released in 2009 after a judge ruled evidence was withheld that would have proven D’Ambrosio was not responsible for the crime).
•Vicki Schreiber (Education Coordinator for Catholic Mobilization Network to End the Use of the Death Penalty and Board Chair for Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights)
•Timothy Young (Director of Ohio’s Office of the Public Defender since 2008)
•Judge A.J. Wagner (Montgomery County Common Pleas judge)
•Judy and Chuck Hogan (mother and stepfather of Ohiodeath row inmate, Shawn Hawkins, who recently received clemency from Gov. John Kasich)
•Fr. Len Wenke (Director of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati Pastoral Services Department and spiritual advisor to executed inmate, Michael Beuke)
•Mary Anne Boyd (Archdiocese of CincinnatiRespect Life Coordinator)
•Sr. Ruth Kettman, CSJ (Director of Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur’s Notre DameSpiritualityCenter)
•Sr. Ruth Kuhn, SC (Coordinator for Region VI Coalition for Responsible Investment)
To register and for more information, go to;
www.catholiccincinnati.org/ministries-offices/catholic-social-action/priority-issues/penalty-of-death