Death Penalty Vigils

Witnessing before the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola during the execution of William Von Poyck – June 13, 2013.

For more information, please contact:

Catholic Charities Respect Life Office (561-360-3330)

During Florida executions, Pax Christi Palm Beach members gather before the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola on Military Trail in Palm Beach Gardens.   We meet at 5:30 PM and stand in silence from 5:45-6:15 on the street corner of Holly Drive and Military Trail.  This witness is to publicly oppose the public killing that is being done in our name.

A Schizophrenic on Death Row – NY Times article about John Ferguson, who was executed on August 5, 2013.

Resources:

The Murder of Darrell Graysonby Fr. Sebastian Mucilli, a member of Pax Christi Palm Beach (June 16, 2008 – U.S. Catholic)

Ending the Death Penalty: What one Catholic Supreme Court Justice could do – Part I and Part II by Dale Recinella, Lay Chaplain – Florida Death Row and Solitary Confinement.

More Resources on the Death Penalty

Resources from Pax Christi USA

• Death Penalty Prayer Service
• Death Penalty Prayer-Study-Action Packet
• Death Penalty Prayer Card

Resources from The Florida Catholic Conference

• Florida Bishops Asking to Close Down Death Row by Karna Swanson (Feb. 11, 2009 – Zenit: The World Seen From Rome)
• Ending the Death Penalty: What one Catholic Supreme Court Justice could do – Part I by Dale Recinella
• Ending the Death Penalty: What one Catholic Supreme Court Jusice could do – Part II by Dale Recinella

Resources from the Florida Catholic Conference

• Florida Bishops’ Statements on Death Penalty
• Death Penalty Position Paper – January 2002
• Written Testimony to Commission on the Administration of Lethal Injection (February 8, 2007)
• Death Penalty Facts and Catholic Church Teaching, November 2011
• Video: Talking About the Death Penalty 2003 National Telly Award Recipient (English) / (Spanish); Death Penalty Video Study Guide
• Powerpoint Presentation – The Death Penalty: Working for Concensus Against It

Resources from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

• Catholic Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty Web site

Other Death Penalty Resources

• • Death Penalty Information Center – up to date reports of all state and national news relating to death penalty
  • I Was In Prison – faith-filled articles on life in prison; especially helpful for those in prison ministry of working on death penalty issues
  • What should we do about Florida’s death penalty? from Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty