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Kairos at the Catholic Corrections Conference 2019

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To all our Kairos brothers, I wanted to share with you the blessings of the Indianapolis Catholic Archdiocese conference on Prison Ministry. The conference is a gathering of those throughout the Archdiocese of Indianapolis who participate in some form of prison ministry. Kairos has been involved in the last two years as a breakout session for those wanting to understand our ministry. This year 140 people attended the conference. We shared a breakout session with Steve Fisher of "Residents Encounter Christ." His ministry is focused on serving those in the county jail population and appears to be similar to the Kairos weekend. Joining us in presenting the Kairos ministry were Shari Hansel and Laurie Sexton both from Kairos Outside, Travis Burgan, Bob Kattau, Frank Sherpersky, and myself. Nick Martin attended the conference but attended the other sessions. As part of the program, they had offenders now released share about their experience in prison. One of those had been held at death row and is now released. He noted that Kairos was the only group who came to them while they sat in death row. Nearly all the panel (except for the participant who was locked up in the Federal Prison) spoke about the powerful Kairos experience and how Kairos continued to support them during their time in prison. The conference gave us time to talk with several clergies.

Rod Nesson





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