Old St. Pat's Podcast Series - Radical Kinship: Kevin Gallagher, Jobi Cates, Diane Daly In this episode, we are joined in dialogue with OSP’s own Kevin Gallagher and Jobi Cates, the Executive Director at Restore Justice Illinois, along with Matthew Simon of the Helen Brach Foundation and The Catholic Lawyer’s Guild. We discuss the landmark Illinois Criminal Just Bill passed recently in Springfield, what changes needed to be made, and the work that still lies ahead. Next, we welcome to the show, OSP’s own Diane Daly, to dialogue about her time with the prison pen pal ministry. Diane, her husband Greg, and their family have been parishioners since 2002. Diane shares her experience as part of the prison pen pal ministry and the friendship she formed with a woman named Destiny. Diane describes how their relationship blossomed and helped Destiny with her parole hearing, the two still remaining close today. For those of you interested in joining the prison pen pal ministry, please feel free to contact OSP’s Social Justice Minister Kayla Jackson at kaylaj@oldstpats.org
Old St. Pat's Podcast Series - Radical Kinship: Compassion & Restorative Justice for Incarcerated and Reentering Citizens
In this episode, we are joined in dialogue with OSP’s own Kevin Gallagher and Jobi Cates, the Executive Director at Restore Justice Illinois, along with Matthew Simon of the Helen Brach Foundation and The Catholic Lawyer’s Guild. We discuss the landmark Illinois Criminal Just Bill passed recently in Springfield, what changes needed to be made, and the work that still lies ahead.
Next, we welcome to the show, OSP’s own Diane Daly, to dialogue about her time with the prison pen pal ministry. Diane, her husband Greg, and their family have been parishioners since 2002. Diane shares her experience as part of the prison pen pal ministry and the friendship she formed with a woman named Destiny. Diane describes how their relationship blossomed and helped Destiny with her parole hearing, the two still remaining close today.
For those of you interested in joining the prison pen pal ministry, please feel free to contact OSP’s Social Justice Minister Kayla Jackson at kaylaj@oldstpats.org