Don't Miss Out on Catholic Days at the Capitol! Registration Deadline is Next Week!

• A legislative briefing on policy issues affecting human life and dignity
• Pre-scheduled meetings with lawmakers
• A luncheon for Catholic Days participants, Florida's bishops and legislators
• Group photos of each diocesan delegation with their bishop
• Tours of the current and historic capitol buildings
• 40th Annual Red Mass of the Holy Spirit celebrated by the bishops of Florida to pray for those working in the legislative, judicial and executive branches of government.

Bus transportation from three points within the Diocese of Palm Beach is provided. Cost of the full package is again $170 per person (double occupancy). Availability is on a first-come, first-served basis. 

Registration forms are available on the link below. Information is also available on the online Events Calendar of Catholic Charities or the diocese. Share the information with a friend!

Faithful Community to Gather

 This Month to Pray for the 

End of the Death Penalty

The prayer vigil will be held at the Cathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola in Palm Beach Gardens and will begin a half hour before the scheduled 6 p.m. execution of Correll.

Catholic faithful and members of the community are invited to gather in solidarity to pray for the victims of violent crimes and their families, for persons on death row awaiting execution, and for the end of the use of the death penalty.

Catholic Charities Respect Life Office in partnership with the Diocese of Palm Beach and Pax Christi will host a prayer service starting at 5:30 p.m. in the Chapel of the Cathedral. The service will be followed by a procession and silent vigil in front of the Cathedral from 5:45 - 6:15 p.m. Look for the prayer vigil group on the corner and their banner "State sponsored killing is wrong."

Each (arch)diocese in the state will hold a prayer vigil that night, with some conducting prayer vigils at multiple locations. 

Correll was sentenced to death in 1986 for the stabbing of his ex-wife, their five-year-old daughter, and two former in-laws.

The U.S. bishops have been advocating against the death penalty for more than 40 years. In 2005, they initiated the Campaign to End the Use of the Death Penalty and continue to work closely with state Catholic Conferences, the Catholic Mobilizing Network and other groups towards the abolition of the death penalty in the United States.

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The Florida Catholic Conference is an agency of the Catholic Bishops of Florida. The archbishop and bishops of the seven (arch)dioceses in Florida constitute its board of directors.

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Read What Our Florida Bishops Have Said About
the Death Penalty  click here 

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