Prison Ministry

The purpose of prison ministry is simple…VISIT and CARE … just as Jesus calls us to do in Matthew chapter 25.  There are common misconceptions about prison ministry. For example, many assume that volunteers must possess specialty qualifications such as being a Bible scholar, theologist, therapist, or teacher; however, Jesus did not place such restrictions.   LOVE for others, without passing judgment, is all you need … just be a true Christian! Visits are about caring for one another in the most important way, that is, spiritually. Prison ministry volunteers create an environment that fosters spiritual growth and a deepening of each individual’s (inmates and volunteers) personal relationship with our Father and Jesus, through the Holy Spirit.

It is undeniably clear…visiting lonely souls in prison is indeed what Jesus wants us to do. “For I was … in prison and you visited me…”  (Matthew 25: 35,36). 

Members of the Good Shepherd Catholic Community’s Prison Ministry strongly endorse a very simple program that easily and safely helps us do God’s will of visiting “the least ones among us.”

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