Dead Man Walking:The Journey Continues

Sr. Helen Prejean: Talking About Life, Death and Social Justice

Mary Hayes Grieco  signing her powerful book Unconditional Forgiveness

Sister Helen began her prison ministry in 1981 when she dedicated her life to the poor of New Orleans. While living in the St. Thomas housing project, she became pen pals with Patrick Sonnier, the convicted killer of two teenagers, sentenced to die in the electric chair of Louisiana’s Angola State Prison. Upon Sonnier’s request, Sister Helen repeatedly visited him as his spiritual advisor. In doing so, her eyes were opened to the Louisiana execution process. Sister Helen turned her experiences into a book that not only made the 1994 American Library Associates Notable Book List. Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States was number one on the New York Times Best Seller List for 31 weeks. In January 1996, the book was developed into a major motion picture starring Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen and Sean Penn as a death row inmate.

Unconditional Forgiveness Book Signing with Mary Hayes Grieco
This is the first enjoyable, user-friendly book that teaches a step-by-step method of forgiveness that reliably works to bring the relief of “letting go” of a painful issue. Based in holistic psychology and universal spiritual principles, this book is fun to read and it deals with serious issues in a light and hopeful manner. Use it again and again, to remain resilient on your life’s path.

The Basilica of St Mary, Mpls
We are located on Hennepin Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Teresa of Calcutta Hall, Lower Level of the Basilica
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