St. Joan’s Chapel supported the Correctional Institutions Chaplaincy and Stepping Stones Gathering in bringing holy communion to 198 Elmwood jail inmates to celebrate Christmas 2022.
Christmas Communion
St. Joan’s Chapel
The Episcopal Diocese of El Camino Real (ECR) parishes have had active jail ministries in Santa Clara County for over sixty years. In 2022, we created Saint Joan's Chapel to expand and coordinate services to the community of inmates and those in reentry and recovery in our county. St. Joan's Chapel is named in honor of Saint Joan of Arc (1412-1431). Click to keep reading...
Hear My Voice: A Prison Prayer Book
_Hear My Voice: A Prison Prayer Book_ is a new resource about praying to God and listening for God in prison.
Bay Area Volunteers Needed
Organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area seeking volunteers to benefit the incarcerated, ex-inmates, and their communities.
All Are Welcome, song by Marty Haugen
"All Are Welcome" song lyrics by Marty Haugen: Let us build a house where love can dwell and all can safely live, a place where saints and children tell how hearts learn to forgive...
Outside Bay Area: Organizations and Programs
Outside Bay Area: Organizations and Programs - description, web location, and other information for the community of the incarcerated, ex-inmates, and volunteers who want to help.
Seahorses and Mitre, art by José in Jail
Seahorses and Mitre, art by Jose in Jail, June 2018
The Fullness of Time, poem by James Stephens, circa 1917
“The Fullness of Time” poem by James Stephens, circa 1917.
Some Didn’t Survive, poem by Emma Jordan-Simpson, 2018
"Some Didn’t Survive" poem by Emma Jordan-Simpson, published on 1 July 2018 on avoiceinramah blog
At the Arraignment, poem by Debra Spencer, 2004
"At the Arraignment" poem by Debra Spencer, from Pomegranate. 2004 © Hummingbird Press.
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