Prison Ministry
PRISON MINSITRY
Secretary: Sr Reena SSpS Gulbarga
Joint Secretary: Fr David D’souza Gulbarga
Core Group: Sr Achala CSST Gulbarga, Sr Veena UFS Vijayapura, Sr Freda A.C Bidar.
Vision: Prison inmates transformed, experience the fullness of life and liberty.
Mission: Prisoners are Renewed, Reformed, Released, Rehabilitated and Reintegrated in the society.
Objectives:
- Through the regular visits to the prison, the prison inmates will receive counseling, love and compassion creating in them better hopes in life.
- Through the regular visits to the prison and juvenile homes, volunteers will get in touch with the families of prisoners and seek education of their children.
- Through the regular visits to the prison, those inmates who are under trials for years will be identified and process for their release will be initiated.
- Through adequate training and exposure the volunteers are helped to do the prison ministry more effectively.
- All the units involved in prison ministry will be brought under one umbrella by 2024.
- The PMI will organize the national and religious festivals, and other awareness programmes like health & hygiene, legal awareness in the prison and will make efforts to release and rehabilitate.
Commissions
- Health
- Proclamation And Evangelization, Holy Childhood
- Bible And Liturgy
- Catechetics
- Laity
- Women
- Family Life
- Small Christian Communities
- Youth/ YSM
- Ecumenism And Dialogue
- Social Development
- Education
- Social Communications
- Justice And Peace SC/ST
- Labour
- Prison Ministry
- Sponsorship Programme
- Vocations And Formation