Camp Caritas

The Diocesan Committee on Prison Ministry needs YOUR HELP in making Camp Caritas, June 15-20, 2008 at Gray Center, a success. There is a need for Staff Members and House Parents (some staff positions do not require the full week's commitment). Financial support is needed to sponsor the children who will attend the camp. This event helps to change the lives of children who have one or both parents incarcerated.

Please click here to download a brochure with additional information about Camp Caritas.

Contact Information:  Phil Holt, Chair: Camp Caritas Committee - 601-956-5431 

Children of incarcerated find unconditional love at summer camp

By Val Hymes, June 28, 2007

[Episcopal News Service] Children of parents in prison "are invisible. No government entity is responsible for them," says a U.S. Senate report.

The president says there are 1.5 million of them. The Bureau of Justice statistics say they have a 70 percent chance of going to prison just like their parents. More...