Did you see Bishop Dolan’s podcast discussing Prison Ministry with Fr. Wetzel and Ted? There was a link to it in the Catholic Sun email that I get. If you haven’t seen it, I think it’s worth watching. Here it is:
Now I’ll provide some brief news from Watkins jail. The construction project has rolled around to House 2. The jail hasn’t been good about warning us of when closures and reopening’s are happening, so we just have to keep an eye out. They said that House 2 will be closed 3-4 weeks. So it should be opening next week or the following week. That means that House 3 will close at the same time. So I suggest calling before your scheduled service at 602.876.1962. House 2 volunteers (Sergio and Maria, Joe L, Joe C, and Jim) can call to see if it reopened, and House three volunteers (Tom and Deacon Joe) can call to see if it is closed. I’ll let you know if I get any news.
The county has hired a new chaplain for Watkins jail, and he should be starting soon. They haven’t allowed an update in the volunteer schedule in the 6 months since Chaplain Herrera retired, and we really need a schedule update. We have pods that have been re-assigned to other programs, so our volunteers have been shut out (they haven’t been reassigned to a different pod), and we have new volunteers that are ready to go and just need to be put on the schedule. Hopefully they will let us know soon about our new chaplain.
Thanks for your patience with the construction project, and with the volunteer schedule – it has really tried our patience! And thanks for your service.
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