Goals of the Prison Ministry Project
- To provide Mass and other religious services for prisoners.
- To provide religious instruction to prisoners, especially through the Right of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) program.
- To recruit and train volunteers to visit prisoners and/or help in other ways; i.e., corresponding as a pen pal.
- To provide the prisoners with religious materials, such as Order of Malta Bibles and Prayer Books, rosaries, other books, magazines, and materials.
- To inform the public and legislators of needed reforms in laws and practices.
- To improve the public perception of people who are imprisoned.
- To support halfway houses and foster employment opportunities for prisoners after they are released.
- To work with families of prisoners to offer them hope and support at a difficult time in their lives.