Prison reform advocates, including the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition and the Urban Institute, have praised the program for having “dramatically changed the field of re-entry in Colorado.”
Starting with Pope Francis footwear in 2017, Sock Religious now makes and sells products honoring Mother Teresa, St. Ignatius, and all manner of Catholic heroes.
With programs from housing support to workplace development to art therapy, Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation serves formerly incarcerated people, their families and those struggling with crime or victimization.
A small Jesuit school—Saint Peter’s University of Jersey City, N.J.—upset the mighty University of Kentucky in the first round of the N.C.A.A. tournament.