Let's alert Archbishop-elect to Missouri's death penalty crisis!

Dear Friends of CAN,

Please join CAN this week for an end to the Death Penalty in Missouri.

As many of you know a week ago the state of Missouri executed Dennis Skillicorn after a 3 1/2 year hiatus. They also set an execution date for Reggie Clemons. This week please take some time to write a letter to Archbishop-elect Carlson asking him to speak out on the Death Penalty, in specific against the June 17th execution of St. Louisan Reggie Clemons. Attached and below are a letter draft. Use this letter or write your own. Please let CAN know when you have sent a letter. We are hoping to write 500 by Wednesday, June 10th when Archbishop-elect Carlson will be installed as the Archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Please give 15 minutes of your time and a 44 cent stamp to this effort. Share the idea with friends and write letters together. For more information on the Church and Capital Punishment views check out http://www.cacp.org/ Please feel free to add to the letter ideas for how the Archbishop can speak out(Press conferences, letter to priests in the dioceses asking them to talk out on this issue, Column in the Review, etc). We truly appreciate your effort!

Check out www.catholicactionnetwork.org for more details!


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Peace,
Megan Heeney

Catholic Action Network
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Archdiocese of St. Louis
Archbishop - elect Robert Carlson
4445 Lindell Blvd.
St. Louis, Mo. 63108

Dear Archbishop-elect Carlson,

Welcome to St. Louis! I am writing to you because as you well know Missouri has begun executing persons after a three and a half year hiatus. We are so grateful for your voice at this crucial time. On June 17th, 2009 Reggie Clemons is sentenced to be executed. Reggie and his family are from North St. Louis, and as the new Archbishop in St. Louis we are hoping that you will courageously speak up and ask the Governor to grant Reggie clemency.

As you well know, "Ending the death penalty would be one important step away from a culture of death and toward building a culture of life.” (A Culture of Life and the Penalty of Death United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2005.) Please join us in echoing a resounding no to this culture of death and encourage our state to respect life. We look forward to your voice in these matters.



Thank you!


Sincerely,