Loretta Holstein and Sr. Helen Prejean with the Robert M. Holstein Award plaque
,

Sr. Helen Prejean Receives ISN’s National Leadership Award

The Ignatian Solidarity Network honored Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J., with the “Robert M. Holstein: Faith that Does Justice Award” on Tuesday, May 7, 2013, at an award reception in New Orleans, Louisiana. Sr. Prejean is an internationally-recognized advocate against the death penalty whose passion is rooted in experiences of ministering to death row inmates. She has spoken around the globe and authored two books including Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty, which held a spot on the New York Times Bestseller List for thirty-one weeks in 1994.
Catholic Climate Covenant
,

Ignatian Solidarity Network Endorses St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation & the Poor

The Ignatian Solidarity Network (ISN) announced today that it will endorse the “Saint Francis Pledge” to Care for Creation and the Poor, led by the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change. ISN is one of several national organizations that have joined the effort to respond to an environmental call to action from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
SOAWatch - US District Court Hearing
,

Federal Court Orders Pentagon to Release the Names of WHINSEC Trainees

School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch) announced yesterday that a federal district court judge has ordered the Pentagon to release the names of trainees at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) that had previously been withheld.