Heartfelt thanks

By parishioner and volunteer, Emily Lyons.

Saint Philip’s Prison Ministry extends heartfelt gratitude to everyone who helped out with our effort to send Mother’s Day cards to the women in Perryville State Prison. Altogether, we ended up with 95 cards!

Because of you, we were able to send well wishes to all of the women on the Sunshine Club mailing list in Perryville’s Santa Rosa and Piestewa units. Thank you for helping us make their Mother’s Day special!

We especially want to thank the kids and youth from the Story Makers, Junior, and Senior formation classes and their teachers for contributing so much creativity and enthusiasm to decorating cards this past Sunday. Your messages of kindness mean so much to the women who will receive them.

In the video below, former Perryville inmates talk about how receiving cards from the Sunshine Club brightened their day and made them feel cared for while in prison.

Interested in learning more about Saint Philip’s Prison Ministry? Please join us at our next meeting at 7:00pm via Zoom on Tuesday, May 14. Click here for the link. All are invited to participate. You can also email questions to me at elyons@arizona.edu.