October Needs

Dear Friends of Desert Prison Ministry, THANK YOU! Thanks for all the donations of books, pamphlets, rosaries, and stamps. In the last few weeks, I have been helped a great deal by gifts. Naturally, I am asking again! What’s needed especially now: stamps (always, stamps!), cash donations, money orders. You can send cash or blank money orders to me so that I can send them to prisoners’ accounts. A gift of $10 helps a prisoner with basic needs. Most prisoners have to buy nearly everything they need from socks to underwear and stamps, paper, envelopes, and pens or pencils. Regulations governing nearly all correspondence with prisoners are byzantine and bizarre (example: Texas will not permit rosaries to be sent to prisoners—oh, those rosaries, so dangerous!) Sending books to prisoners is very important, but again, the rules are sometimes incomprehensible. Some states permit only books direct from Amazon! So far, Desert Prison Ministry has great success with mailing new and used books from its Desert Prison Ministry address. Please ask if you wish to send books to prisoners. Thanks also for your prayers, novenas, Masses, and good will! Ken Craven