PRISON DESERT IN JUNE

THE PRISON DESERT IN JUNE

Thanks again for all the generous gifts of prayers, stamps, and cash.

Bubba is happily watching TV, thanks to you, though he continues his spiritual reading. He is a man to be admired. Barring a miracle (for which we nevertheless pray) Bubba will never see the outside of prison walls. At age forty-two, presently in an 8x10 maximum security cell in Oklahoma’s Davis Correctional Facility, Bubba does his best. His hope is that he will be transferred to medium security where he will be able to do some work and engage in his avocations of knitting and painting.

I am happy to report that he has now been visited by Father Le of the Diocese of Tulsa who brought the sacraments and the good news that His Excellency Bishop Slattery will come to give Bubba the Sacrament of Confirmation. After many, many letters, e-mails, and phone calls, DPM has finally managed to call clerical attention to Bubba’s situation. If you want to help, wherever you are, look into what prison ministry is or is not being made available to Catholics and prisoners who want to learn about the Catholic Faith.

Now that DPM has secured a TV for Bubba, we turn our efforts to Wes, who is on death row in the infamous Polunsky Unit in Texas. Wes would like to purchase a portable typewriter from the prison commissary so that he can write a book aimed at young people, like his own sons, who are attracted to the gang lifestyle and who think prison is “cool.” Judging from his letters, I think Wes can do a good job and I have offered my editing services.
If you want to help with this project or with the ongoing ministry of DPM, contact me at kentoncraven@hotmail.com or at 661 S. Edgewood Drive, Sparta, TN 38583-1105. 931-979-1938.