'Amazing group' helps women when life turns upside down

Submitted on January 26, 2011
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Joseph Kenny | jkenny@stlouisreview.com
A prison minister in Indiana brought Christ to an inmate. The love and forgiveness of Christ also is provided by Kairos Outside to female relatives and friends of those who have been incarcerated.
A prison minister in Indiana brought Christ to an inmate. The love and forgiveness of Christ also is provided by Kairos Outside to female relatives and friends of those who have been incarcerated.
CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Northwest Indiana Cathol
Joanne was left to raise her two young children alone when her husband was sent to prison. She was lucky to have support from her family and church, but she still felt overwhelmed and lonely in her struggles. Kairos Outside, a national group organized in eastern Missouri by the Criminal Justice Ministry of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, provided Joanne a shoulder to lean on. "Knowing that you're not alone in your struggle with a loved one being incarcerated makes a tough situation easier," she said.

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