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Art and Religion Take On the Death Penalty
Hous<strong>to</strong>n’s Religious Leaders Convene <strong>to</strong> Open Public Discourse on the Death Penalty
Modera<strong>to</strong>rs:
Sr. Helen Prejean
Author: Dead Man Walking
Panel Participants:
Vicki Schieber
Murder Victims’ Families
for Human Rights
Religious leaders Dialogue on the Death Penalty at the Hobby Center’s Zilkha Hall on January
18 at 7:30 pm is an unprecedented event. Moderated by Sr. Helen Prejean, author of the
book Dead Man Walking, and Vicki Schieber of Murder Victims’ Families for Human Rights,
the evening brings <strong>to</strong>gether seven of Hous<strong>to</strong>n’s religious leaders <strong>to</strong> explore perspectives
on the death penalty in the city with the highest death penalty rate in the nation. The
program will include an aria accompanied by Dead Man Walking Opera composer Jake
Heggie. According <strong>to</strong> the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of
Texas, “We hope that this is a seminal event for discussions surrounding the death penalty.
It is a <strong>to</strong>pic that should be discussed in the context of our lives of faith in order for healing
and reconciliation <strong>to</strong> take root.”
The event is free, space is limited, so please RSVP <strong>to</strong> 512-441-1808 or info@tcadp.org.
Cardinal Daniel Dinardo
Roman Catholic Church
Rev. Daniel Malendez
President, Pas<strong>to</strong>rs In Action
Bishop Mike Rinehart
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Rabbi David Lyon
Congregation Beth Israel
Rev. Mike Cole
Presbytery of New Covenant
Rev. Harvey Clemons, Jr.
Pleasant Hill Baptist
Bishop Janice Huie
United Methodist Church