Philadelphia Archdiocesan Prison Ministry 2024

Catholic Prison Ministry in Philadelphia

What We Do

  • Providing spiritual support in an orthodox Catholic framework for those imprisoned in the Philadelphia County Prison System;
  • Creating liturgical and scriptural programs that guide and foster spiritual growth for Catholic inmates;
  • Providing all applicable sacraments to Catholics who are incarcerated;
  • Training Catholic volunteers to minister to inmates;
  • Developing the spirituality of Catholics in the guard force and prison administration to that they relate to inmates in a truly Catholic mindset.
  • Developing our own spirituality as Catholics and brothers and sisters of those incarcerated.
  • Cultivating an openness to the Holy Spirit, as He comes to us in the fullness of Catholic Tradition.

More information will become available soon