| Resolution Number: | 1994-D087 | |
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| Title: | Encourage Parishes to Minister to Newly Discharged Inmates | |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended | |
| Final Text: | ||
Resolved, That this 71st General Convention encourage individual parishes to establish a relationship with an inmate through their Parish Visitation Program and then to seriously consider adopting an initiative expanding their mission to include the support of a newly discharged inmate through the time necessary for that person to become self-sufficient in society; and be it further
Resolved, That the dioceses assist such parishes in providing necessary training and assistance to help them learn skills and techniques to be effective in this mission.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, 1994 (New York: General Convention, 1995), p. 314. |
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