Jail Ministry

"Jail Ministry provides people in jail the opportunity to draw strength and guidance through their relationship with God. God works in the life of a person, communities ... why not jail ministry?" 
-Rev. Paul Haugen

FSPA and affiliates are very active in La Crosse County Jail Ministry. The ministry's programs include Bible Studies, Worship Services, Religious Programming, Spiritual Formation, Group & Individual Counseling, Recovery Group Coordination, Thinking for a Change, Family Outreach, Death Notification, Grief Counseling, Volunteer Coordination, Storybook Program (females only), and Mom's Prayer Group.

We're also present with Kolbe Prison Ministries in Chicago. Volunteers go into the prisons to present retreats, teach CCD (Catholic religious education classes) or RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) or run videos or just visit with an inmate. Kolbe Prison Ministries is named after Saint Maximilian Kolbe who was martyred in a German concentraiton camp during World War II. He is the patron Saint of prisoners.