Pilgrimage for Life march, 1986. Sister Helen is third from the right in the crowd of marchers. Walkers enter New Orleans near the end of a 280 mile trek opposing capital punishment.
Letter from Pat Sonnier, the first death row inmate for whom Sr. Helen acted as spiritual advisor. They wrote to each other frequently from 1982 until was electrocuted on April 5, 1984. Pat enjoyed drawing, and often illustrated his letters to Sr.…
Black and white photograph of Vernon Harvey (lower right with outstretched hands), the father of murdered teenager Faith Hathaway, confronting Sr. Helen Prejean (on left with back to camera) after completing the 280 mile walk for the Pilgrimage for…
Typed letter from Sr. Helen Prejean to Vernon and Elizabeth Harvey, the parents of Faith Hathaway, the young woman that Robert Lee Willie and Joseph Vaccaro killed. Sr. Helen first met the Harveys during the period that she was visiting Willie. …