Daughter of Charity Accompanies Man to Be Executed

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Arkansas Catholic) – Sister Doris Moore has experienced the personal side of the death penalty. While some people are against capital punishment for legal reasons, the Daughter of Charity is against the state killing inmates for personal and religious reasons. Her friend is on death row in Texas and is scheduled to be executed March 28.

In 1998 Sister Doris was the coordinator at one of her order’s wellness centers in San Antonio. As a member of the local anti-death penalty group, she was invited to attend a national abolition convention. After Mass at the cathedral, participants were walking back to the hotel and several high school students were handing out slips of paper with the names and addresses of Texas death row inmates to write.

“I received Vicente’s name,” she said. “It was so interesting since our (order’s) patron saint is St. Vincent — I knew that was the right one for me.”

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