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  • Archbishop Charles Chaput holds up the cross made for him by the inmates of House of Correction in Northeast Philadelphia. Photo by Sarah Webb/CS&T.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput greets the inmates at the Christmas prison Mass held Dec. 22 in the northeastern Philadelphia House of Correction. Photo by Sarah Webb/CST&T.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput greets one of the inmates at the Christmas prison Mass held Dec. 22 in the northeastern Philadelphia House of Correction. Photo by Sarah Webb/CST&T.

  • Mass was celebrated Dec. 22 at House of Correction in Northeast Philadelphia. Photo by Sarah Webb/CS&T.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput hugs one of the inmates at the Christmas prison Mass held Dec. 22 in the northeastern Philadelphia House of Correction. Photo by Sarah Webb/CST&T.

  • Macoba, left, was altar server at the Dec. 22 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Charles Chaput at House of Correction in Northeast Philadelphia. Photo by Sarah Webb/CS&T.

  • Mass was celebrated Dec. 22 at House of Correction in Northeast Philadelphia. Photo by Sarah Webb/CS&T.

  • Mario, who served as lector at the Dec. 22 Mass at House of Correction in Northeast Philadelphia, receives Communion from Archbishop Chaput. Photo by Sarah Webb/CS&T.

  • Archbishop Charles Chaput is given a cross made for him by the inmates of House of Correction in Northeast Philadelphia Dec. 22. Photo by Sarah Webb/CS&T.

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One Response

  1. George Munyan says:
    December 23, 2011 at 11:23 pm

    I urge the Archbishop to appoint a full time Catholic chaplin to the Philadelphia prisons. It is a vacancy nearing 1 year in time. There are 2,000 Catholics in our prison without a Catholic chaplin other than occassional volunteers. Othe faiths are fiully represented.

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