PRISON MINISTRY AWARENESS SUNDAY

July 27, 2025

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Chances are, someone in your church has been personally affected by the U.S. prison system.

113 million adults in the United States have an immediate family member who has been to prison or jail.

OCPM introduces people in prison to the fullness of the Orthodox Faith. And we help Orthodox Christians who have been convicted of crimes to return to the Orthodox faith and find healing and reconciliation.

But we can’t do this work without the support of our parishes. As the national prison ministry of the Orthodox Church, we are entirely funded through parish and individual support.

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE IMPLEMENTATION PACKET

We’ve made it easy for your parish to get involved by downloading your Prison Ministry Awareness Sunday Implementation Packet, which includes:

  • a beautiful sample homily
  • bulletin inserts of different sizes
  • the OCPM Fact Sheet to hang on your church bulletin board or hand out at coffee hour
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Restoring Broken Icons

Learn about OCPM and what prison ministry could look like at your church.

WATCH MORE TESTIMONIALS

"Open your hearts to God's children behind bars."


Read the Encyclical from
His Eminence, Archbishop MARK

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IMPLEMENTATION PACKET INDIVIDUAL DOCUMENTS

A Sample Homily for your priest based on the lectionary readings for July 27

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The OCPM Fact Sheet: print to hang on your bulletin board, or provide a link in an e-bulletin

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BULLETIN INSERTS

Single Page

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Double Page

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Digital (for e-bulletin)

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