Sister recalls powerful healing between a crime victim and a perpetrator

Sr. Donna Liette outside the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Center in Chicago: "There used to be no trees, no flowers. Now we have lots of flowers. It's a much prettier place." (Dave Eck)

Sr. Donna Liette outside the Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation Center in Chicago: "There used to be no trees, no flowers. Now we have lots of flowers. It's a much prettier place." (Dave Eck)

by Maxine Kollasch

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Clip from "In Good Faith"

Precious Blood Sr. Donna Liette, of Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation in Chicago, tells Sister Maxine about how restorative justice practices brought healing between a police officer and a young man who had broken into his home.

Click here to listen to the full "In Good Faith" podcast where this clip is from.

GSR shares clips from our friends at A Nun's Life Ministry. Check out full episodes of all their podcasts (Ask Sister, In Good Faith, Random Nun Clips and more, like the archived Motherhouse Road Trips) on their website, ANunsLife.org.

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