LSSI / OBK – Reentry Center at 614 North 7th Street, ESTL

LSSI / OBK – Reentry Center at 614 North 7th Street, ESTL

LSSI / OBK and CUP (Catholic Urban Programs) have agreed to lease a two story building at 614 N. 7th Street, East St. Louis, IL (62201) that is owned by Catholic Urban Programs and is located next to the office ...
First Annual St. Dismas Award Presentation

First Annual St. Dismas Award Presentation

Posthumously to Father Christian (Chris) Reuter, OFM Reflections by Family and Friends at the presentation on February 14, 2019 (Published St. Louis Catholic Review … by Joseph Kenny) Fr. Chris “was always getting into trouble growing up,” said his brother, ...
First Annual St. Dismas Award

First Annual St. Dismas Award

Awarded Posthumously to Rev. Christian (Chris) Reuter, OFM During the national Catholic Prison Ministry “Bridges of Hope” Conference Mass on October 13, 2018 the first annual St. Dismas Award for excellence in Catholic Prison Ministry was given posthumously by Dismas ...
Father Christian Reuter, OFM, remembered for his ministry to prisoners

Father Christian Reuter, OFM, remembered for his ministry to prisoners

Originally published in The Messenger Father Christian Reuter, OFM, is being remembered for his early work in the Civil Rights Movement and his admirable work with inmates in southern Illinois prisons and with ex-offenders. Father Reuter died June 30, 2018, ...
FR. CHRIS REUTER’S HOME GOING

FR. CHRIS REUTER’S HOME GOING

Mass of Christian Burial, July 6, 2018 Homily: Most Reverend Ferdnand Cheri III Auxiliary Bishop of New Orleans Micah 6:6-8; Phil 2:1-11; Mt 25:31-46 Whenever Fr. Chris would pass a Jehovah Witness Kingdom Hall, he would yell, “Can I get ...