hello and welcome to mosaic. justice is an important word. it speaks to basic human need. today, the thing that we all want to have for ourselves that we want to see others have as well. those things are right and fair. a punishment has been imposed.

roy,t looks like justice is done. and we probably say that we all want to live in that society. what is the human story behind that word cracks looking deeper we may see that justice is more than a principal on which we hope to act deeper than discerning wrong and right. it involves a human relationship. when injustice has been done a human relationship has been damaged and torn. that relationship needs healing. today we will talk about the archdiocese ministry. we provide people of affected by crime support to heal through prayer, prevention, intervention and guidance. after this brief break we will learn about the sword of justice and what they are doing to teach and practice.

hello and welcome. let me introduce my colleague julio escobar. he is your title of director of authority justice ministry. >> yes.

it is named restorative justice. >> you work in the central chancery office. you told me a couple of things. one is that your ministry is called ministry. you don't call it an office, a bureau, a program. the second thing was it is a new presence. >> well, when i say that, i mean that we need to be present when we meet people. whether it is an offender or a victim, we need to be present recovinsi panying. of a prison or a jail. >> as i looked at what you do,

it does seem that you acknowledge that there is a relationship between the offenderand the victim. but now they are in a relationship. the relationship is there and it needs acknowledgment and pending. that is what you let people to understand. >> yes, the relationship is there but it needs to be a bridge that brings two parts together. that's where we are starting those justices when harm has occurred in a particular way. so, that breach needs to be connected by those two people. so, that is our adversarial system settling something.

so, what's different about what this tries to bring into it. >> it just attempts to separate both. there is an opportunity for them to learn about what happened and restorative justice brings that fertility. at least listen to each other what happened in these instances. >> so your focus is on the criminal justice system >> our focus is to bring biblical restorative justice to people who are inside of jail and prison. to bring the same approach to somebody who has lost a family

member and violence. >> so, it's is a new mission statement that you provide crime victims and offenders with support to heal. because, it's clear to us that you know the shared crimes but you are also saying that people have also committed a crime need healing. how do you work with that? >> welcome criminals or anyone that is in jail, most of the time they have a victim first. >> ever that said by experts. and let me point this out. i'm using the word criminal but in your language you refer to them as incarcerated. we are not judging that they've actually committed a crime. we are saying that this is the situation that they find themselves incarcerated.

>> and what we are going to attempt to do, to bring the word of god for them to realize that they have harmed other people. that is the first step for people is that they need to have this encounter with god first before anything else can happen. >> so, you try to awaken the person who is incarcerated. i've heard it said as well, many times. people who commit offenses have been offended before. they are bringing the anger that they feel into another relationship where it does a bulldog. >> it's not just anger, it could be trauma. could be that they had been victimized. could be that they had be

abused. and in this process of being harmed first what we do is we bring this you know and we say, our hope is that god will have reship with them first anthat through their consciousness and realizing that they committed these harms they are going to recognize that they have hurt somebody. >> and that god frowns on that. >> correct. what we look for here is that they encounter that they find that they have responsibilities. and that is one of the other steps that they need to be responsible in order for them

to begin because, has appealed to themselves. did the incarcerated seek you out? >> our goal is to first bring this to them. it is unknown at what point that they will realize that they have this responsibility. it could be legal to visit somebody one time. our goal is that they meet god somehow in that they have to take responsibility. it's the way that we speak with them. they realize, i need to take responsibility. that's the process. >> let's take a break.

when we come back we will ask about the process in which this happens.

hello and welcome back. we're talking about restorative justice is. i understand you initiate meetings between offenders and their victims. and you have an agenda for that for which you help open up everybody's minds so, do you meet these people to their parole managers how does that work? >> we work with partners. corrections department but also, they were further cases to us.

their social worker or a case manager. that is when the minor crimes are delegated to me. murder casrentat we had different cases and how he uses practices. >> is a focus on criminal behavior but there's also mediation. >> yes. women may have a family that needs to speak with their son. and they come to us seeking help mediating them for you know the use of drugs or could be a teenager that's misbehaving and, maybe just escaping at night. different situations that they bring.

as long as they both agreed to come, we can hold the meeting. >> okay garcia small personal meetings. but they also do activities that i think are involved. >> yes so, we work with formerly incarcerated people. so when they come out, how did they reintegrate into society and reenter the community. how are they able to give back to the workforce. so, we have a conference and have many partners that offer opportunities for people from housing to education to employment and job readiness. >> that's important. let me ask you a few things. we have some photos here. here are also we are seeing in

this first set. >> yes. so this particular photo we are holding a prayer service on the street where his son are mother were killed. we held the career services. the contacted the family and be offered and asked them if it is okay for us to come and do a prayer service. >> you do this regularly. and, these are on the streets of san francisco we cleaning the spot of the murder. everyone is welcome to come. >> for every homicide we do the press service.

we bring a priest and behold the services. >> there's a couple here who have different look. who are these people? >> we have the missionaries of charity from mother theresa. we have volunteers that belong to the ministry. the group that goes into the county jails and, into the facilities. this meeting was from a meeting that we took after we had a remaining of the archdiocese. we have different volunteers that participate. >> the next photo is the san quentin prison. >> yes. it is a delegation of california bishops. we went

there to look at that facility and the different aspects including. >> i believe the next set this candlelight vigil for crime survivors. >> this is a vigil. we did at night. they photo that is shown there. people in the community are invited to come. >> and you are gathered in a church in this next photo. >> yes. this one was in sacramento. and we had a large group of people coming. for this we did a prayer service together. >> this shows a young man's funeral, memorial. this is a picture of the victim

of a crime. >> yes. he was killed in a drive-by shooting. we did this prayer service. it was in east palo alto a few years ago. >> let me ask you about the next on. these men are clearly in detention of some kind. >> yes, we have those detention facilities for you it's as young as 10 years old. young people who are incarcerated. this is just a sample of what it may look like. because, e under show >> this is a small sample of some of the things that you do.

i can read a list and we come back in our next segment. i want to make clear to people that they have a certain skill set or if you can we like as many people as possible to be involved.in our next segment.

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talking today about the very serious prospect of justice in a special time called restorative justice. so, we saw lots of different activities. prayer, prevention, guidance, and mediation. you have a list of you recently passed events. this explains what these are. because people coming to them. i think you wouldn't have mind having tvo you have the reentry conference whatthat? >> we,it is a day conference. we have over 40 of those services for the people that

are coming out. that's for them to raid into gog r difftoor ople canen and that goes parallel with the people of the table. so, they have the services to people coming out. so, it is a restorative justice conference. we invite crime survivors to come in table. we have people that are crime survivors. specifically homeless. >> and you have treats for families? >> those people who

are crime survivors. we have treats her family to have somebody in prison. and then, we have a retreat for the volunteers. the >> and i want to ask about that. i have no experience. if i wanted to volunteer, are there opportunities for somebody with professional skills? >> certainly. our base really is made of volunteers. whether they are clergy or other people. here what is important is the time. no special skills. of course, you need to have them believing in your faith. because, that's what we come and we share with people who are coming into the jails. outside, if you want to help, or if you want to help in the conference, you don't

necessarily have to have that. but you need to be able to come and help. >> it seems to me that this mediation technique here in a secular way. you see as a christian a deeper layer. that is the soul of the person. that has been broken or damaged. you are trying to make these people aware of it. and the corporal works of mercy, jesus says, i was in prison when you came to visit me and i've never understood that. is it when i was hungry, you fed me. but, i've always added a little bit. what i hear nothing about being in prison. we are belong there. well,i think i see it more clearly. that's a damage broken person.

and needs that. and i see it in the christian tradition. of course, they were a prisoner. and for the first 300 years of church, they worked the conventional law-abiding people. and we have a long tradition of being among the prisoners. >> so, it is the land. the answer there is when we are called to do this. because, when you are in prison, you need somebody to talk to. you need somebody that you can share that with. you need somebody that says that i committed a crime, i need to have somebody to go back. that is one we were called to

answer that question and be present. that's how we use that be in on difficult times when people are lonely and isolated. they need a word of encouragement. they need some direction. and that's and we become present in people's lives. >> i saw that yesterday he welcomed a group of high school students. can you tell me in 30 seconds what they are doing? >> it's the young neighborhood action. the national entity that has mission trips for those teams. the group that we have is from washington. they had come to learn about restorative justice. in the deep principles that we use.

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