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Friar Louie Vitale's Letters from Prison
Franciscan priest and Pace e Bene staff member Friar Louis Vitale, 78, began serving a six-month prison sentence on Monday, January 25 for nonviolent, prayerful protest calling for closure of the School of the Americas at Ft. Benning, Georgia. On February 25 he was transferred from Crisp County Jail in Cordele, Georgia (where he spent his first month after being processed briefly at Muscogee County Jail), to the US Penitentiary in Atlanta, Georgia. He was then moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and now has arrived at his final destination at FCI Lompoc. He will be released in July. Here is his mailing address:
Louis Vitale #25803-048
FCI Lompoc
Federal Correctional Institution
3600 Guard Road
Lompoc, Ca 93436
Click here to see Friar Louie’s reflection on his life journey written in prison. Visit this page regularly to see the latest correspondence from and about Friar Louie.
Letters from Friar Louie
January, 30, 2010: A Letter to the Pace e Bene Community
February 5, 2010: A Letter to LR Berger
February 7, 2010: Super Bowl Sunday
February 11, 2010: Letter from Louie (via Sherri Maurin and David Hartsough)
February 16, 2010: Why I Chose the “Dustbin”
February 16, 2010: The First Days in Jail
February 18-19, 2010: The Eve of Lent
February 20-21, 201o: A Letter to Judith Kelly
February 22, 2010: Lightning East to West
February 25, 2010: How Can I Cope?
March 12, 2010: California Bound in a Way Station in Atlanta
March 14, 2010: Penitent in a Penitentiary
March 26, 2010: In Transit Again: “Con Air”
March 27-28, 2010: Let Go, Let God
April 3, 2010: Lent Comes to an End
April 20, 2010: Life at Lompoc
April 21, 2010: My Faith Journey
May 23, 2010: Pentecost - Why I Go to Jail
May 30, 2010: Memorial Day Weekend
July 4, 2010: Interdependence Day
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