Nun gets Carjacked....then tries to help out assailants!

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Unreal, this is unbelievable. Remember, fight the world with Love, and God will come shining through.

Carjacked nun helps her attacker get lighter sentence

By Sam Lucero
Catholic News Service

MILWAUKEE (CNS) – In a few minutes one night last April, Sister Mary Jo Kahl’s life changed.

She went from being an innocent bystander to becoming the victim of a carjacking. The 66-year-old Franciscan Sister of Mary also began a new journey of faith that has made her a promoter of restorative justice, pushing for a lighter sentence for one of her attackers and working with him to change his life.

She’ll never forget that night. When she arrived home from her job as a nurse case manager at Convent Hill Public Housing in Milwaukee, all the well-lit street parking spaces in front of her apartment were occupied, so she parked her 2001 Chevrolet Prizm a block away.

 

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Raul’s contract included drug and alcohol rehabilitation; commitment to a community support program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous; attainment of a high school equivalency diploma; and job training. He also had to take a pledge of nonviolence through a program to be administered by Sister Kahl.

The judge was skeptical and told Raul, “This woman, for some reason that I don’t understand, has hope in you. You are one lucky man.”

Raul was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison but the judge ordered him to serve one year at a correctional facility, followed by four years of probation. If he violates his contract with Sister Kahl or the terms of his parole, he will go back to prison to complete the 10-year sentence.

In sessions with Raul, Sister Kahl encourages him to reconnect with his religious upbringing and turn to God for guidance.

“After we finish working on this, he’s no longer going to be the same person and I’m no longer going to be the same,” she said.

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[Libero]

Thats such a lovely story, it is things like this that really boost the will to be a Catholic and to be capable of following these great people.

 

[Nohome]

What a prime example of walking the walk rather than talking the talk. The faith of this woman allowed her to act with courage and compassion. I thank God for sister Mary Jo!

 

[willy]

Blessed are the merciful for they shall recieve mercy. She truly is an example as to what we should all strive to be. May God bless her in all aspects of her life.

 

[Lurch104]

Not to be a skeptic, but is she really doing anyone a favor by getting this person back on the street so quickly? She can do whatever she wants, but she is potentially hurting society in the process. I only hope that her actions don’t cause someones death.

 

[Nohome]

Lurch104:

Not to be a skeptic, but is she really doing anyone a favor by getting this person back on the street so quickly? She can do whatever she wants, but she is potentially hurting society in the process. I only hope that her actions don’t cause someones death.

I doubt that 10 years in the big house protects society any better, especially when the perps are in their 20’s. There is a chance to turn these lives around, I pray they reflect on the gift this sister has given them and make the best of it.