HoU Recognized by Catholic Nun

June 2002

One of the results of Humanists of Utah support of the Prison Literacy project was an invitation to provide information at a recent presentation by Helen Prejean to the University of Utah School of Social Work. Prejean, a Catholic nun, author of Dead Men Walking, and opponent of capital punishment, paused at the end of her talk to express gratitude to the Humanists of Utah for their contribution to the prison literacy program. "Thank God for the humanists," she said, then: "Oops."