Catholics for Abolition in North Carolina

OnGoing Event - "Prayer Vigil for Abolition" | Day & Time Change Starts Today
2025-11-17 19:00 - 19:30 (America/New_York)
Starting tonight at 7:00 PM, our once-a-month ongoing prayer vigil is changing its day and time. It will no longer be at noon on third Tuesdays. Perhaps the change – to third Mondays at 7:00 PM – will allow more people to join us in prayer to end the death penalty.

Use the Contact Page on this website, to request the Zoom link. The same link will be used every month through 2026. The vigil is a 10 to 12 minute non-interactive, ecumenical time of prayer. Participants must remain muted, and cameras can be left on or turned off.

Please consider joining us in prayer, as the men and women on NC’s death rows prepare their minds and hearts for executions to begin again. They need our support more than ever!

Day of Execution - Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Soul of Richard Barry Randolph (FL) and for the Soul of his Victim
2025-11-20 19:00 - 19:30
Please join with CANC Members & Friends as we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet on this day of execution in Florida – for the soul of Richard Randolph – and for the soul of his victim, Minnie Ruth McCollum.

We meet virtually; please send an email requesting the Zoom link for this evening’s vigil through the CONTACT Page on our website. The prayers of the Chaplet will be attached to the same email.

All newcomers are welcome! Come and take part in this powerful prayer as a spiritual work of mercy.

Day of Execution - Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Soul of Mark Geralds (FL) and the Soul of his Victim
2025-12-09 19:00 - 19:30
Please join with CANC Members & Friends, as we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet on this day of execution for the soul of Mark Geralds and the soul of his victim Tressa Pettibone.

As we meet virtually for this prayer vigil, please send an email through our Contact page requesting the Zoom link for this evening. The prayers to the Chaplet will be attached to that email. There is no special rosary to follow along – just use your regular rosary beads. All newcomers are welcome to join us!

On this day, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we ask Our Mother to pray for all her children and continue to lead us always to Her Son, our Lord Jesus Christ.

Day of Execution - Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Soul of Harold Nichols (TN) and the Soul of his Victim
2025-12-11 19:00 - 19:30
Please join with CANC Members & Friends as we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet on this day of execution – for the soul of Harold Nichols (TN) and the soul of his victim Karen Pulley.

We meet virtually; please send an email requesting the Zoom link for this evening’s vigil through the Contact Page on our website. The prayers of the Chaplet will be attached to that email as well. All newcomers are welcome! Come take part in this powerful spiritual work of mercy.

OnGoing Event - "Prayer Vigil for Abolition" | Day & Time Changed
2025-12-15 19:00 - 19:15

Day of Execution - Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Soul of Stacey Humphreys (GA) and the Souls of his Victims
2025-12-17 19:00 - 19:30
Please join with CANC Members & Friends as we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet on this day of execution – for the soul of Stacey Humphreys (GA) and the souls of his victims, Cyndi Williams and Lori Brown.

We meet virtually, so please send an email requesting the Zoom link for this evening’s vigil through the Contact Page on our website. The prayers for the Chaplet will be attached to that email as well. All newcomers are welcome! Come take part in tis powerful spiritual work of mercy.

Day of Execution - Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet for the Soul of Frank Athen Walls (FL) and the Souls of his Victims
2025-12-18 19:00 - 19:30
Please join with CANC Memers & Friends as we pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet on this day of execution – for the soul of Frank Athen Walls (FL) and for the souls of his victims: Tommie Lou Whiddon, Cynthia Sue Condra, Audrey Gygi, Edward Alger, and Ann Louise Peterson.

You may request the Zoom link for this prayer vigil through our website’s Contact page. The prayers of the Chaplet will be attached to the email you’ll receive in response. All newcomers are welcome! The group is informal, but the prayer is powerful. Take part in this spiritual work of mercy.

Annual Christmas Carols Outside Central Prison
2025-12-25 10:00 - 11:00
On December 25th, Christmas morning from 10 to 11AM, the Fr. Charlie Mulholland Catholic Worker House will continue their tradition of Visiting the Prisoners by caroling for all incarcerated there. For many years, Christmas visitation has been “suspended.” In response to this suspension, the tradition of caroling, outside Central Prison, began on Christmas morning in 1997. Come help hold up the original 30-foot wide MERRY CHRISTMAS sign and bring your gloves and Good Cheer!

No matter the temperature – meet under the train trestle next to the prison grounds. (You can park in Boylan Heights – please don’t block driveways – or in Dix Park.) It’s guaranteed that your heart will feel warmer the rest of the day. Bring your family and friends, young and old!

May the Love and Mercy of the Christ Child be with all of us now and throughout 2026. Merry Christmas!
