Offering Peace from Prison

Sister Ardeth Platte, 69, was arrested (along with two other Dominican nuns, Jackie Hudson and Carol Gilbert, who served sentences of more than 2 years each) in October 2002 for “cutting down a fence in front of a Colorado nuclear missile silo and pouring blood in the shape of a cross over the concrete” as an anti-war, anti-nuclear protest. Yesterday she walked out of a federal prison in Danbury, Conn., “‘filled with peace and joy, but not a bit of remorse for her crime. ‘I feel very good about offering 41 months for peace in this world. So, every day … Continue reading Offering Peace from Prison