Fr. Fred FValone@SaintThomasHuntsville.org
Fritz Barnett* CVCA Antonio Carrillo Laura Carrillo Barbara Arlene Brisco
Rose Marie Slott Turner** Marsha L.
* Fritz Barnett CVCA (Certified Volunteer Chaplain’s Assistant-Wynne). Fritz is a veteran
prison minister who conducts a Eucharistic Service at the Wynne Unit on the 1st and 4th
Sundays of each month with Antonio and Laura Carrillo. Fritz has been doing this for many years and brings a great depth of knowledge and experience to our parish outreach ministry. Since 03/2016 we are coordinating ministries to jointly bring the message of “parish outreach/fellow parishioners” to the Catholic offender community.
**Rose Turner is retired veteran TDCJ Correctional Officer and brings a wealth of practical guidance on prison matters to our ministry.
Ministry Mission Statement:
Bring Christ's healing to everyone affected by crime and violence.
“The mission of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) is to provide public safety, promote positive change in offender behavior, reintegrate offenders into society, and assist victims of crime”.
We support this mission through sharing the Word, Holy Communion, Reconciliation, and celebrating the Holy Mass with the offenders as fellow parishioners of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Parish . We wish to bring a message of brotherhood/ sisterhood to the offenders as fellow parishioners of St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in accordance with our parish credo “…there is no inequality of significance amongst us except holiness…”.
Father visits the prisons on the following schedule:
Wynne Unit on the 2nd Thursday of each month.
Walls Unit on the 3rd Saturday of each month.
Byrd Unit on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
Holliday Unit on each Wednesday.
Father will hear Confessions for approximately one hour, followed by a celebration of
the Holy Mass.
Antonio and Laura Carrillo join Fritz Barnett of Sacred Heart, Conroe on the 1st and 4th Sundays of the month and perform a Eucharistic service at the Wynne Unit.
Roles & Responsibilities: