Help Fr John Chagnon Serve Inmates and Families

My name is Fr John Chagnon, Pastor of St. Ignatius Orthodox Church in Madison, Wisconsin. My parish has a history of reaching out and accepting people in the correctional system and I also serve as a spiritual advisor for Holy Oak Farm, a local residence for former inmates and men in crisis.

To more effectively serve those in, and released from, prisons I've enrolled in the Prison Ministry Certificate Program provided in cooperation with St. Tikhon's Orthodox Seminary and Orthodox Christian Prison Ministry. This is a mixed virtual and on-site education program designed to equip clergy and caregivers with the tools to help men and women in the corrections system. You can learn more here .

I would like to be able to cover my travel expenses (air fare and rental car) to Scranton, Pennsylvania from Madison, Wisconsin so that I could fly rather than drive and have the energy to both be vigorous in my studies refreshed to resume my pastoral duties on return. I know the ask is bold. My aim is to study hard and take both the book learning and experience to inmates and their families and be, to the best of my ability, a blessing. Anything you give is greatly appreciated and will be put to its best use in a thrifty and efficient manner. Thank you.