Death penalty talk set for Nov. 7

Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, will speak about the Catholic Church’s position on the death penalty and Maryland efforts to abolish the death penalty during a Nov. 7 event at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen Parish Center in Homeland.

Vicki Schieber, treasurer of Murder Victim Families for Human Rights, will share her personal story of her daughter’s murder. Monsignor Damien Nalepa, pastor of St. Gregory the Great in Baltimore, will moderate the proceedings, which begin at 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Respect Life Committee of the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

For more information, call 410-547-5537.