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Prayer and Action on Behalf of Those Facing Execution

October 23, 2026

By Tracy Abler, Justice Coordinator

Jeffrey Weisheit is scheduled to be executed on November 5 by the state of Indiana for the murders of Alyssa and Caleb Lynch. Please hold Jeffrey, Alyssa, Caleb, their families, and the people of Indiana in prayer.
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Michael Taylor is scheduled to be executed on November 5 by the state of Alabama for the murders of Ivan and Lucille Moore. Please hold Michael, Ivan, Lucille, their families, and the people of Alabama in prayer.
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Jesse Guardado is scheduled to be executed on November 5 by the state of Florida for the murder of Jackie Malone. Please hold Jesse, Jackie, their families, and the people of Florida in prayer.
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James Pavatt is scheduled to be executed on November 12 by the state of Oklahoma for the murder of Rob Andrew. Please hold James, Rob, their families, and the people of Oklahoma in prayer.
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John Allen Rubio is scheduled to be executed on November 12 by the state of Florida for the murders of Julissa Quesada, John E. Rubio and Mary Jane Rubio. Please hold John, Julissa, John E., Mary Jane, their families, and the people of Florida in prayer.
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Reinaldo Dennes is scheduled to be executed on November 19 by the state of Texas for the murder of Janos Szucs. Please hold Reinald, Jano, their families, and the people of Florida in prayer.
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Nidal Hasan is scheduled for execution by the U.S. Military on December 3, for the Fort Hood shooting in Texas, in which he killed 13 soldiers and injured 32 others. Please hold Nidal and all service members and their families in prayer.

Nidal Hasan's stated motivation is to become a martyr. Executing him fulfills that wish, providing him a platform to inspire other religious extremists to replicate his action. Throwing away the key on him will provide severe punishment while not giving him a platform to inspire more terrorist attacks.

If carried out, this would be the first U.S. Military execution since 1961, and it comes at a time when the public is becoming more and more concerned about the use of the death penalty in light of recent failed executions, as well as with a number of other problematic issues regarding mental illness, race, intellectual disability, problematic attorneys and judges, and more.

Please sign the petition asking U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and President Donald Trump to call off this execution.

Want to do more? Please consider attending First Friday Prayer Vigils with Catholic Mobilizing Network. The next vigil is scheduled for November 6, 2026, at 1 p.m. CT, featuring a Scripture reflection from Most Reverend Jaime Soto of the Diocese of Sacramento.

You can also take action and oppose upcoming executions at https://catholicsmobilizing.org/our-work/death-penalty/executions/

The Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes goes on record as being opposed to the death penalty.

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Posted in Death Penalty & Restorative Justice