Immigration: Take action during Lent
The following piece appeared in the March-April 2014 NewsNotes.
Migration
Maryknoll missioners have worked with migrants and people on the move for decades. They have served Burmese refugees in Thailand, Filipino and Thai workers all over Asia, Burundian and Rwandan refugees in East Africa, and have accompanied Guatemalans, who, after years in Mexico, returned home to start anew in a more peaceful country. Our faith compels us to stand in solidarity with migrants.
In the United States, we are profoundly affected by the contribution of migrants in our society, and we have a responsibility to treat them, like all the rest of God’s creation, with dignity and respect. Maryknoll missioners work in ministries serving migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border. In our work on U.S. migration policy, we focus on access to asylum and humanitarian protection, refugee aid and resettlement, and access to citizenship.
Maryknoll Joint Leadership Statements on Migration: Toward Global Solidarity (2006) and Statement on the Migrant Caravan (2018)
Policy Brief: Justice for Immigrants and Refugees in U.S. Policy
Take action during Lent for immigration reform
In collaboration with the Justice for Immigrants (JFI) campaign of the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns urges you to take action for immigration reform during Lent 2014.
2014 National Migration Conference
The 2014 National Migration Conference will be held July 7-10 in Washington, D.C.
Fast for Families Across America
Fast for Families Across America will hold a bus tour across the country, ending on April 9 in Washington, D.C.
National Migration Week 2014
USCCB News Release on National Migration Week 2014 | En Español Advocacy activities you are urged to do during the week: Tuesday, Jan. 7 – Send a JFI e-postcard for the national electronic advocacy day. Wednesday, Jan. 8 – Participate in the JFI National Call-In Day to Congress. Use the toll free number, 1-855-589-5698, to call your…
Epiphany
Barbara Fraser served as a lay missioner in Peru.
Justice for Immigrants resources
Justice for Immigrants (JFI), the immigrants’ rights campaign of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has several resources available. Find them at the JFI website For the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe – Dec. 12 Homily notes | En Español Sample intercessions | En Español San Juan Diego prayer card (bilingual) Activities you can do (bilingual) | English | En Español Sample pulpit…
Fast for families
In early November 2013, a large coalition of immigration activists started a rolling fast, hoping to follow the examples of Cesar Chavez, Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi to touch the compassion and sensibilities of our elected leaders to address the moral crisis of an immigration system that fails to comport with our national values, our creeds and belief in justice.
Nov. 13: Immigration call-in day to Congress
November 13, the feast of St. Frances Cabrini, will be the date of a national call-in day to the U.S. Congress, urging them to take action for just and humane immigration reform.
Immigration: Call-in day; November webinars
The following appeared in the November-December 2013 issue of NewsNotes.
March for immigrant dignity, respect
Nationwide events starting on October 5 will culminate in a rally in Washington, D.C. on October 8, calling for dignity and respect for immigrants.
The Trails: Immigration, detention centers, and lost children
Written by Gabriela Romeri (writer/editor with Revista Maryknoll), Chelsey Clammer and Rae Bryant, and published originally on The Doctor T. J. Eckleburg Review website.
Immigration reform: 40 days of prayer, fasting, and advocacy
People of faith across the country will engage in constant prayer, fasting and expansive action for 40 days starting when Congress returns from recess on September 9 and lasting until October 18.
Interfaith Immigration Coalition grassroots webinar
Interfaith Immigration Coalition Grassroots Webinar: Fast Action for Immigration Reform InitiativeMonday, July 29, 4 pm (Eastern) Right now is a pivotal moment in the movement for immigration reform. As people of faith, we must engage our communities in prayerful action in solidarity with those whose lives are directly impacted by our unjust immigration policies, and…
Nuns on the Bus immigration briefing
Attend the July 24 briefing on immigration presented by Nuns on the Bus.
Ask your rep to attend the Nuns on the Bus immigration briefing
Nuns on the Bus will hold a Congressional briefing on immigration on July 24 — urge your member of Congress to attend.
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Fr. John Northrup wrote this reflection in 2010; it is also published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year (Year C), available from Orbis Books.
Immigration: Senate passes flawed bill
On June 27, the U.S. Senate passed S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act.