Human trafficking
Trafficking, sexual slavery, child prostitution ... all are gross violations of human dignity and demand urgent attention.
Migrants
Maryknoll missioners have worked with migrants and people on the move for decades. They have served Burmese refugees in Thailand, 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.
Here 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.
Ask Congress to protect Dreamers, support the USA Act of 2018
Ask Your Representatives to Protect Dreamers by cosponsoring the USA Act of 2018
World Refugee Day
Date:
Jun 20, 2018
Location:
Download the toolkit
World Refugee Day is June 20.
Tell Congress to protect Honduran TPS holders
We call on Congress to take immediate action to protect Honduran TPS holders.
Hondurans need protection
We call on Congress to step in immediately and create a permanent solution for Honduran TPS holders.
U.S.-Mexico border: ‘This is not a war zone’
Catholic bishops from eight dioceses in Texas, Arizona, and California issued a statement criticizing President Donald Trump's announcement on April 4 that he would deploy National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border.
Modern Slavery at Sea Presentation
On March 21 and 22, 2018, the Maryknoll office for Global Concerns led a one-hour presentation on human trafficking entitled "Modern Slavery at Sea: Connections between Migrants and Our Faith, Food, and Economy" at Maryknoll, New York.
Click here to watch the presentation.
Click here to download the handout.
Fifth Sunday of Lent
March 12, 2018
Maryknoll Sister Miriam Frances Perlewitz in Bangladesh reflects on the need for a clean heart and steadfast spirit when facing life's challenges.
UN: Ten acts for safe global migration
Civil society organizations at the UN concluded their consultations on the proposed “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration” in December with a 15-page report entitled “Ten Acts for the Global Compact.” The report lists actions needed to ensure that human mobility, envisioned as a normal and inescapable fact of life, will be safe and provide migrants with opportunities for human development. The following are excerpts from the report which has been given to UN member nations participating in negotiations scheduled for February to July 2018.
Protecting Dreamers through the courts
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns was invited to join the legal effort to keep the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) program alive by writing about the lived experiences of Maryknoll missioners in an amicus brief supporting a case on behalf of 42,000 DACA recipients in the state of New York.
Maryknoll joins legal effort to keep DACA program alive
Read Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns' part in an amicus brief for a successful case in New York to stop the end of the DACA program.
Catholic Day of Action with Dreamers
Tuesday, Feb. 27: Prayer vigil and action in Washington, D.C.
Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
February 11, 2018
The following reflection, prepared by Tim O’Connell, who served as a lay missioner in El Salvador, was published in A Maryknoll Liturgical Year: Reflections on the Readings for Year B, available from Orbis Books.
Tell Congress to protect immigrants NOW
Congress has only days left to take action for immigrants.
Maryknoll Missioners stand with immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and Africa
The Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns issued the following statement on January 16, 2018.
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Related links
- Border Action Network
- Christian Campaign for Immigration Reform
- Forced Migration Online
- Franciscans International's Handbook on Human Trafficking
- Franciscans International's Handbook on Migrant Workers
- Humane Borders
- International Organization for Migration
- Justice for Immigrants
- Migration Information Source
- Migration Policy Institute
- No More Deaths campaign
- Refugees International
- U.S. Catholic bishops and immigration: A chronology
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants