Immigration
Celebrate Immigration Sunday
Last year CTK Sowers celebrated Immigration Sunday with a dramatic reading based on actual experiences at the Arizona border – and the close to 100 parishioners who were there enjoyed it and learned from it. We invite you to join us on Sunday, January 23rd, after the 9:30 mass in the auditorium for this year’s [...]
Prayer Vigil for Immigration Reform
The Isaiah 58 Summer invites us all to join in a vigil of prayer for immigration reform. Here’s the background. “SB 1070, the anti-immigration bill that recently became law in Arizona has galvanized the faith community to stand with our immigrant brothers and sisters and stand against those who seek to divide our communities and [...]
Comprehensive Immigration Reform
The following statement in support of immigration reform is suggested by the Christians for Comprehensive Immigration Reform and can be signed and sent to your congressmen and the president. To view and sign the petition go to www.sojo.net and click on Take Action. As a Christian, I believe my faith calls me to view all [...]
IMMIGRATION: A Thoughtful Insight During The Holy Seasons of Easter and Passover
The following article was written by Eric T. Schneiderman, a New York State Senator, as a “thoughtful reminder on how to ethically address the modern question of American immigration.” In the story of Exodus God reminds the Israelites to remember, “You shall not oppress the stranger; you know the heart of the stranger, for you [...]
Comprehensive Immigration Reform — Take Action!
Please call Senator Amy Klobuchar at 612-727-5220 and leave a message telling her to take the lead in the Senate on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Stress that any reform include these five points: 1. A path to U.S. citizenship (opportunity to pursue resident status and citizenship). 2. Family reunification (a legal means for families to immediately [...]
A LINE IN THE SAND: STORIES FROM THE U.S./MEXICO BORDER — on January 10th
Much has been written and discussed about migrants, mostly from poor towns in Mexico, being smuggled across the border into Arizona and Texas — and what many of them encounter once they arrive. To get a picture of what goes on, three agents from Catholic Relief Services traveled to Arizona and spent days talking with [...]
Hear From an Immigrant Facing Deportation
Attend the Archdiocesan program on Comprehensive Immigration Reform on Saturday, November 7th, from 10:00 to 12:00am. The program will feature John Keller, Executive Director of the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, and you’ll also hear from Sara, an immigrant who’s appealing her deportation, and her family. RSVP to the Archdiocese by November 4th by calling [...]
Cardinal McCarrick Brings Catholic Bishops’ Perspective To Senate Hearing On Comprehensive Immigration Reform
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, testified in Congress before the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security on Comprehensive Immigration Reform. The hearing sought faith-based perspectives on immigration reform. “Our nation requires an immigration system that marries legal immigration with our long-term economic needs, the principle of family unity, and basic [...]
Support Comprehensive Immigration Reform
A recent study shows that more than two-thirds of the American public supports a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. Another study indicates that people who attend church regularly are more supportive of a clear path to citizenship than immediate deportation of undocumented immigrants. There is a growing movement in our country, especially among people [...]
The “So-Called” Illegals Are Really Not!
Here’s what Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando says: “The so-called “illegals” are not so because they wish to defy the law but because the law does not provide them with any channels to regularize their status in this country — which needs their labor! They are not breaking the law; the law is breaking them.
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