Migration

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Never Again! Refusing to be People of Indifference (English and Spanish)

Prayer
This prayer of action calls on each of us to see God in immigrants, refugees, and orphans, our sisters and brothers.

A Gospel Call: Becoming a Sanctuary People in Today's World (English and Spanish)

Prayer
This prayer cries out, "Injustice, exclusion, bigotry, never again! Not this time! Amen."
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Prayer of Accompaniment

Prayer
This prayer, taken from EFJ’s Prayer Service on Pope Francis’s Message for the 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, stirs us into action to help the millions of refugees around the world...
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Standing on Holy Ground: Responding to the Call for Sanctuary

Reflection
Creative Voice Scott Wright explains the history of the Sanctuary Movement in the United States during the 1980s, and what we are called to do today for immigrants, migrants, and refugees. In...
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Sanctuary Prayer (English and Spanish)

Prayer
This prayer, offered in both English and Spanish, is a timely reflection on the growing sanctuary movement, which seeks to protect migrants and refugees from deportation and reminds us of God’s...
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Feast of the Epiphany [a] January 8, 2017

Lectionary Reflection
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Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Leaders and Peacemakers

Prayer Service
This prayer service honors the Asian Americans who, over the past century, have been activists, artists, heroes, and persons for others.
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God’s Mercy Has Entered the Heart: Pope Francis’s Homily in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico

Video
This reflection is based on the words of Pope Francis’s Homily in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico on February 17, 2016. The message of his homily was how mercy can transform our lives and the lives of those...
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Pope Francis’s 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees Message

Prayer Service
This prayer service, entitled “Migrants and Refugees Challenge Us: The Response of the Gospel of Mercy,” uses words from Pope Francis’s message with a response that is meant to stir us into...
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What Have We Done for the Migrants?

Prayer
Have you been moved by the images of the migrant men, women, and children in the news recently? This prayer calls to mind the question, "what have we done for the migrants?" and invites each of us to...
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Desperate Crossings

Litany
This short litany focuses on the desperate desire of Africans mired in poverty to risk everything, even life itself, to migrate in dangerous boats to try to reach a better life in the developed...
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Catholic Social Thought and Migration

Reflection
In this Catholic Social Teaching resource, Fr. Fred Kammer S.J. reflects on migration and migrants from the perspective of the Church's teaching. He includes quotes from the American bishops as well...
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