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Refugee

May 16, 2016 /in Social Justice Topics, Refugees

This collection of resources on refugees includes the following:

Film Discussion Guide: Sentenced Home

Quiz: Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

Litany for Refugees: Our World’s Homeless

Litany for Migrants: Desperate Crossings

Prayer for Asylum Seekers

Prayer for Children Immigrating Alone

Prayer for Migrants

Prayer for Women Refugees

Prayer Service for Children at the Border

Prayer Service: May Peace Prevail in Syria

Prayer Service for World Refugee Day: A Place to Call Home

Prayer Service: The Mediterranean Sea: A Growing Graveyard for Migrants

Prayer Service: A Global Response to the Refugee Crisis

Reflection: Human Dignity of Refugees

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Sentenced Home

April 19, 2016 /in Social Justice Topics, Refugees, War

This documentary follows the journey of three young Cambodian-American refugees who find themselves entangled in a web built from a tragic past and an uncertain future. Included in this resource are: a synopsis, themes to engage in the film, and discussion/reflection questions.

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Care of Our Common Home

March 21, 2016 /in Children's Rights, Social Justice Topics, Care for Creation, Human Trafficking, Refugees, War

This litany touches on many issues that affect all of us in our common home and invites each of us to act on behalf of the poorest in our global society.

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Pope Francis’s 2016 World Day of Migrants and Refugees Message

February 16, 2016 /in Social Justice Topics, Saints, Martyrs, and Heroes, Immigration, Migration, Pope Francis, Refugees

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 action to help the thousands of refugees around the world today.

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Mediterranean Sea: A Growing Graveyard for Migrants

May 5, 2015 /in Social Justice Topics, Global Solidarity, Refugees, War

This longer prayer service educates people of faith about the horrific plight of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. It lays out our Church’s response to their quest for a life of dignity, safety, and security.

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Prayer Service: A Global Response to the Refugee Crisis

May 5, 2015 /in Social Justice Topics, Refugees

The Holy Family were refugees when they fled King Herod’s wrath. The service includes quotes from Catholic Social Teaching and a prayer from Pope Francis.

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Pope Francis’ Prayer to Our Blessed Mother for Migrants

May 5, 2015 /in Social Justice Topics, Saints, Martyrs, and Heroes, Global Solidarity, Pope Francis, Refugees, Mary

Pope Francis offered this prayer to Our Mother of Migrants, asking Mary to protect her lost and wandering children as they seek rest, welcome, refuge, and peace.

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Prayer for Asylum Seekers

May 5, 2015 /in Social Justice Topics, Spanish/Español, Refugees

In this short prayer, we call on God to watch over refugees and asylum seekers: those separated from their loved ones, those who are lost, and those who have been exiled from their homes.

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Prayer for Missing Children

April 12, 2015 /in Social Justice Topics, Spanish/Español, Global Solidarity, Refugees

May 25 is Missing Children’s Day, and this prayer asks that parents of missing children and the children lost on refugee trails and separated from parents in conflict zones, will all know hope and the compassion of the Shepherd who searches for each lost sheep. The prayer is also available in Spanish.

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Pax Christi International: Crisis in Syria

March 18, 2015 /in Social Justice Topics, Global Solidarity, Refugees, Terrorism, War

This resource highlights the problems related to Syria and those affected by the war. It also calls people of faith to become engaged in learning about the situation so that we can all raise our voices in advocacy for peaceful solutions to this ongoing tragedy.

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Boko Haram: Nearing the Gates of Chad

March 18, 2015 /in Social Justice Topics, Sub-Saharan Africa, Region, Global Solidarity, Refugees

In the prayer service for the victims of Boko Haram, two Carmelite sisters, who minister to those displaced by the violence that this group has caused, invite us to see more clearly what these refugees are enduring. Reflection questions and prayers of intercession help us recognize their needs as refugees and an action link gives us an opportunity to advocate on their behalf.

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Pope Francis Responds to Migrants with “Courage and Creativity”

December 9, 2014 /in Social Justice Topics, Saints, Martyrs, and Heroes, Migration, Pope Francis, Refugees

Pope Francis, in his message on Migrants and Refugees, reminds us that ours is a church without borders, an open, inclusive church. He calls for courage and prays that we may all “enlarge our hearts” to welcome those who must migrate because of poverty, oppression, and/or violence.

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