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National Migration Week 2020:
"Promoting a Church and a World for All"
January 5-11, 2020
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National Migration Week 2020: "Promoting a Church and a World for All"
January 5-11, 2020
From January 5-11, 2020, the Catholic Church in the United States will celebrate
National Migration Week. The theme for this year's celebration is "Promoting a
Church and a World for All," which reflects the need for Catholics to be inclusive
and welcoming to all our brothers and sisters. It is a call for unity to stand in
solidarity with and care for those who are excluded and marginalized.
Welcoming the newcomer and promoting a church for all counters what Pope Francis
has referred to as "a globalization of indifference," which has led to many of
us to ignore the cries of the poor, turn our backs on the marginalized, and remain
indifferent to those struggling to find a better life.
National Migration Week 2020 provides us an opportunity to focus on the most vulnerable
of migrants, including DACA [[link removed]]
and TPS [[link removed]]
holders, who remain in precarious and uncertain situations. It is also a time to
reflect threats to migrant and refugee children, the littlest ones among us, particularly
children who are detained or otherwise separated from their parents, unaccompanied
migrant children [[link removed]],
and those who are stuck waiting in Mexico [[link removed]]
for asylum in the United States.
Let us take some time during the upcoming National Migration Week to reflect on
how we can better welcome, protect, promote, and integrate migrants living in our
midst. How can we counter the globalization of indifference that affects us all,
to some degree or another? What policies can we promote that will affirm the dignity
of migrants and better secure the common good? How do we work more fully to promote
a Church for all?
Please see our toolkit [[link removed]]
for National Migration Week 2020 to assist in your local celebration. We ask that
you share them widely.
Learn about National Migration Week 2020! On October 30, 2019 join us to learn about
NMW 2020 and what you can do to celebrate at your parish or diocese.
In Solidarity,
Tony Cube
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3211 Fourth Street, NE Washington, DC 20017
Phone: (202) 541-3165 Fax: (202) 722-8711
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