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 and TPS 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, and those who are stuck waiting in Mexico 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?