Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at 2:00 PM ET JFI Webinar Providing Welcome at the Southern Border: The Catholic Experience Migration across the southern border has been a constant over many generations and, in the last few decades, border controls have sought to reduce the number of people crossing into the United States. However, increased border enforcement has mostly limited the number of individuals and families able to cross into the U.S., while forcing many others to wait in Mexico for their opportunity. More importantly, the causes of why people seek to come to U.S. -- war, oppression, political persecution, impacts of natural disasters -- continue or worsen in their home countries, thus, leaving migrants with only options more desperate than by traveling to seek safety and security in our country. The current Covid-19 epidemic has worsened the situation for migrants at the border. Please join us for a webinar on Wednesday, July 27, at 2:00 PM ET for: Providing Welcome at the Southern Border: The Catholic Experience. In this webinar you will hear a presenter who has retuned from the border in the last week and learn about the experience, and from a person who will share her insight and experience in helping a community deal with and heal from the recent tragic deaths of migrants in Texas. Webinar presenters will be: Sister Mary Jude Lazarus, S.C.M.C. Director, Office for Hispanic Ministry · Diocese of Norwich, CT Sister Sharon Altendorf, PBVM Union of Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Join us for the Event   United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/ Migration and Refugee Services 3211 4th Street, Washington, DC 20017 [email protected]   USCCB | 3211 Fourth Street NE, Washington, DC 20017 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected] in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today!