Join us for the 2010 Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington, D.C., March 19-22. The theme is "A Place to Call Home: Immigrants, Refugees, and Displaced Peoples." Contact the MOGC if you would like to attend.
Maryknoll missioners have worked with migrants and people on the move for decades. They have served Burmese refugees in Thailand, Thai workers all over Asia, Burundian and Rwandan refugees in East Africa, and have accompanied Guatemalans, who, after years in Mexico, returned home to start anew in a more peaceful country. Our faith compels us to stand in solidarity with migrants.
In particular, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns follows issues related to the U.S.-Mexico border. Maryknoll’s long-standing presence along the border is key to our engagement, but additionally, here in the United States, we are profoundly affected by the contribution of migrants in our society, and we have a responsibility to treat them, like all the rest of God’s creation, with dignity and respect.
- Immigration update, November 2009
- JFI action alert to senators on immigration and health care reform, November 2009
- Liliana’s story: A reflection on the trafficking of human persons (Way of the Cross) (PDF file)
- Welcoming the strangers –Refugees, migrants and asylum seekers (Program for small groups, PDF)
- Biblical roots for involvement in refugee and immigration ministries (PDF document)
- Vatican: Defend the rights of migrants, refugees and their families
- Catholics in Alliance/Pax Christi USA bulletin insert on immigration
- "Toward Global Solidarity" Maryknoll Leadership statement on
migration (Sept 2006) - Migration and Catholic Social Teaching
- MOGC update on migration, May 2006 (PDF file)
- Reframing the immigration debate: The actors and the issues (from the International Relations Center)
- Immigrations basics, provided by the Education for Justice project of the Center of Concern (April 10, 2006)
- Maryknoll leadership statement on U.S. immigration (March 30, 2006)
- Declaración del liderazgo de Maryknoll sobre immigración a Estados Unidos (March 30, 2006)
- Border Working Group 2006 packet: Stop Border Deaths Now!
(March 30, 2006) - Border Women, an interfaith social justice group, release public
statement in solidarity with migrants (March 27, 2006) - No More Deaths action packet -- support humanitarian aid in the U.S. southwestern desert (PDF file, 22 pages)
- Border Working Group Update # 6 (PDF file, September 8, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update # 5 (PDF file, August 16, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update # 4 (PDF file, July 19, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update # 3 (PDF file, July 5, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update #2 (PDF File, June 21, 2005)
- Border Working Group Update #1 (PDF File, June 6, 2005)
- Justice for Immigrants, a campaign of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and CLINIC, the Catholic Legal Immigration Network
- Christian Campaign for Immigration Reform
- U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
- International Organization for Migration
- Migration Information Source
- Migration Policy Institute
- Forced Migration Online
- Refugees International
- Border Action Network
- Humane Borders
- No More Deaths campaign
- Franciscans International's Handbook on Human Trafficking
- Franciscans International's Handbook on Migrant Workers