Parishes
In this section you will find resources for parishes to engage in the Justice for Immigrants campaign.
Send a postcard to the President and Congress
View the actual postcards. Or print and mail them to the White House and Congress.
'Pray for the DREAM' resource packet materials:
- Pray for the DREAM flier
- Letter to Pastors
- Sample media advisory
- Sample event agenda
- Unity in Diversity - A Scriptural Rosary | En Español
- Sample opening prayer: A Prayerful Start
- Sample opening prayer
- Suggestions for Homilists (from the JFI Parish Kit)
- Sample Homily-Cardinal McCarrick
- Sample Homily-Cardinal Rigali
- Sample Homily: Open Door Approach
- Sample pulpit announcement
- National Migration Week Prayer | En Español
- Suggested prayer: From Many, One Family of God
- Pray for the DREAM participation form
Other resources for the DREAM Act
Materials from the JFI National Convening:
- View the Agenda
- More about speaker Fr. Daniel Groody
- From the workshop Fighting Local & State Initiatives
- Presentation from Patty Kupfer
Parish Kit
- to order materials, click here
Specific Resources from the Parish Kit:
- Invitation Letter from the Chair of the USCCB Committee on Migration to Participate in the Justice for Immigrants Campaign.
- Implementing a Justice for Immigrants Campaign in the Parish
- Initial Organizational Tasks
- Suggested Parish Committees and Tasks
- Organizations to Include in Campaign
Educational Resources:
In the context of the Liturgy and Prayer…
Faith Enrichment and Development…
- Strangers No Longer: Together on the Journey of Hope: A Pastoral Letter Concerning Migration | En Español
- The Migrant's Way of the Cross
- Catholic Social Teaching and Migration
Other Resources:
- 'Best Practices' for Parish Organizing
- Frequently Asked Questions...
- Backgrounders
- How Should An Undocumented Foreign National Prepare NOW for Legalization?
- The Pastoral Letter Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity in Diversity
- Strangers No Longer DVD and Discussion Guide
- Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock: A Pastoral Letter on the Human Rights of Immigrants | En Español
- The Line In The Sand (Video)
- Fourth of July flyer
- May 2010 Pray for Immigrants Weekend
- Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law Summary (April 2010)
- Summary of Democratic Conceptual Proposal for Immigration Reform (April 2010)
- From Our Sunday Visitor: Answering Tough Questions About Immigration
- Legalization and the Common Good
- U.S. Catholic Bishops and Immigration Educational Website
- 2010 Economic Report on Immigrants
- Immigration Sunday resources from the Minnesota Catholic Conference
- The Migration Review: A newsletter on migration related issues of importance to the U.S. Catholic Bishops
- Other Resources Bibliography
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