Immigration: Education Prayer and Action Resources
21st and 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 21 & 29, 2010
REFLECT
View the
readings for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
View the
readings for the Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our Sunday Gospels have been coming to us from Luke
for the last several weeks.
One of the themes in this week's readings is
the stranger from afar, and sharing the Good News with him. She comes, gathered
by the LORD (in Isaiah) to see God's glory; the psalm, exhorts us to "Go out to
all the world and tell the Good News." In this time where much emphasis is
placed on fear, what Good News are we sharing with the world?
Are we sharing the Good News of a God who gathers all
of the nations together, a God of love, a God who calls the people from the
"east and the west and from the north and the south ... (to) recline at table in
the kingdom of God"? Read more.
ACT
While
FAN continues to work for comprehensive immigration reform (CIR), we are now
also putting our energy into the DREAM Act, in conjunction with the United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Justice for Immigrants (JFI). The DREAM Act is NOT a substitute for CIR,
however it is an important component.
What is the DREAM
Act? It is a measure that was introduced on March 26, 2009 by Sen.
Richard
Durbin (D-IL) that would serve to provide legal status and educational
opportunities to those who entered the U.S. as minor children.
Click the red button (or here) to send a message to your Members of Congress in support of
the DREAM Act.
To
learn more, visit the JFI site.
PRAY
An interfaith
group, sponsored by The New Sanctuary Movement, gathers together on the first
Thursday of each month at 12 noon in front of the Immigrations and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) building in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They gather in prayerful
solidarity with families who have been affected by deportation. The service
lasts about a half-hour and includes songs, petitions, the reading of the names
of people deported or waiting to be deported and a closing prayer.
The
purpose of the prayer gathering is to ask that the deportations and detentions
stop while Congress works on immigration reform. FAN members Sr. Grace Golata,
OSF and Sr. Phyllis Wertz, OSF, of the School Sisters of St. Francis, Milwaukee,
are both frequently in attendance. The School Sisters of St. Francis are an institutional member of FAN.
Here
is a prayer service that was shared with us by
Dominica LoBianco, OSF, a member of the Sisters of St. Francis of
Philadelphia
FAST
The
Wheaton Franciscans joined in efforts of faith communities around the country as
they fasted for immigration reform. Take a moment to read a short article they have provided on the
experience.
Please remember that we welcome you to share the ways you or your ministering community are working with and for our immigrant brothers and sisters. Please send us stories, pictures, video links, and other resources.
God give you Peace!
Monica Herald
FAN Outreach & Communications Manager
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