Dear CCIR Supporters:
The
past couple weeks my prayers have been full of gratefulness as I've
witnessed the amazing initiative, leadership and vision of a group
of Priests for Justice for Immigrants, Sisters and Brothers of
Immigrants, lay leaders and CCIR staff who are organizing our first
interfaith prayer service, "We are God’s Family", which
will be Thursday May 29th 6:30pm (details below).
It is beautiful to see how God uses His people with all kinds
of talents, resources, networks, connections, etc. Aware of these
offerings, I praise God for the privilege to work with people ready
to respond to His spirit of love and solidarity - Thank you!
The intent of the May 29th event "We are
God's Family", which will include a street procession, is to
give a visible sign of our presence and support to our brothers and
sisters who are undocumented immigrants along their journey towards
immigration reform. Many times we as humans need the assurance that
we’re not alone, God is with us. We as people of faith are the
visible sign of God’s presence and love to His people. It is an
honor to represent Christ and walk with Jesus and undocumented
immigrants on the journey to Emmaus.
Significantly, this is the first time we are intentionally
working with other religious congregations. We hope we will come to
know each other better and continue working together on behalf of
immigrants.
We
invite you to participate in the various May events to be in greater
solidarity with the struggles of immigrant workers around the world
and immigrants in this country. As described below, such
opportunities include providing water to the May 1st marchers,
advocating for religious access to detention centers (House Bill
2747), and of course your active involvement in bringing people from
your congregation, school, family, group, etc. to the May 29th
event.
Thanks for your faithful support to the work of the
Catholic Campaign for Immigration Reform.
Peace,
Elena
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