Pastoral Migratoria Presentation

Pastoral Migratoria

An Immigrant Leadership Ministry

for Service and Justice Actions

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USCCB: Catholic Campaign for

Immigration Reform (CCIR)

June 2005-Implementation of Strangers No Longer. Goals:

• Educate Catholics on the benefits of immigration and immigrants to our country

• Advocate for legislation that promotes legal pathways for migrant workers and their families to migrate in a safe, humane and orderly manner

• Organize Catholic legal service networks to assist immigrants in accessing the benefits of reforms

Archdiocese of Chicago by numbers

– Hispanic parishes in the country

• 352 parishes (Cook & Lake Counties)

• 120 parishes with Hispanic congregations

• 40 parishes with Polish congregations

• 100 parishes have significant presence of Filipinos – they don’t have masses in Tagalog, but celebrate

Simbang Gabi

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Actions in the Country and the Church 2005-2007

• 80 dioceses involved

• 2005-2006 marches all over the country

• Presence in 180 Chicago parishes with 200+ story tellers

• Collected 200,000 postcards for elected officials

• Priests for Justice for Immigrants (200)

• Sisters & Brothers of Immigrants (59 orders)

2007 Proposed Legislation Failed

Pastoral Migratoria

How did it start?2007 Failure of immigration reform

1. What is God’s message now that we immigrants

need to live in state of uncertainty?

2. What can we do to help each other?

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• Pastoral Migratoria invites immigrants to respond to

their baptismal call to be engaged in service and

justice actions in parish communities.

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Pastoral MigratoriaWhat is it?

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Learn

Proclaim

Listen

Methodology – Pastoral Migratoria

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Leadership Development Accompaniment

Justice

Components – Pastoral Migratoria

Phases of Pastoral Migratoria

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Formation

Commissioning

Implementation

General Objectives

1. Introduce to the Pastoral agents: LISTEN –

LEARN-PROCLAIM Method of Pastoral

Planning and analysis

2. Accompany the New Pastoral Agents to

integrate their experiences as immigrants as

a faith and pastoral experience.

3. Accompany the New Pastoral agents

throughout the formation process to a

commitment in their parishes.

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Formation – Pastoral Migratoria

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Pastoral Formation Civic-Practical Formation

Intro to PM: Social Teaching and Migration

LISTEN - LEARN - PROCLAIM1. Vocation to PM 1. Church & Immigration

2. Reality of Immigration 2. Immigration, detention, deportation

3. Human Dignity 3. Domestic Violence

4. Rights and Responsibilities 4. Community services and Resources

5. Labor Rights 5. Labor organization

6. Solidarity 6. Beginning of Pastoral Planning

First Part of the Session (45 Minutes) Second Part of the Session (45 Minutes)

Formation Sessions

“Why go out of my Comfort zone?”

LISTEN Story of an undocumented immigrant

Reflection and dialogue

LEARN Through the light of scriptures

Exodus 17-18

Through the light of CST

Eclessia in America – Aparecida

Reflection and dialogue

PROCLAIM Responding to the call for service and justice

Bringing the reign of God – information,

protection, human dignity, rights, civic

responsibilities, solidarity, compassion, loving

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Example of 1st session flow

“Collaborators in God’s Work”Dignity of Work

LISTEN Story of a couple workers

Reflection and dialogue

LEARN Through the light of scriptures

2 Tes 3:6-12

Through the light of CST

Juan Pablo II Laborens Exercens

Reflection and dialogue

PROCLAIM Workers rights

Unpaid Wages

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Example of 5th session flow

Commissioning – Pastoral Migratoria

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Commission Ceremony PM Agents, St Joseph, Round Lake, March 2014

May God bless you abundantly as

you participate in

Immigrant-to-Immigrant Ministry

(Pastoral Migratoria).

Most Reverend Blase J. Cupich

Archbishop of Chicago

January 6, 2015

Implementation – Pastoral Migratoria

• Survey: identify needs of parish community

• Informational tables after Masses: brochures, hand outs

• Workshops: on various topics i.e labor, immigration,

housing, health, parenting, domestic violence, etc.

• Professional services/resources: legal clinic, counseling

services, filling out income taxes, etc.

17Materials for informational tables Drivers Licenses Workshop at Sta.Maria del Popolo

Areas of Implementation

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Service

Justice

Accompaniment

Community Service Actions 2014

• 60 workshops (labor, foreclosures, financial literacy,

detention/deportation, domestic violence, etc.)

• Over 49 Drivers licenses information sessions

• 15,000 information and referrals

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Financial Education Workshop in collaboration with Hispanic Access Foundation / St Paul, Chicago Heights

PM Agents At General Consulate of Mexico. Acquiring Information and Updates to inform back to their communities.

Community Service Actions 2014

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An average of 20 parishes provide weekly informational tables.

Health Fairs with medical screenings, referrals to health facilities, and information, are conducted in parishes in collaboration with

Catholic Charities. Pastoral Migratoria agents promote, provide logistics support the day of event.

Justice Actions 2013-14

• 50,000 postcards for drivers licenses collected in 36

parishes and delivered to state representatives

• 18 congressional visits organized/assisted by

pastoral agents and non-immigrants parishioners

• 100,000 printed postcards for immigration reform

collected from 150 parishes

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Justice Actions 2013-14• 204 parishes and 18 religious orders participated in

congressional campaign

• 28 Pastors (including his pastor) from Congressman Lipinski’s district sent him a letter to support immigration reform

• 150 leaders from Pastoral Migratoria , Polish Immigrant to Immigrant Ministry, Immigration parish coordinators (non-immigrant parishes) and sisters held prayer vigils in tough Chicago winter and in May he announced his CHANGE OF HEART!

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Justice Actions 2014

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Prayer Vigils at Congressman Lipinski’s office

March: Sisters & Brothers of Immigrants April : Immigration Parish Coord. (non-Immigrant Parishes)

May: Pastoral Migratoria June: Thanksgiving – Polish I-to-I Ministry

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PM south parishes took leadership

Over 700 people participated at a prayer vigil at Federal Plaza, Oct. 24

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller(San Antonio) presided at a mass at St. Peter’s

Justice Actions 2014Unaccompanied Central American Children

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• PM Marquette area parishes took leadership

• Seeking “legislative shelter” at 7AM – Bishops/media

Posada – 8th Annual pilgrimage

Justice Actions 2014

Accompaniment

• Providing support to separated families

• Praying on buses before deportation

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Support to Families affected by Deportation

Accompanying workers in discerning forming union

Prayer at ICE Processing Center (last stop)

Accompaniment 2014

• Collecting over 2000 stuffed animals. Shared w/ NY

• Sending 187 children to children messages and

drawings Providing support to separated families

• Collecting over $40,000 and shared with Catholic

Charities Corpus Christi and San Antonio

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Unaccompanied Central American Children

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Secretary of State

Train-the-TrainerPastoral Migratoria

TVDL Recipients

Secretary of State Appointments

Pastoral Migratoria Revision of Documentation and

TVDL Test Prep

Collaboration: Drivers LicensesSecretary of State & Pastoral Migratoria

Driver’s Licenses (TVDL)

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Staff of Illinois Secretary of State in a Train the Trainer Session with Pastoral Migratoria Agents

Collaboration

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Over 40 parishes provided information Sessions on TVDL 4000 Personas present.

Driver’s Licenses (TVDL)

Collaboration

• PM Northside parishes took leadership

• Introduced the archbishop to our work, Jan. 6 (Migration Week)

• Over 500 priests, religious, and parishioners

• Each OIA network gave a brief testimony of their ministry

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Archbishop Cupich & Pastoral Migratoria2015

• 40 PM parishes and a PIIM parish rep. participated

• Featured a blessing and receiving of PM manual and

a bible

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Prayer Service with Archbishop Cupich2015

Collaborative: Administrative Relief 2015 Legal Services Providers

Consulateof Mexico

CC

NIJC ICIRR

AILA

CLINIC

(Documentation)

(Resources)

Phase Principal Players

I. InformationForums after masses (Pastoral Migratoria & Attorneys)

(January – March)- OIA, CC, CLINIC, NIJC, AILA

II. DocumentationSupport collection of documentation(March )

- CONSULATE OF MEXICO- Youth/Young University students,

others- OIA, CC, CLINIC, NIJC,AILA

III. Application - PendingSupport application process

- Still in dialogue role of collaborators

Supporting Orgs. (Area)Core Organizations

Draft ver. 4/21/2015 5:23 PM

KeyAmerican Immigration Lawyers Assoc. (AILA)Catholic Charities (CC)Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC)Illinois Coalition for Immigr. & Refugee Rights (ICIRR) National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)Office for Immigrant Affairs (OIA)

OIA

Administrative Relief 2015Information Forums

Role of Pastoral Migratoria Leaders

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Scheduling Forums

Promotion Outreach

Preparation P.P.

Presentation

Forums/Material

Distribution

Evaluation / Celebration

Train –the-Trainer –

CLINIC/NIJC

NEW PROJECT

Administrative Relief 2015• Train-the-trainers for PM leaders in each phase planned

through April

• Over 160 lay leaders trained in Dec. and Jan. sessions

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Information Forums after Mass-Format• 30 minutes Power Point : General information on AR

by Pastoral Migratoria trained agents

• 30 minutes Questions and Answers

by attorney or BIA accredited

• 4 parishes per Sunday from January 15 to March 15

• Each legal service collaborator participate in forum

• Resources: basic materials of requirements

anti fraud

directory of non-for-profit legal services

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Information Forums 2015

Information Forums 2015

• PASTORAL MIGRATORIA LEADERSLAITY

• PULPIT : Encouragement at Mass, presence at forums

• BULLETINS : Inserts and clips

• SPACE: After Mass (some at sanctuaries), information tablesCLERGY

•PARENTS’ RELIGIOUS EDUCATION•CÍRCULO DE ORACIÓN

•GUADALUPANOSPARISH GROUPS

• PROMOTION

• LOGISTICSPARISH STAFF

Administrative ReliefOperations within Structure of the Church

Training for Clergy + Parish Staff - CLINIC

Information Forums: Results# Parishes: 35

# Participants: 2250

# Average attendance: 65

# Attorneys & BIA

representatives:

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# Pastoral Migratoria leaders:

118

# Materials distributed: 60,000

Collaboration Consulate of Mexico

Consulado Móvil: consular services outside

metropolitan area

St. Joseph, Round Lake,Feb.’15

Provided space

Promoted services

Assisted with logistics on 3-day

service

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Collaboration Administrative Relief

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Documentation: Consulate of Mexico –Obtaining a Passport/Matricula IDRole of Pastoral Migratoria Agents

NEW PROJECT

Documentation: Passports & Mexican ID

• Jornada Sabatina (Saturday Services) Pilot project:

to provide services to 450 people

• Consular officer trained PM leaders on system to make

appointments and basic requirements

• PM leaders make appointment at parishes that offered

DAPA forums. Equal #of appointments (25)per parish

• PM leaders assist as volunteers at Consulate

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Evangelization

Mercy will always be necessary,...Works of mercy must go

hand in hand with the pursuit of true social justice, raising the living

standard of citizens, and promoting them as agents of their own

development.” - Aparecida, 385 – Pope Francis

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Resources

• Manual de Pastoral Migratoria

• Formation units

• Brochures for Sunday information tables

• Others

www.catholicsandimmigrants.org

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