A message from the Diocesan Social Action Office
We receive information from the USCCB, Catholic Charities USA, and Catholic Relief Services among many others on a variety of issues. This email from Catholic Charities USA and the USCCB Migration & Refugee Services has many different ways you can respond to the practice of separating children from their parents at the border. They are working together to provide resources on how we as Catholic can and should respond to this situation.
We hope that you will take a moment and contact your Congressional NEO Senators and Reps 2018.pdf and urge them to take action.
The ongoing practice of separating children from their parents has already, as of May, left nearly 2000 childrenseparated from their parents. As Bishop Vásquez, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, and Sister Donna Markham OP PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities, remind us – as a nation and people of faith, we can and must do better.
Join USCCB/Migration and Refugee Services and Catholic Charities USA today to help make a difference. Please email us at familyseparation@usccb.org or socialpolicy@catholiccharitiesusa.org with information and questions. You can also email Diane Zbasnik, Director, Diocesan Social Action Office.
Five Ways To Help Stop Family Separation
- Pray: You can find a prayer for migrant children here.
- Speak Up: Sign our Action Alert and share with your networks. Also consider contacting your senators and representative directly by phone to voice your concern. You can find the number for your representative here and your senators here.
- Take Action: Contact your Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland to learn about their material/volunteer needs, consider fostering an unaccompanied child, or join the Share the Journey global solidarity campaign with migrants and refugees.
- Give: To support the local Migration and Refugee Services that are helping families and children impacted by the crisis.
- Learn More: To learn more about Family Separation, visit the Justice For Immigrants (JFI) “Family Separation Webpage” to review backgrounders, educational material and a webinar.
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