Social Service Sr. Elizabeth Lopez is as comfortable serving a bowl of soup to migrants on one side of the border as she is fighting for them in immigration court on the other.
Leaders of migrant shelters in Tijuana say they are enduring violence and organized crime. One director, a Catholic sister, told GSR her shelter had to change its facilities and "close everything" to keep migrants safe.
Horizons - As we've kept in touch with graduates of the program, we hear sisters share about their presentations and articles. Sisters are building infrastructure to welcome migrant families at their own motherhouses.
Sr. Maria Luisa Silverio Cruz has been the coordinator of la Casa del Migrante El Samaritano for the past 5 years. She remains committed, at 51 years of age, to her struggle to support migrants.
Following record-breaking crossings of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, sisters and church leaders call for Christian empathy for those fleeing their homes all over the world.
Along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border wall, humanitarian groups have been giving food, water, blankets, and warm clothes to asylum-seekers. I accompanied Sr. Judy Bourg and some volunteers on a recent trip in January.
Migrant Ministry provides food, clothing and aid to migrants in Chicago. It also enables the Oak Park community to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and care for one another. This is what justice calls us to do.