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Planning a Catholic Response to People on the Move ‘A Wider We’ - Planning A Catholic Response to People on the Move An Urgent Gathering on Migration of Bishops and Catholic Leaders Mundelein Seminary | June 1-2, 2021 01 Introduction 02 Opening Remarks by Archbishop José H. Gómez, President, USCCB 03 Root Causes by Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, Chair of the USCCB Committee on Migration 06 People on the Move at the US-Mexico Border: Urgency and Opportunity by Bishop Mark J. Seitz, Diocese of El Paso 08 The Vision of Pope Francis & the Spirituality of a Church Without Borders by Michael Cardinal Czerny, SJ 14 Conclusions and Commitments 16 Participants Introduction On June 1st and 2nd, 2021, bishops from the United States, 1. How can enhanced collaboration aid the entire Mexico and Central America, together with Catholic leaders church in the United States in a robust pasto- involved in immigration advocacy and relief efforts met at ral response (agencies, dioceses, parishes and Mundelein Seminary to strategize pastoral responses to the others) to the expected significant increase in current situation of migration in the United States, at the US- arrivals at the US-Mexico border as well as ref- Mexico border and in sending countries in Central America. ugees in order to effectively welcome, protect, promote and integrate people on the move? A new presidential administration and Congress, together with the ongoing arrival of many people on the move to 2. Working as the church in the United States, the US-Mexico border, present urgent pastoral challenges Mexico and Central America, how can we ef- to the Church in the United States. There is a critical need fectively engage the US government on to develop an integral pastoral response to the current root causes and develop innovative propos- situation, to involve the whole Church in the United States als to expand protection for asylum seekers? in welcoming Christ in the stranger. In this situation all of us are called to listen more deeply to the cry of the poor, 3. Working as the church in the United States, Mex- to deepen the church’s prophetic voice on behalf of justice ico and Central America, how can we collaborate for migrants and to align the many efforts of Catholic social in effectively engaging the Biden/Harris admin- service agencies on behalf of positive change. istration and amplifying the church’s moral mes- sage on migration? Over the course of the meeting, working groups comprised of bishops, experts and those involved in ministry to At the conclusion of the meeting, participants committed migrants met in working group to brainstorm responses to to an ongoing process to continue discerning an ecclesial the following questions: responses to these challenges and to take collective action. Conclusions and commitments can be found in this report. A Wider We | 01 Opening Remarks by Archbishop José H. Gómez, President, USCCB I hope that in our time together we can share perspectives throughout the world. It is really an urgent reality for us in and seek solutions to the challenges of people on the the church to respond in a positive way. I hope that this will move. We need to find a path forward that is rooted in be a wonderful meeting and I think it is a great opportunity solidarity and fraternity and that respects the rights and for all of us to stop and reflect, to make good resolutions dignity of every migrant as a child of God made in His and to continue our ministry to immigrants. image. We cannot be indifferent to the sufferings of the immigrant, the refugee or anyone else in need. We have a duty to take care of one another, to weep with those who are weeping and to lift up those who have fallen. So it is a special moment for all of us. The decision to meet was very recent and I would like to especially recognize Bishop Mark Seitz and thank him for calling us together. As a brother bishop in El Paso, Bishop Seitz knows the deep human suffering that has been caused by our broken immigration system and the urgency for us to find compassionate answers. It is so important that we stop and reflect on the current situation, especially of the immigrants coming to the United States. And that we search for ways to help all of the migrants, not just here but A Wider We | 02 Root Causes by Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, Chair of the USCCB Committee on Migration I have been asked to reflect upon the root causes of And then she related the sad story of how her parents im- migration from Central America. I know many of you, my migrated to the United States because of lack of opportu- brother bishops, know this song, as it has been played over nities, leaving her with her grandparents. She was contact- and over again. However, every single time that we play a ed by a gang and the pandilla told her, ‘Your grandparents song or we say a sentence, it goes deeper. It changes the are not family. They are not going to be security and sup- perspective with which we used to see it perhaps fifteen or port for you because they will die soon. You need a real twenty years ago. It would be wise to see, to continue to family and one that is going to love you, to support you watch and to go deeper in our understanding of the signs and make you feel respected. And that is this community of the times. This is extremely important for us in order to and this association of youth. But if you really want to be make the right decisions. part of us, you have to pay your dues.’ I would like to begin my short reflection by remembering a And she said, ‘What dues?’ time from when I was a priest. They replied, ‘There are neighbors with whom your grand- I used to serve migrants in the Archdiocese of Washington parents are very close. You will go at night and you will kill through the Spanish Catholic Center, where I was the di- them. And as soon as you do, you will come to us and that rector. As director, I would stop by in the reception area to will be proof that you will always be faithful to us.’ see the people who were waiting in the clinic for a doctor and one day I spoke to a young woman whose name was At that time, she lost her ability to sleep. She really wanted Rosalinda. She was waiting to see a doctor and her legs to be with her grandparents because that was her duty, were full of thorns and I asked what had happened to her. but she said I’m not going to kill anyone. That was the She said, ‘A smuggler forced us to walk through the desert beginning of her process of becoming a migrant. at night and we went through the cactus and as a result my legs are full of thorns’. And she told me, ‘But these ones are We are here to discuss a Catholic response to people on not the ones that hurt. The other ones are the ones that re- the move. To do this we need to understand why people ally hurt.’ And I said, ‘Which ones?’ And she said, ‘The pain are on the move. In other words, what are the real causes of leaving my country and my grandparents. Those are the of migration of peoples from the Northern Triangle to the terrible thorns that I have in my heart.’ United States? To answer that question, we can learn from A Wider We | 03 Rosalinda’s story about why this is happening in her own their mandates. Corruption is also a very difficult point land, in her own country. and hinders the creation of new avenues that would allow people to embrace pathways out of poverty, including We cannot deny that one of the most difficult drivers education. Participation in early education has increased in the region is the violence that has long troubled the but opportunities for university education or technical Northern Triangle. Homicide rates have rapidly risen in the and training school continue to be a challenge. Without last two decades as the region has become the primary education for our new generations, poverty will persist and transit corridor for drugs from South America. Violence continue to drive the migration of those who need to look has become like a stigma for families living and trying to for a better life and better opportunities. survive in these countries. It is going to be very difficult to stop immigration if violence continues to grow. Gangs The United States could be the nation, the good neighbor, are growing in their aggressiveness to conquer new youth able to further progress in education and a future in other and coyotes and smugglers are incentivized by so many countries. families living through this very difficult chaos. It is also a priority for us to be co-responsible, in embracing The region also experiences widespread sexual, gender- those who arrive at the border, those who come to us. based and community violence. During the pandemic and However, we are not going to solve the problem alone and lockdown it seems that aggression and violence against that’s something that I think we need to continue to struggle women has increased tremendously. Children have been with. We need to count on an alliance of civil society, also targeted as the recipients of increased frustration.
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