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PRAYER PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZERS MANUAL Le Yr Neighbor

Share the Journey: Global Migration Campaign

Parish Toolkit for the Week of Prayer and Action

October 7–13

Share the Journey CONTENTS

STJ PRAYER PILGRIMAGE INTRODUCTION

What are we doing? ...... 3 Why are we doing it? ...... 3 What are we aiming to achieve?...... 4

ORGANIZERS MANUAL

SECTION ONE: PREPARATION FOR THE PILGRIMAGE Logistics to think about as you plan...... 5 Advertise your Pilgrimage...... 6 Planning and Organizing ...... 6

SECTION TWO: CARRYING OUT THE PILGRIMAGE Mission Statement...... 7 Objective...... 7 Optional Materials...... 7 Opening Prayer...... 8 Suggested Pilgrimages...... 8 Closing Prayer...... 13

SECTION THREE: DOCUMENT YOUR PILGRIMAGE Ways to Share...... 13

SECTION FOUR: FOLLOW UP Follow Up Considerations...... 14 Additional Information on the Migration Campaign . . . . 15 Advocacy Resources and Tools...... 15

IMPORTANT DATES...... 16

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 2 OCTOBER 7–13 SHARE THE JOURNEY PRAYER PILGRIMAGE

What are we doing?

Pilgrimage means to journey with a purpose, and our purpose is to be the hands and feet of our just and merciful Lord . Christians have taken pilgrimages since at least the third century . In the spirit of this tradition, Francis is asking us to stand with migrants through a spiritual pilgrimage, to mark “an extraordinary moment of grace and spiritual renewal ”. Responding to his call, we invite all Catholics to come together and participate in a universal pilgrimage to highlight the plight of our neighbors fleeing violence and injustice worldwide . This pilgrimage is a way for us to show solidarity with those escaping impossible situations worldwide .

“Whatever you did for one of these brothers of mine, you did for me ”. (Matthew 25:40) Reflecting on Christ’s admonition, we are obligated to reflect on how we as Christians can respond to the global migration crisis . We have a duty to stand in solidarity with the 65 million people in our world forced from their homes and act to support them through prayer and advocacy .

We are also obligated to answer and respond to the question “Who is my neighbor?” tells us that He is in every one of our neighbors; loving our neighbor is loving Jesus Christ . We must answer this question, for our answer and our response to ‘Who is my neighbor?’ is our answer and response the Lord of All Creation .

Every step we take will send a message to political leaders that we stand with and support migrants and refugees . Our steps will also be an expression of solidarity with those who migrate, and will help us deepen our relationship with Christ . We will go home after walking together; they may never see their homes again .

Why are we doing it?

Pope Francis launched Share the Journey a two-year migration campaign on September 27, 2017, and in doing so implored each of us to be a witness and take a public stand in support of migrants and refugees during this global crisis . His challenge calls to mind the command of our Lord to welcome the stranger as if the stranger were Christ Himself . Considering this, writes, “Biblical revelation urges us to welcome the stranger; it tells us that in so doing, we open our doors to God, and that in the faces of others we see the face of Christ himself ”. (Message on World Day of Migrants and Refugees, 2016 .)

Christ was a refugee . In a way, his time on earth was a pilgrimage, a journey, a migration . He descended from his heavenly place to embrace humanity, and as a baby and child, his family experienced the fear of the flight into and the welcoming sanctuary offered by a neighboring country . As an adult, Christ journeyed from Nazareth to Capernaum by sea and traveled through Galilee preaching news from heaven . His final earthly journey was up the hill of Calvary hauling the solid wooden beam that stretched across his shoulders . Like Christ’s journey, make this pilgrimage a way to show solidarity with all those fleeing untenable situations throughout our world .

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 3 OCTOBER 7–13 What are we aiming to achieve?

Before November 13, 2018—we aim for Catholics to walk the distance of the Earth—24,900 miles . Together, we will show solidarity with those fleeing their homes throughout the world and represent the open arms of Christ to those we meet . Ready to join us? Here’s how:

1. Organize a diocesan or institutional prayer pilgrimage for your , university, school or community . Make sure youth and young adults are included: invite civic, ecumenical, interfaith and church leadership to attend.

2 . Register the pilgrimage and estimate the mileage at https://www .sharejourney org/pilgrimage.

3 . Advertise and inform the media .

4 . Walk in faith and solidarity .

5 . Post on social media during the event using the hashtag #ShareJourney

6 . Confirm your totals as we work to achieve our 24,900-mile goal .

7 . Continue to follow our trip around the world at: https://www .sharejourney org/pilgrimage. .

8 . Consider how your community can use the pilgrimage to deepen its commitment to supporting migrants and refugees through prayer, education and advocacy .

To download the Official Share the Journey Toolkit, Prayers, Flyers, Logos and other information: http://journey caritas. org/toolkits-downloads/.

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 4 OCTOBER 7–13 SECTION ONE: PREPARATION FOR THE PILGRIMAGE

• Check with your , local Charities USA member or Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc . affiliate regional office, to find out your diocese’s migration campaign plan . • Communicate with your pastor and other parish and school leaders to ensure parish support and understanding . • Create a pilgrimage budget if there are foreseeable costs (equipment, accompaniment, printing or other normal costs prayerful parish events bring) . • Pre-register the date and time of the pilgrimage at the website: https://www .sharejourney org/pilgrimage. • As you pre-register the pilgrimage, estimate the participant totals and list a name as you want to have it appear on the website: – “Diocese of ” – “ University” or “ High School” – “ Conference”

– “ Center/ ”

We want to know so we can post on the Share the Journey website and promote it with you!

• Print prayers for individuals or community prayers for your parish or school . Examples can be found on the Share the Journey website: https://www .sharejourney org/resource-. library/Numberprayers-for-migrants-and-refugees or distribute the CRS-provided Migration Prayer Cards: https://www crs. org/resource-center/global-migration-campaign-prayer-and-. commitment-sheet .

LOGISTICS TO THINK ABOUT AS YOU PLAN • Set a date and location for the pilgrimage before November 13, 2018 (if possible) . • Decide the length of the pilgrimage and then map out the area for pilgrimaging (remember to plan for necessary materials like cones, signs, tape or walkie-talkies to make the pilgrimage route clear .) • Make sure to clearly have a set distance that the pilgrims follow . • Set up registration either electronically, paper or both . • Contact the police in the area and communicate with civic administration about permits for walking . Consider parking limitations . • Remember to add “travel mileage” for any people who are unable to join for the actual walk, due to physical limitations, but participate in the closing liturgy or prayer service . We journey together spiritually! Be sure to add “miles” to your “total traveled” for those who committed to joining spiritually! • Organize a photographer and remember to use social media along the way to show the event to the world! • If necessary, use a working sound system including microphones and speakers . • If desired, organize a musical aspect, with people carrying instruments, choirs or musicians playing at the opening and closing .

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 5 OCTOBER 7–13 ADVERTISE YOUR PILGRIMAGE • Create an announcement for your parish bulletin, school newsletter or your social media channels and do outreach through the diocese, CCUSA member agency, and CLINIC affiliate . • Send an email to potential participants . • Send people to Media Center on sharejourney org. for advertising help and multimedia (i e. ., videos, photos, informational content) or make your own pilgrimage flyer to display around your parish or school . http://journey caritas. org/toolkits-downloads/. • Contact your local newspapers, news stations or radio stations (especially the local Catholic media stations in your area .) • Share the pilgrimage through social media . Use #ShareJourney on all posts . Visit: https://www .sharejourney org/social-media/. for sample social media posts and images for: – Twitter – Facebook – Instagram • If desired, create a pilgrimage website for your parish or school . • Decorate and clearly mark area where pilgrimage will take place .

PLANNING AND ORGANIZING • Use the suggested pilgrimages provided to organize and shape the pilgrimage . Be sure to personalize the pilgrimage to your parish or school . • Invite people to carry the items they would take with them if they were forced to leave their home . • Pilgrimage may have additional symbolism if participants: – Begin and/or end at historic religious sites (ex .: the diocesan Cathedral, the first parish in the diocese .) – Invite musicians to bring instruments to foster a prayerful tone during the walk . • Suggested: if in the budget, purchase CRS Ethical Trade simple wooden crosses or other small tokens to hand out to participants as a way of remembering the pilgrimage and those they walked for . • Choose leaders and speakers for the pilgrimage . – Bishop – Pastor or another parish priest – Another religious consecrated individual – Students or parish children – Migrants or Refugees in your community (utilize and emphasize local immigration or refugee stories and families, with their permission) – Musicians – Technically adept parishioner for electronic needs • Consider contacting your area council leadership for additional crowd control/ safety assistance and collaboration . • Invite Catholic Charities agencies and nonprofit agencies that serve migrants and refugees . • Contact other churches and faith organizations in your area to create a combined event or a collaboration .

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 6 OCTOBER 7–13 SECTION TWO: CARRYING OUT THE PILGRIMAGE

Walk in faith and solidarity. Use the Share the Journey banner that was sent to your diocese or institution when you registered your pilgrimage on sharejourney.org, or download and print signs for those who are walking.

MISSION STATEMENT

To involve the US in Pope Francis’ Migration Campaign, launched by in connection with the USCCB, CRS and CCUSA, to stand in solidarity with refugees and migrants throughout our world . This involvement is in the form of a pilgrimage, meant to echo the journey that refugees and migrants undertake while at the same time offering to our God a prayer for those making that difficult journey .

OBJECTIVE • Raise awareness of the global migration crisis facing today’s world . • Involve U .S . Catholics . . and people of goodwill . bear. public witness to solidarity with and for migrants and refugees with and for migrants . • Encounter those forced from their homes, countries, lives and freedom . • Decide if the pilgrimage is going to include monetary donations towards Catholic Relief Services or Catholic Charities USA and then decide on a goal and means to show and achieve that goal .

OPTIONAL MATERIALS • Route outlined clearly through tape, cones, signs or pathways • Way of communicating among leaders and guides of the pilgrimage • Sound system or way to ensure clear hearing • Course markers (You have traveled … miles) • Water stations • Possible food reception following pilgrimage • Prayer Cards https://www crs. org/sites/default/files/usops-resources/share_the_journey_. prayer_card_english .pdf or https://cliniclegal .org/resources/prayer-card-migrants • CRS Ethical Trade simple wooden crosses or other small tokens participants can take with them during and after the pilgrimage . • or Stations of the Cross booklets/signs https://cliniclegal org/cst/rosary. • General prayer service for reference and use https://files catholiccharitiesusa. org/general/. Prayer-for-Refugees-and-Migrants .pdf?mtime=20170404090738

Keep in mind that the pilgrimage will be best carried out if it is specific to your parish or school community. Use the religious sites, statues and devotions already in reach and people are accustomed to. Include the parish or school namesake or intercessor, these inclusions will make the pilgrimage more personal and meaningful to those participating.

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 7 OCTOBER 7–13 Opening Prayer

Protector God, Our truest guide in life’s journey, thank you for bringing us together today as we walk in solidarity with your children, and our brothers and sisters, who are traveling unwillingly from their homes and countries . Thank you for allowing us this opportunity to put ourselves in the shoes of those who are fleeing injustice in their home countries . Help us to see this pilgrimage as a step towards being in fuller communion with your universal church, who are all your children worldwide . Help us remember to be thankful for what we have and to love everyone we meet . Please bless our pilgrimage, and keep us healthy and safe . Amen .

Suggested Pilgrimages

Pilgrimages with different focuses

1. EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION AND/OR ADORATION • Hold a Eucharistic procession or process to a church with and for Eucharistic Adoration . For additional information on Eucharistic Devotions: http://www .usccb org/prayer-and-worship/. prayers-and-devotions/eucharistic-devotion/index cfm. • Coordinate with another parish to process from one church to the other (if applicable .) • Set a route for the procession either along a sidewalk or around an important figure, statue or church building to process through • Before the procession, begin with prayers for the migrant such as: The Share the Journey’s Prayers for Migrants and Refugees https://www .sharejourney org/. resource-library/#prayers-for-migrants-and-refugees • The USCCB’s Prayer for Migrants and Refugees http://www .usccb org/prayer-and-worship/. prayers-and-devotions/prayers/prayer-for-migrants-and-refugees cfm. • Follow the Rite of Eucharistic Exposition and Benediction • Necessary: *priest to carry out proper Benediction and procession* • Before Reposition of the Blessed Sacrament include the Prayer of Faithful and other additional prayer resources given below .

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 8 OCTOBER 7–13 2. FOLLOW THE REFUGEE THAT WAS JESUS CHRIST • Travel to four distinctive sites . • These sites could be statues inside or outside of the church, a nature scene (such as a large tree, bush, rock formation, etc .), or stations of the Cross . • Set the route for the pilgrimage either along a sidewalk or around an important figure, statue or church building to walk towards . • Read four short passages (New American Bible, Revised Edition) at each site that show Christ as a migrant and reflect for a moment on the movement in Christ’s earthly life: • Site One – John 1:10-14: Christ the Incarnate Word – He was in the world, and the world came to be through him, but the world did not know him . He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him . But to those who did accept him he gave power to become children of God, to those who believe in his name, who were born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor by a man’s decision but of God . And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son, full of grace and truth . • Site Two – Matthew 2: 13-15: Christ the Fleeing Child – When they had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you . Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him ”. Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night and departed for Egypt . He stayed there until the death of Herod, that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled, “Out of Egypt I called my son ”. • Site Three – Luke 9: 57-58: Christ the Traveling Preacher – As they were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go ”. Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head ”. • Site Four – John 19:15-18: Christ the Crucified – They cried out, “Take him away, take him away! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your king?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar ”. Then he handed him over to them to be crucified . So they took Jesus, and carrying the cross himself he went out to what is called the Place of the Skull, in Hebrew, Golgotha . There they crucified him, and with him two others, one on either side, with Jesus in the middle .

3. WALK THE WAY OF THE CROSS • Pray the Stations of the Cross over a wide space, pausing fourteen times to pray the stations . • Set the route for the stations either along already set up stations or on a paved walkway . • At each station remember and pray for a specific country largely facing or housing migrants and refugees . • Suggested Countries for Each Station (open to preference changes) – 1st Station: Jesus is condemned to death –

– 2nd Station: Jesus carries his cross –

– 3rd Station: Jesus falls the first time – Macedonia

– 4th Station: Jesus meets his Mother –

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 9 OCTOBER 7–13 – 5th Station: Simon of Cyrene helps Jesus to carry his cross –

– 6th Station: Veronica wipes the face of Jesus –

– 7th Station: Jesus falls the second time –

– 8th Station: Jesus meets the women of Jerusalem –

– 9th Station: Jesus falls a third time – South

– 10th Station: Jesus’ clothes are taken away – Mexico

– 11th Station: Jesus is nailed to the cross –

– 12th Station: Jesus dies on the cross –

– 13th Station: The body of Jesus is taken down from the cross – Democratic Republic of Congo

– 14th Station: Jesus is laid in the tomb – United States

4. A MARIAN PILGRIMAGE • Host a pilgrimage praying for migrants through the most powerful intercession of the Blessed Mother . • Set the route for the -pilgrimage either along a sidewalk or around a statue of Mary, or church building to process into . • Pray the Rosary on the move . – Choose a mystery of the Holy Rosary . – Walk and pray that mystery, pausing at each decade to remember a specific plight that migrants face and ask the Blessed Mother for her motherly care, guidance and comfort for our suffering brothers and sisters especially through these trying and difficult states . • First Mystery: Suffering – Refugees suffer persecution in home countries due to their race, religion, sex, political affiliation, violence, familial ties or governmental instability . • Second Mystery: Fear – Migrants who escape violence and injustice and are left without a secure plan, living in a constant state of fear of the future and the present moment . • Third Mystery: Helplessness – Migrants are often living without a home, scarce food and amongst strangers at a refugee camp or temporary home . Additionally, parents are not permitted to work so they are unable to provide for their family’s needs and are reliant on the charity of others . • Fourth Mystery: Unfamiliarity – Those forced to leave home are leaving the familiarity and security of their neighborhood, home, friends and work . • Fifth Mystery: Hopelessness – Migrants could be trapped feeling helpless and hopeless, especially with the average displacement time being 17 years or immigration processing time taking decades, hopelessness is bound to be rampant amongst refugees and migrants . • Suggested: Carry an image of Mary unique to your parish or school or an image of our Mother with a child Jesus .

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 10 OCTOBER 7–13 • See this CRS prayer service to the Mother of Migrants for additional prayers, information, and ideas for a Rosary-based pilgrimage . • Consider using CLINIC’s rosary guide to highlight immigrant stories during your pilgrimage .

5. FOLLOW THE STORIES OF MIGRANTS • Similarly to Following Christ the Refugee - Travel to three (or more) sites – Such as statues inside or outside of the church, Grottos, holy gardens, replicas, a nature scene (like a large tree, bush, rock formation, etc .), peace poles, school, church, stations of the cross or pilgrimage-made sites . • At each site remember and pray for a particular group of migrants: refugees, those in detention, Dreamers, unaccompanied minors, survivors of torture or victims of human trafficking . For Example:

Linh Pham: Catholic Charities USA Linh Pham is an immigrant from who was rescued by the Catholic Church three times in his life; first the Catholic Church aided Linh in Vietnam in 1954 when his family escaped from North Vietnam to South Vietnam; second, Linh was resettled by Catholic Charities USA in 1975 when he came to America as a refugee; third, in February 2017 CCUSA Santa Clara County aided his family who had become homeless during the Coyote Creek Flood . Story Here

Rajida: The Refugees in : Catholic Relief Services and Caritas Rajida Begum is a 30-year-old mother, gave birth to a baby girl just five days after she fled to Bangladesh . Abdul Rahman, a 21-year-old Burmese father is struggling to keep his 4-month-old baby daughter alive after his wife was killed in the violence . Both Rajida, Abdul and their baby daughters are being cared for by CRS and Caritas Bangladesh, after they were forced from their homes because they belong to a Muslim minority in majority-Buddhist . Story Here

Fatima: Catholic Relief Services Fatima and her family fled Syria back in 2013 . They are now resettled in through the aid of CRS and other Catholic agencies . Now Fatima, a mother of two, together with her husband, opened a new bakery and are successfully becoming a part of the Bulgarian society . Story Here

Nakio: Jesuit Refugee Services Nakio is a student at Mikese University in Yambio, . She is currently in her third- year of schooling to receive her Bachelor of Arts in Education . Each day is a little different for her as she balances being a full-time mother, wife, teacher, and student . Story Here

Janette: Jesuit Refugee Services In 2011, Janette, her husband, and eight children fled from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Kampala, . In fleeing to Uganda, Janette’s family left behind all their assets and properties . Story Here

For additional stories - https://www .sharejourney org/meet-your-neighbors/.

• Be Creative and Feel Free to Create Your Own Pilgrimage (including Mass if possible, , invite the school or university students to write prayers to use and continue to search https://www .sharejourney org/. for additional resources, information and ideas)

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 11 OCTOBER 7–13 Finish with Prayer Petitions: Adapted from CRS and CCUSA

https://www crs. org/sites/default/files/usops-resources/general_intercessions_for_refugees. .pdf

https://files catholiccharitiesusa. org/general/Prayer-for-Refugees-and-Migrants. . pdf?mtime=20170404090738

• For refugees—our brothers and sisters who have been uprooted from their homes, forced to search for safety and security in foreign lands, and for compassion and friendship in the faces of strangers, we pray to the Lord . Lord,. hear our prayer . • That we, descended in spirit from a nation of refugees, who have come to know God through the person of Jesus Christ—the child of refugees —grow in compassion with refugees everywhere, acting and advocating on their behalf, we pray to the Lord . . Lord, hear our prayer . • That the nations of the world—together with their citizens, the Church and all the world’s religions—may work together on behalf of refugees for peace and security in the lands that they flee; and for safety, opportunity and a true Christian welcome in the lands where they seek haven, we pray to the Lord . . Lord, hear our prayer . • That migrants and refugees may receive compassionate and practical help and find comfort from their sorrow and fear, we pray to the Lord . . Lord, hear our prayer . • That unaccompanied migrant children might be kept safe and reunited with families and loved ones, we pray to the Lord . . Lord, hear our prayer . • That our government leaders address the root causes of migration, such as violence and poverty, support refugees and migrants around the world by providing lifesaving humanitarian and development assistance, and implement fair and compassionate immigration policies, we pray to the Lord . . Lord, hear our prayer . • That all people of good will may stand in solidarity with migrants and refugees and have the courage to welcome every newcomer, we pray to the Lord . . Lord, hear our prayer . • That peaceful solutions may be found to the conflict, injustice, and violence that forces people to flee, we pray to the Lord . . Lord, hear our prayer . • That effective responses to climate change may halt the flooding, drought, and natural disasters that leads to migration of the poor, we pray to the Lord . . Lord, hear our prayer . • Suggested: if your prayer service prayed for particular individuals or situations, include them again in the petitions . • Feel free to add your own here

SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL PRAYERS FOR USE THROUGHOUT THE PILGRIMAGE: http://www .usccb org/about/migration-and-refugee-services/national-migration-week/upload/. Booklet-of-Prayers-2 .pdf

God of compassion, help us to see your Spirit in those you send to journey with us . In the refugee family, seeking safety from violence, let us see your Spirit . In the migrant worker, bringing food to our tables, let us see your Spirit . In the asylum-seeker, seeking justice for himself and his family, let us see your Spirit . In the unaccompanied child, traveling in a dangerous world, let us see your Spirit .

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 12 OCTOBER 7–13 https://www crs. org/resource-center/prayer-migrant-children.

Loving Father, in your infinite compassion, we seek your divine protection for refugee children who are often alone and afraid . Provide solace to those who have been witnesses to violence and destruction, who have lost parents, family, friends, home, and all they cherish due to war or persecution . Comfort them in their sorrow, and bring help in their time of need . Show mercy to unaccompanied migrant children, too, Lord . Unite them with their families and loved ones . Guide those children who are strangers in a foreign land to a place of peace and safety . Comfort them in their sorrow, and bring help in their time of need . Show us how we might reach out to these precious and vulnerable children . Open our hearts to migrant and refugee children in need, so that we might see in them your own migrant Son . Give us courage to stand up in their defense against those who would do them harm . For this we pray through our Lord Jesus Christ, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever . Amen .

Closing Prayer:

Dearest Lord, thank you for this small share in the journey of the migrant . Guide our minds and our hearts to conform to yours so we always embrace the other with love and mercy . Give us the grace to see all we encounter as our neighbors, as our or sister and love them in your divine love . Please bless our journeys home and help us to be thankful that we have a place to return to . Keep us safe and help us to always rely on the comfort and home we have in your hands . Amen .

SECTION THREE: DOCUMENT YOUR PILGRIMAGE

• Take pictures and videos to share with Share the Journey Campaign . Share through #sharejourney #sharejourney

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 13 OCTOBER 7–13 SECTION FOUR: FOLLOW UP

• Confirm your estimated numbers by responding to the email sent to you following your Pilgrimage . • Continue to follow our trip around the world at: https://www .sharejourney org/pilgrimage. . • Prayers for Mass or Prayer Services Following Pilgrimage • Lift your voices in support of migrants and refugees by engaging your members of Congress: – Organize a group to attend a town hall event to give testimony to the need to support migrants and refugees here in the U .S . and around the world . – Write a letter to the editor about your community’s pilgrimage and support of policies that assist refugees and migrants worldwide . – Sign-up members of your community to continue to learn about how to live out your faith through advocacy by engaging Congress and the administration on global migration issues: • Visit Catholics Confront Global Poverty, an initiative of the USCCB and Catholic Relief Services or text the word GLOBAL to 306-44 . • Encourage your community to support refugees and migrants in other ways: – https://cliniclegal org/resources/discerning-how-welcome-your-neighbor. – The Campaign Prayer http://journey caritas. org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/. Campaign-prayer .pdf

Have mercy on me, God most high . In my fear and loneliness, be my refuge . Far from my homeland, I feel lost . My heart is stirred by thoughts of the family I left behind . Oh God, hear their cries and come to their help! Calm the storms of anxiety and doubt raging within me . Go before me and guide my steps among a people I do not know . May their kindness and compassion assure me that You are there to welcome me . Amen .

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 14 OCTOBER 7–13 • Include the petitions from the pilgrimage in Mass or Prayer Services, especially during the month of October 13 - November 13, 2018 .

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE MIGRATION CAMPAIGN https://justiceforimmigrants org/2016site/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/. Share-the-journey-info .pdf

http://journey caritas. org/. : http://journey caritas. org/myths/.

http://journey caritas. org/reach-out-show-support-for-migrants/.

http://journey caritas. org/toolkits-downloads/.

ADVOCACY RESOURCES AND TOOLS What is advocacy? Why do we advocate? Advocacy Toolkit

PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 15 OCTOBER 7–13 DID YOU October 2018 KNOW? The prayer pilgrimage’s start date of October 13 �e U.S. bishops means the first half of it takes place during provide resources to Respect Life Month. Drawing upon the story of help you build a Our Lady of Guadalupe culture in which and St. Juan Diego, this year’s Respect Life theme every person is encourages reflection on the foundation of respect cherished. for human dignity and care for all human life, and how that affects our daily lives. usccb.org/respectlife

January 14-22, 2019

An initiative of the U.S. bishops, 9 Days for Life is a “digital pilgrimage” of prayer and action focused on cherishing the gift of every person's life. A multi-faceted novena highlighting a different intention each day provides reflections, bonus information, and suggested actions. As part of Share the Journey, 9 Days for Life features an intention on human trafficking, focusing on ways migrants and refugees are uniquely vulnerable. 9daysforlife.com

Mosaics: Created by Rohn Liturgical Design Studios for the Diocese of Fargo. Background: iStock.com/kirstypargeter. Photos used with permission. Copyright © 2018, USCCB, Washington, D.C. All rights reserved. PILGRIMAGE ORGANIZER PACKET 16 OCTOBER 7–13