Immigration

Advocacy for Immigrants at St. Francis

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Your voice. Your compassion.
Your action. Our future.

TOGETHER, WE CAN BUILD A MORE JUST AND HUMANE IMMIGRATION SYSTEM.

ALL ARE WELCOME!

"For I was a stranger and you welcomed me." - Matthew 25:35

The American Journey!
stfrancisa2.org/american-journey!

https://stfrancisa2.wufoo.com/forms/christ-the-immigrant

If you are seeking legal assistance contact:

The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center in Ypsilanti – MIRC – (734-239-6863) www.michiganimmigrant.org

Our parish also works collaboratively with Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (WICIR) https://wicir.org/ who provides assistance to immigrants whose family members have been detained and/or deported as a result of raids by the U.S. Immigration Enforcement and Customs Agency. The assistance includes legal assistance, counseling, housing assistance, and help in locating the family members who have been detained or deported. https://wicir.org/

Call Ann Arbor office: Michigan Immigrant Rights Center – MIRC (734-239-6863), if you are seeking legal assistance, for immigration-related questions and matters, and, see if you qualify for low cost Legal aid. See: https://michiganimmigrant.org/contact-info

Also, in Michigan is Strangers No Longer (SNL) strangersnolonger.org

Beyond Michigan? Here is an organization that is country wide... National Bond Fund Network - NBFN Bond Referral communityjusticeexchange.org

More Advocacy for Immigrants at St. Francis

Christ the Immigrant Ministry

& Strangers No Longer Gatherings

ALL ARE WELCOME! REGISTRATION REQUESTED . Please RSVP sign-up at this link here to join us ....so we can prepare appropriately. All are welcome to join us.

Through fellowship, breaking bread together, prayer, testimony, and conversation, we will consider how we are called to respond—guided by the question: "What would Jesus do in these situations?"

There are many ways to help—through financial support, volunteering, and accompaniment. Current and emerging needs may include assistance with legal expenses, food and basic necessities, transportation, and personal accompaniment.

For example, when a need arises, we may contact you by email, text, or phone to see if you are available. This could include picking someone up in the Ann Arbor or Ypsilanti area, driving them to an appointment, waiting with them, and bringing them safely home. By serving in these ways, we seek to recognize and serve Christ in the immigrant among us.

Please fill out the survey on the recent session and how you would like to discern and support Christ the Immigrant and the SNL Circle Ministry using the link here.

More Info: text/call 734-821-2121.

May the peace of Christ be with all our sisters and brothers. Thanks for your support.

Jim, Moe and Scott

Consider making a donation in support of the Outreach for Christ the Immigrant Ministry @ St. Francis Parish here on our ParishSoft-Giving: Scroll down to look down-under the Outreach option in the list and donate to help those who are "at the bottom" - the lowest-income households, struggling workers, and those most vulnerable to poverty and inequality.

Inspired by the Michigan Bishops’ newsletter article, “Seeing Christ the Immigrant,” we invite you to prayerfully consider how you might share your time, resources, and gifts in support of vulnerable members of our parish community.

Our parish works collaboratively with Strangers No Longer (SNL) and with Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (WICIR) .

“In the Church no one is a stranger, and the Church is not foreign to anyone, anywhere. As a sacrament of unity and thus a sign and a binding force for the whole human race, the Church is the place where ‘illegal’ immigrants are also recognized and accepted as brothers and sisters. It is the task of the various Dioceses actively to ensure that these people, who are obliged to live outside the safety net of civil society, may find a sense of brotherhood in the Christian community.” – Pope John Paul II for World Migration Day, 1996

Other Resources

for immigration-related questions.

Michigan Immigrant Rights Center

michiganimmigrant.org

Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights (WICIR)

wicir.org

Strangers No Longer (SNL) (in Michigan)

strangersnolonger.org

National Bond Fund Network - NBFN Bond Referral (This organization is country wide.)

communityjusticeexchange.org

For more information or for help finding further immigration resources, contact Scott Wright at (734) 821-2121 or swright@stfrancisa2.org.