Immigration

Christ the Immigrant Ministry @ St Francis of Assisi Parish:

Your help is needed - as we are helping vulnerable members of our Parish community!! Just as Jesus cared for those in need, your gift of time, care and resources helps our neighbors find comfort and sustenance. Thank you for sharing Christ’s love through your generosity.



Please RSVP sign-up at this link here to join us at our next meeting with Christ the Immigrant Ministry @ St. Francis Parish.

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. 

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

“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