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Immigration

A Timeline on Migration, Labor, and Immigration Laws, Part One

This four page resource reviews key events in migration patterns and immigration laws in the U.S up until 1903. It raises central questions about the relationship between the need for labor and attitu...more

A Prayer To Our Lady of Guadalupe

Share this enchanting and simple prayer in honor of the Feast Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe. ...more

Alabama Immigration Law Threatens Free Exercise of Religion

Alabama has passed a law that would make it a crime to knowingly assist an illegal immigrant by providing them a ride, a job, a place to live or any other kind of social assistance, including religiou...more

People of God on the Move: Catholic Immigration in the U.S.

Since the 1840s, immigration to the U.S. was increasingly from Catholic countries, beginning with the Irish Famine, continuing with displaced persons from Eastern Europe after World War II and with La...more

Mapping Migration - An Interactive Look at Peoples on the Move , by: Lorraine Cuddeback

This series of interactive maps provides an overview of where people are moving to as refugees and asylum seekers.  The map displays sending countries and receiving countries. ...more

Film Discussion Guide: "Under the Same Moon" , by: Robert Stewart

Under the Same Moon provides a perspective on immigration that no one is likely to get from reading the newspapers or watching the evening news: immigrants have faces, names, and families; they are hu...more
Border Fence

Arizona Immigration Law and Catholic Teaching , by: Jane Deren, PhD

The state of Arizona recently passed immigration reform that allows local police to initiate an investigation when they suspect a person may not be legally residing in the state.  Many, including...more

The Bishops' Five Principles to Guide Immigration Policy , by: Education for Justice

The U.S. Catholic Bishops have identified five principles that should act as a guide for policymakers in creating immigration reform legislation. This resource describes these principles and also incl...more
The Visitor

Film Discussion Guide: The Visitor , by: Bill Griffin, CFX

Immigration and Hospitality In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life.  This film is an engaging look of what happens to the dynamics of hospitality and welcome in a ...more

One Border One Body: Immigration and the Eucharist , by: Katherine Feely, SND

The Liturgy is a place where we seek to transcend all borders, all division. The film, "One Border One Body" looks at the issue of immigration from a sacramental perspective. This film invites not onl...more
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