Family Immigration Services
By: Marissa Flores Madden A few months ago, I received a phone call from an individual interested in the work we do at Family Immigration Services. He was a lifelong…
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By: Marissa Flores Madden For over a decade as a high school campus minister I had the opportunity to accompany students on a number of immersion retreats featuring lessons on…
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By Moises Sosa Ever dreamt of visiting the Gateway to the West? That was me, a young man from the Dominican Republic, raised next to the vibrant border with Haiti.…
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“We must talk about poverty, because people insulated by their own comfort lose sight of it.” Dorothy Day “Love is shown more in deeds than in words.” St. Ignatius…
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Created and hosted by Marissa Flores Madden “Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land. Treat them like native-born Israelites, and love them as you…
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“Family may be sacred, but community has a holy dimension of its own. Blood is never the only thing that binds us. It is often the ties we choose that…
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“Human dignity is the same for all human beings: when I trample on the dignity of another, I am trampling on my own.” – Pope Francis “Our job is to…
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Created and Hosted by Marissa Flores Madden Catholic Social Teaching A Church that doesn’t provoke any crisis, a gospel that doesn’t unsettle, a Word of God that doesn’t get under…
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By Marissa Flores Madden “Everyone tells me they’re ‘illegal.’ But I work with them, and I know they’re good guys. So, they couldn’t be illegal, right?” Mike, a senior in…
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To continue serving clients with active cases and timely deadlines, Catholic Charities has made the challenging decision to pause intake for new legal immigration cases through January 3, 2024 –…
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