In observance of National Migration Week, Sept. 20 – 26, 2021, Archdiocese of Chicago parishes and its Immigration Ministry will host events celebrating Chicagoland’s diverse Catholic community. This year’s National Migration Week theme is “Towards an Ever Wider ‘We’.” In his message for the 107th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2021, Pope Francis said he would like to use this World Day, “to address a twofold appeal, first to the Catholic faithful and then all the men and women of our world, to advance together towards an ever wider ‘we’.”  

Events observing National Migration Week include:

Saturday, Sept. 25

10 – 11 a.m.: The Sisters and Brothers of Immigrants will host a vigil at the intersection of Ashland/Milwaukee Avenues and Division Street (near the Blue Line), to protest the continuance of Title 42, which denies entry into the U.S. without a hearing or any proof of contagion.

Sunday, Sept. 26

6 p.m.: The archdiocese’s Immigration Ministry will host a webinar exploring Pope Francis’s call to widen our concept of ‘we’ to grow as a Church and to enrich one another. Registration is required: bit.ly/toward-an-ever-widening-we. 

For more information about National Migration Week activities, please visit https://pvm.archchicago.org/human-dignity-solidarity/immigration-ministry/national-migration-week.