Will Papa come home? Is Mama safe?  What will happen to me?

Families Living in Fear: The Current Reality of Migrants Living in the U.S.

 

Event Information:

🗓️  Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2025
⏰ Time: 5 pm PDT | 6pm MDT | 7pm CDT | 8pm EDT

 

In this one-hour webinar, we will:

  • Hear what migrant families are currently experiencing in the U.S.
  • Gain insight into the legal challenges and protections migrants face
  • Examine what Catholic Social Teaching tells us about the issue
  • Discern how we are called to respond as people of faith

Featured Guests:

Fr. Rafael Garcia, SJ

Fr. Garcia has been pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, in El Paso, TX, since 2016 after previously serving as the pastor there for 13 years. The church is only a few blocks from the border with Mexico and has served as a refuge and place of ministry for migrants throughout its existence.  Fr. Garcia also ministers at the area detention centers for migrants. He, himself, came to the U.S. from Cuba when he was only 9 years old.  

Heidi Cerneka

Heidi Cerneka is a Maryknoll Lay Missioner and attorney who has served in El Paso, TX, for more than 6 years, as well as with incarcerated women in Brazil and Kenya for almost 20 years as a Lay Missioner.  Her current ministry includes immigration advocacy through the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center (in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez) with survivors of human trafficking and other crimes who qualify for relief from deportation under U.S. laws designed to protect victims of crimes. She also works in education and advocacy around human trafficking policies and issues, including a project in Brazil for survivors of human trafficking for purposes of forced crime. 

 

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