EVENT

Pope Francis Crossing Borders: Catholic Teaching, National Sovereignty, and the Right to Migrate

February 12, 2016
1:00PM – 4:30PM
Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services
2400 East Yandell Drive
El Paso, TX 79903

Credit: Marko Vombergar/ALETEIA/Wikimedia Commons

Pope Francis Crossing Borders: Catholic Teaching, National Sovereignty, and the Right to Migrate

Event Date and Time February 12, 2016 1:00 pm
Event Ends February 12, 2016 4:30 pm
Venue Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services
Venue Address 2400 East Yandell Drive, El Paso, TX, United States
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Dialogues

On February 12, 2016, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) and the Hope Border Institute (HBI) hosted “Pope Francis Crossing Borders: Catholic Teaching, National Sovereignty, and the Right to Migrate,” an event in honor of Pope Francis’s upcoming visit to the US-Mexico border.

 

Agenda

KEYNOTE
Strangers No Longer: Renewing Hope
Most Rev. Mark J. Seitz, Bishop of El Paso

SESSION I | THE CHURCH, THE BORDER, AND THE RIGHT TO MIGRATE

Moderator
Dylan Corbett
Executive Director
Hope Border Institute

Speakers
Donald Kerwin
Executive Director
Center for Migration Studies

Gabriella Sanchez
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas at El Paso

Rev. Javier Calvillo
Director
Casa del Migrante, Diocese of Juárez

SESSION II | WELCOMING THE STRANGER

Moderator
Iliana Holguin
Attorney at Law
Law Offices of Armendariz & Holguin

Speakers
Melissa Lopez
Executive Director
Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services

Ruben Garcia
Director
Annunciation House

Marco Raposo
Director, Justice and Peace Ministry
Diocese of El Paso