2019 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference
The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) and the Diocese of San Jose held the 2019 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference from March 11-13, 2019 at Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, CA.
This annual event is part of CMS’s Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII) which seeks to understand, expand and strengthen the work of Catholic institutions with immigrant communities. The conference:
- Explored promising and successful programs and ministries with immigrants in parishes, elementary schools, universities, the workplace, immigrant service networks, charities, community organizing entities, hospitals, and other institutions;
- Examined how changing US immigration and refugee polices are affecting Catholic institutions, their members and those they serve;
- Lifted up a distinctly Catholic vision of integration, which is rooted in communion, integral development, and evangelization of culture;
- Featured an annual address – named after CMS’s co-founder, Fr. Lydio Tomasi, c.s. – on the theological vision underlying the work of Catholic institutions with immigrants and refugees;
- Offered optional site visits to migrant programs and ministries in the San Francisco Bay Area on March 11, 2019.
The conference fee was $125 for all three days, which included meals during the conference program. Registration was free for all students and for Santa Clara University faculty and staff. Discounts and fee waivers were available for those indicating financial need. This event not a function of Santa Clara University.
March 12, 2019
Santa Clara University School of Law
Charney Hall
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95050
7:00AM – 8:00AM
MASS
Main Presider
Most Rev. Oscar Cantú, S.T.D.
Coadjutor Bishop
Diocese of San José
8:00AM
REGISTRATION OPENS | Mabie Grand Atrium
8:30AM – 9:45AM
WELCOME | Panelli Courtroom (Rooms 102-103)
Donald Kerwin
Executive Director
Center for Migration Studies
Sam Liccardo
Mayor of the City of San José
Lisa A. Kloppenberg
Dean and Professor of Law
Santa Clara University School of Law
Rev. Michael E. Engh, S.J.
President
Santa Clara University
Zulma Maciel
Director, Office of Immigrant Affairs
City of San José
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Most Rev. Oscar Cantú, S.T.D.
Coadjutor Bishop
Diocese of San José
9:45AM – 10:00AM
RECENT IMMIGRATION DEVELOPMENTS | Panelli Courtroom (Rooms 102-103)
This brief presentation will provide an overview of the Trump administration’s immigration agenda including its major changes to the US immigration system and their impact on immigrant communities.
- Charles Wheeler, Director of Training, Litigation and Support, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
10:00AM – 11:15AM
SESSION I | Panelli Courtroom (Rooms 102-103)
Catholic Institutional Initiatives to Foster Immigrant Integration While Serving the US Born Children of Immigrants
This session explores practices and initiatives that Catholic institutions advance in service of immigrants and their US-born children of immigrants. The session focuses particularly on efforts to serve the fast-growing US-born Latino population, which outnumbers Latinos immigrants two to one, as they integrate into the larger society while remaining highly influenced by immigrant parents, other relatives, and neighbors.
Moderator: Hosffman Ospino, Associate Professor of Hispanic Ministry and Religious Education, Boston College
Speakers:
- Verónica Alonzo, Associate Superintendent of Operations, Diocese of Dallas
- Patty Jiménez, Founder, USHispanicMinistry.com; Communications Coordinator, Fifth National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry
- Rev. Simon Kim, Director of Intercultural Initiatives, Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University
- David Perry, President, Cristo Rey Sacramento High School
11:15AM – 12:30PM
SESSION II | Panelli Courtroom (Rooms 102-103)
Parish-Based Models to Welcome, Engage, and Mobilize Immigrants
This session will lift up successful parish-based programs serving immigrant communities and fostering immigrant leadership. Panelists will discuss how parishes work with immigrants to serve others, advocate for their communities, and advance justice.
Moderator: Estela Villagrán Manancero, Director of Latino Ministry, Archdiocese of Saint Paul & Minneapolis; President, National Catholic Association of Diocesan Directors of Hispanic Ministry
Speakers:
- Msgr. Arturo J. Bañuelas, S.T.D., Pastor, St. Mark’s Parish El Paso
- Isaac Cuevas, Director of Immigration and Public Affairs, Archdiocese of Los Angeles
- Rev. Jon Pedigo, S.T.L., Director of Advocacy and Community Engagement, Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County
12:30PM – 1:45PM
LUNCH | Mabie Grand Atrium
1:45PM – 3:00PM
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
WORKSHOP I | Classroom 101
Strategic Use of Research in Catholic Advocacy, Services, and Institutions
This workshop will describe the role and use of scholarship and research in informing and strengthening Catholic advocacy, service-delivery, and institutions. It will include a presentation on CMS’s democratizing data initiative, which entails the strategic use of data on the undocumented and eligible-to-naturalize populations in the United States. It will also feature research on the impact of deportation on US families and communities, and the findings from a survey on the effect of current immigration policies and discourse on Catholic organizations and programs. In addition, the workshop will discuss research on how Catholic churches positively contribute to the political socialization of Mexican immigrants who live within their parish bounds, regardless of their denomination or levels of devotion.
- Daniela Alulema, Research and Administrative Coordinator, Center for Migration Studies
- Kiku Huckle, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pace University
- Mike Nicholson, Researcher, Center for Migration Studies
WORKSHOP II | Classroom 104
Engaging Funders in a Time of Crisis
California enjoys a range of public and private funders who have worked shoulder to shoulder with nonprofits to create an unparalleled immigrant integration infrastructure. This breakout will discuss how funders support work with migrants and refugees, and how they are responding to unprecedented federal immigration policies. They will also offer insights on how they establish their priorities and goals, and how faith-based organizations might approach them to support work that promotes, empowers, and helps to integrate immigrants and their families.
Moderator: Jack Holmgren, Former Strategic Capacity Advisor, Legalization Program, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Speakers:
- Mary Doyle, Senior Program Officer, Y&H Soda Foundation
- Luis Guerra, Strategic Capacity Officer, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
- Randolph P. McGrorty, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Services, Archdiocese of Miami
- Marcela M. Ruiz, Chief of Immigration and Refugees Branch, California Department of Social Services
WORKSHOP III | Classroom 106
Migration and Refugee Protection from the Perspective of Global Catholic Institutions
This breakout will feature the work of Catholic institutions working abroad to assist migrants and refugees. Panelists will also share the various initiatives developed by their organizations to improve conditions for people in their home countries to respond to the factors compelling people to migrate or flee.
- Doug Ryan, Country Representative and Subregional Director for Latin America, Southeast Asia, East Africa and the Middle East, Catholic Relief Services
- Carolyn Trumble, Mission Educator-Promoter, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
WORKSHOP IV | Panelli Courtroom (Rooms 102-103)
Responding and Adapting to Administrative Challenges Facing Service Providers
This workshop will discuss the current immigration political and policy landscape – particularly in light of the proposed public charge rule – through the lens of Catholic social teaching and the healing ministry. Participants will also discuss providers call to action and advocacy, and the significance of community collaborations to build common ground.
Moderator: Rachelle Wenger, Director of Public Policy and Community Advocacy, Dignity Health
Speakers:
- Kathleen A. Curran, Senior Director of Public Policy, Catholic Health Association of the United States
- Shelby Gonzales, Director of Enrollment and Outreach, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Laura Peralta-Schulte, Senior Government Relations Advocate, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
- Charles Wheeler, Director of Training, Litigation and Support, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
3:00PM – 4:15PM
SESSION III | Panelli Courtroom (Rooms 102-103)
Religious Orders, Congregations, and Communities on the Frontlines of Immigrant Protection, Service, and Incorporation
Catholic religious orders, congregations, and communities have long been pivotal in the care of immigrants and refugees. In this session, representatives from Catholic orders and congregations will discuss their efforts to support immigrants, their families, and communities. This session will include a discussion on local, national, and cross-border initiatives.
Moderator: Rev. Michael S. Gallagher, S.J., Vicar, Sacred Heart Church El Paso
Speakers:
- Robert Lassalle-Klein, Executive Director, Oakland Catholic Worker; Professor of Religious Studies and Philosophy, Holy Names University
- Rev. Patrick Murphy, C.S., Executive Director, Casa del Migrante – Centro Scalabrini
- Sr. Pietrina Raccuglia, M.S.C., President and Chair of the Board, Cabrini Mission Foundation
- Carolyn Trumble, Mission Educator-Promoter, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
4:15PM – 5:30PM
SESSION IV | Panelli Courtroom (Rooms 102-103)
Responses to Immigrant Defense, Empowerment, and Integration
This panel examines Catholic community responses to the Trump administration’s immigration policy agenda. Panelists will share legal efforts to respond to the administration’s harmful enforcement policies, and discuss how to strengthen the Church’s voice in the national debate.
Moderator: Patricia Zapor, Communications Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Speakers:
- Kevin Appleby, Senior Director of International Migration Policy, Center for Migration Studies
- Blase Bova, Executive Director, St. Vincent de Paul Alameda County
- Kat Doyle, Director of Justice and Peace Ministries, Office of Life, Dignity and Justice, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta
- Linda Hartke, Former President and Chief Executive Officer, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
- Paz Padilla, Associate Director of Immigration and Citizenship, Catholic Charities Diocese of Monterey
5:30PM – 6:15PM
RECEPTION | Mabie Grand Atrium
6:15PM – 7:30PM
REV. LYDIO F. TOMASI, C.S. ANNUAL LECTURE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION | Classroom 104
Established in 2014, the Fr. Lydio F. Tomasi, C.S. Annual Lecture on International Migration addresses a migration-related topic of pressing concern to faith communities. Fr. Tomasi, a founding member of the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS), directed the institute from 1968 to 2001. Past lectures have been delivered by: Dr. Hosffman Ospino, Associate Professor of Hispanic Ministry and Religious Education at Boston College; Fr. Allan Figueroa Deck, Distinguished Scholar of Theology and Latino Studies at Loyola Marymount University; and Dr. Maria Clara Bingemer, Professor of Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC) and Brazilian Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Democracy and Human Development in the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Co-sponsored with the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University, the 2019 Fr. Lydio F. Tomasi, C.S. Annual Lecture on International Migration was delivered by Msgr. Arturo J. Bañuelas, S.T.D., Pastor of St. Mark’s Parish in El Paso, Texas. After earning his doctorate from the Gregorian University in Rome, Msgr. Bañuelas was the founding director of the Tepeyac Institute, one of the largest diocesan ministry formation centers, training laity for parish ministry. The institute is distinctive in its formation, which is shaped by the reality of the border. Msgr. Bañuelas has been widely recognized and honored for his advocacy on behalf of farmworkers, immigrants and for his work on issues of life and justice at the border. He is a popular speaker and teacher who addresses topics of theology, faith and politics with various civic, academic, religious, pastoral and health organizations. Msgr. Bañuelas has founded a number of initiatives in theology, ministry and border activism over the past forty years. He was a co-founder of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS) and most recently established the Hope Border Institute, which focuses on justice issues in the three border dioceses of El Paso, Texas, Las Cruces, New Mexico and Juarez, Mexico. He also currently serves on the board of directors for the Border Network for Human Rights.
INTRODUCTION
Donald Kerwin
Executive Director
Center for Migration Studies
WELCOME
Rev. Kevin O’Brien, S.J.
Dean and University Professor
Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University
LECTURE
Msgr. Arturo J. Bañuelas, S.T.D.
Pastor
St. Mark’s Parish El Paso
RESPONDENT
Rev. Eduardo C. Fernández, S.J., S.T.D.
Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ministry
Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University
FR. LYDIO F. TOMASI, C.S. ANNUAL LECTURE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
FR. LYDIO F. TOMASI, C.S. ANNUAL LECTURE ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
Established in 2014, the Fr. Lydio F. Tomasi, C.S. Annual Lecture on International Migration addresses a migration-related topic of pressing concern to faith communities. Fr. Tomasi, a founding member of the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS), directed the institute from 1968 to 2001. Past lectures have been delivered by: Dr. Hosffman Ospino, Associate Professor of Hispanic Ministry and Religious Education at Boston College; Fr. Allan Figueroa Deck, Distinguished Scholar of Theology and Latino Studies at Loyola Marymount University; and Dr. Maria Clara Bingemer, Professor of Theology at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC) and Brazilian Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Democracy and Human Development in the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Co-sponsored with the Jesuit School of Theology at Santa Clara University, the 2019 Fr. Lydio F. Tomasi, C.S. Annual Lecture on International Migration was delivered by Msgr. Arturo J. Bañuelas, S.T.D., Pastor of St. Mark’s Parish in El Paso, Texas. After earning his doctorate from the Gregorian University in Rome, Msgr. Bañuelas was the founding director of the Tepeyac Institute, one of the largest diocesan ministry formation centers, training laity for parish ministry. The institute is distinctive in its formation, which is shaped by the reality of the border. Msgr. Bañuelas has been widely recognized and honored for his advocacy on behalf of farmworkers, immigrants and for his work on issues of life and justice at the border. He is a popular speaker and teacher who addresses topics of theology, faith and politics with various civic, academic, religious, pastoral and health organizations. Msgr. Bañuelas has founded a number of initiatives in theology, ministry and border activism over the past forty years. He was a co-founder of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS) and most recently established the Hope Border Institute, which focuses on justice issues in the three border dioceses of El Paso, Texas, Las Cruces, New Mexico and Juarez, Mexico. He also currently serves on the board of directors for the Border Network for Human Rights.
INTRODUCTION
Donald Kerwin
Executive Director
Center for Migration Studies
WELCOME
Fr. Kevin O’Brien, S.J.
Dean and University Professor
Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University
LECTURE
Msgr. Arturo J. Bañuelas, S.T.D.
Pastor
St. Mark’s Parish El Paso
RESPONDENT
Fr. Eduardo C. Fernández, S.J., S.T.D.
Professor of Pastoral Theology and Ministry
Jesuit School of Theology, Santa Clara University
Summary
Mike Nicholson
Breaking Down Barriers and Welcoming the Stranger: 2019 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference
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