Simultaneous Session IV: Bringing Research to Bear on the Needs of Catholic Institutions
Session IV: Bringing Research to Bear on the Needs of Catholic Institutions, and the Migrant Populations They Serve
Faith Communities/Faith-Based Organizations
Simultaneous Session III: Addressing the Legal Obstacles to Immigrant Integration
Session III: Addressing the Legal Obstacles to Immigrant Integration, Protection and Defense
Simultaneous Session II: Working Through Cultural Obstacles to Integration and Empowerment
Session II: Working Through Cultural Obstacles to Immigrant Integration and Empowerment: Understanding Differences in Attitudes Toward Migrants in North America and Europe
Simultaneous Session I: Community Sponsorship Models for Immigrant Integration
Session I: Community Sponsorship Models for Immigrant Integration in Europe and North America: Challenges and Opportunities
Plenary Panel VIII: A Reflection on Migration, Protection, and Race
The final panel of the conference reflected on the interrelated themes of migration, protection, and race in the context of Pope Francis’ call to Catholics to go to the peripheries.
University of Notre Dame Student Panel
A discussion with Notre Dame Students doing work with migrants and refugees.
Plenary Panel VII: Mainstreaming Catholic Teaching on Immigrants and Refugees
This panel discussed ways to build parish communities of belonging, hope, and sanctuary, and to mainstream Catholic teaching on immigrants and refugees to the broader Catholic Church.
Plenary Panel VI: How Can Catholic Institutions Better Promote Integration, Protection, and Defense
Panelists explored how Catholic institutions can strengthen their work in promoting the integration, protection, and defense of persons with strong roots in sending and receiving communities.
Plenary Panel V: Overcoming Political Obstacles to Building Communities of Belonging
At a time of harsh and restrictionist federal policies, many states and localities have opted to treat immigrants and their families as full members of their communities, extending to them a range of services, programs, and benefits.
Plenary Panel IV: How Should Catholic Institutions Adapt Their Work?
Panelists discuss ways that Catholic parishes, hospitals, refugee and legal services programs, charities, and other institutions and ministries can rise to the immense challenges now facing immigrants, refugees, and their families and communities.