National Migration Week

The presence of migrants and refugees... is an invitation to recover some of those essential dimensions of our Christian existence and our humanity that risk being overlooked in a prosperous society." - Pope Francis

National Migration Week Prayer
Loving Father,
 We thank you for the gift of children
 And for the joy and love that they bring into our lives.
 Protect with your fatherly care all children who face hardship.
 In particular, we pray for unaccompanied migrant children who
 are alone,
 For migrant children separated from parents who have been
 placed in detention,
 For those who have lost loved ones due to violence,
 And for those who are trapped in situations of exploitation.
 Open all of our hearts to immigrant and refugee children in need.
 Show us how we can protect and comfort them.
 Give us the wisdom to know how we can help.
 Give us courage to defend them
 against those who would harm them.
 We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
 Who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
 One God forever and ever.
Amen.

More information about the celebration available on the Justice for Immigrants website.

Information from the USCCB 

Get assistance in the Diocese of Providence 

Background
In 2019, Pope Francis announced that that the World Day of Migrants and Refugees would henceforth be celebrated on the last Sunday of September. To maintain the custom of aligning NMW with the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, the Catholic Bishops of the United States recently decided to move National Migration Week to the last week in September.

(Image: USCCB website)