About 100 people gathered outside the Philadelphia Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Nov. 13 for a public witness event in support of immigrant and migrant communities.
The event was part of the nationwide “One Church, One Family” campaign, which calls Catholics to “reject the culture of fear and silence that dehumanizes” and to “stand with migrants,” according to the campaign’s website. Campaign partners included the Jesuits of the USA East and West Provinces, the Ignatian Solidarity Network and the Jesuit Refugee Service USA, among others.
The Nov. 13 event, one of 68 across the nation held that same day, coincided with the feast day of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants. Cabrini was an Italian immigrant and the first U.S. citizen to be canonized. The campaign sponsored a similar event Oct. 22…