Thanks to Tere Maya for sending in this report on what women religious are doing for immigration reform.
Ten communities of Catholic Sisters based in the Upper Mississippi River Valley are calling on President Obama and Congress to work together to enact comprehensive immigration reform.
To make their point, they have issued a statement on "Welcoming Communities," they are placing billboards in the Quad Cities, Des Moines, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Clinton, Iowa, this month in advance of the Iowa caucuses to make sure delegates, potential candidates and voters remember this critical issue, and they are holding prayer services at the billboard sites and at their headquarters on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the day the billboards will be posted.
The billboards with the message: "I was a stranger an immigrant and you welcomed me" will remain through early January. The message, based on the words of Jesus, is taken from the Gospel of Matthew. READ MORE.
Ten communities of Catholic Sisters based in the Upper Mississippi River Valley are calling on President Obama and Congress to work together to enact comprehensive immigration reform.To make their point, they have issued a statement on "Welcoming Communities," they are placing billboards in the Quad Cities, Des Moines, Dubuque, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City and Clinton, Iowa, this month in advance of the Iowa caucuses to make sure delegates, potential candidates and voters remember this critical issue, and they are holding prayer services at the billboard sites and at their headquarters on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the day the billboards will be posted.
The billboards with the message: "I was a stranger an immigrant and you welcomed me" will remain through early January. The message, based on the words of Jesus, is taken from the Gospel of Matthew. READ MORE.
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