We, the Sisters of
Charity of the Incarnate Word, are a congregation founded by immigrants for
immigrants. We believe that all people are worthy of respect and their inherent
human rights must be protected.
We strongly oppose
the globalization of indifference that denies people’s
dignity, and we denounce the criminalization of migration that puts people looking
for a better and safer life for themselves and their families at greater
risk.
We support and
accompany our migrant, immigrant and refugee brothers and sisters through globalizing
compassion, cooperation and solidarity by:
- Valuing the positive aspects
of communities of origin, communities through which they might travel, and the
communities of destination.
- Promoting a culture
of encounter with hospitality and acceptance rather than xenophobia,
discrimination and racism.
- Committing ourselves to
work for the human rights of migrants, immigrants and refugees.
- Educating ourselves to
welcome, promote, protect and integrate migrants, immigrants and
refugees into our communities and institutions.
- Collaborating with Catholic and other institutions that work to defend and to support migrants, immigrants and refugees.
- Researching, identifying, and working to transform the underlying structural causes, whether environmental, economic, political, or social that disrupt people’s lives, cause desperation, and force them to migrate.
- Particularly identifying and seeking to change our own impact on climate change that forces millions of people to move and negatively impacts all life on earth.
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