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On November 13, 2025, Catholics across the United States are invited to join in a national day of public witness for our immigrant sisters and brothers. This effort builds on the binational mass at the U.S.-Mexico Border in San Luis on October 12, in which Bishops from both countries called attention to the urgent crisis facing migrants. November 13 celebrates the feast day of St. Frances Cabrini,* the patron saint of migrants.Dioceses, parishes, schools, religious communities, and other institutions and organizations are invited to host public actions that lift up the dignity of migrants – especially in the places where that dignity is most often denied. This may be a vigil in front of a detention center, a prayer service at a place where migrants were publicly detained, or a rosary accompanying people who are going to immigration court hearings. All Catholics are called to witness to the richness of our traditions and teachings on migration.As Catholics and people of faith, we reject the culture of fear and silence that dehumanizes, and we choose instead to stand with migrants. Together, our voices will send a powerful message in defense of the dignity of our neighbors, family members, fellow parishioners, classmates, coworkers, and friends. We are one church. One family. Visit https://1family.us/ for more details.

Catholics across the United States gathered on October 22 for the first wave of public witnesses as part of the One Church, One Family campaign, proclaiming the unified message that the dignity of migrants and refugees is not a partisan issue but a Gospel mandate.Here is news of one event near us.Circles of Silence at Stonehill CollegeAt Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, students, staff, and administrators gathered for a “Circle of Silence” in the college’s Interfaith Meditation Garden. Organized by the L.I.G.H.T. Community Engagement Program, the event invited the campus community to stand in quiet prayer and reflection for immigrant justice.

– Sign the Cabrini Pledge to add your name to the Catholic commitment to care for immigrants in the United States, in the spirit of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants.

Public Witness for Immigrants November 13On November 13, 2025, Catholics across the United States are invited to join in a national day of public witness for our immigrant brothers and sisters. This effort builds on the binational mass at the U.S.-Mexico Border in San Luis on October 12, in which Bishops from both countries called attention to the urgent crisis facing migrants. November 13 celebrates the feast day of St. Frances Cabrini,* the patron saint of migrants.Dioceses, parishes, schools, religious communities, and other institutions and organizations are invited to host public actions that lift up the dignity of migrants – especially in the places where that dignity is most often denied. This may be a vigil in front of a detention center, a prayer service at a place where migrants were publicly detained, or a rosary accompanying people who are going to immigration court hearings. All Catholics are called to witness to the richness of our traditions and teachings on migration.As Catholics and people of faith, we reject the culture of fear and silence that dehumanizes, and we choose instead to stand with migrants. Together, our voices will send a powerful message in defense of the dignity of our neighbors, family members, fellow parishioners, classmates, coworkers, and friends. We are one church. One family. Visit https://1family.us/ for more details.Message of Cardinal CupichThe city of Chicago is one of the major locations for activities targeting immigrants to the United States. Here is a message and video from Cardinal Cupich before the first public witness.“The safety of a nation cannot come at the expense of violations of human dignity and surely the dignity of the undocumented can never be violated by unnecessarily aggressive tactics that go far beyond the task of apprehending people and which seem to be intended to terrorize and cause chaos, rather than fulfilling the noble calling of law enforcement.”–Cardinal Blase Cupich,Archbishop of Chicago (October 14, 2025)Watch Cardinal Cupich’s full statement in this video

Here is news of one event from the October 22 public witness.Circles of Silence at Stonehill CollegeAt Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, students, staff, and administrators gathered for a “Circle of Silence” in the college’s Interfaith Meditation Garden. Organized by the L.I.G.H.T. Community Engagement Program, the event invited the campus community to stand in quiet prayer and reflection for immigrant justice.

-Sign the Cabrini Pledge to add your name to the Catholic commitment to care for immigrants in the United States, in the spirit of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, patron saint of immigrants.

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