Looking to strengthen your faith and brush up on your history this year? Pilgrimages to a variety of locations are being offered by Franciscan organizations. One, a tour of the Holy Land organized by Franciscan Pilgrimage Programs, is being offered four times this year. Participants will visit sites such as Jerusalem and Mount Nebo. For the first trip, scheduled for March …
Crossing Borders: Conference Celebrates International Human Rights Day
NEW YORK — What links climate change and human trafficking? A lot more than one might think. The intersection of these issues was explored on Saturday, Dec. 13, through “Looking Beyond Our Borders,” a conference sponsored by The Migrant Center at the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, West 31st Street. More than 100 people listened to the keynote address …
Franciscans Join Thousands in People’s Climate March
NEW YORK — Just two weeks before the feast of St. Francis, patron saint of the environment, thousands from across the United States assembled in Midtown Manhattan for the People’s Climate March to show their concern for the planet. The Franciscan call to care for creation was heard Sunday amid many passionate voices at the event, what some are calling …
Julian Jagudilla, NYC Leaders Seek Relief for Filipino Workers
NEW YORK — One month after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines, Julian Jagudilla, OFM, and New York City Council members called on the Obama administration to designate the Philippines a temporary protected status country. If approved, 500,000 to one million Filipinos with expiring or expired visas will temporarily remain employed through an 18-month extension of the validity of those documents, enabling Filipinos …