Notre Dame hosts conference on the Catholic Church and immigration | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame hosts conference on the Catholic Church and immigration Notre Dame hosts conference on the Catholic Church and immigration Published: February 26, 2014 Author: Michael O. Garvey Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini of Guatemala and University of Notre Dame President Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., will be among the scholars, pastoral workers, church leaders, public policymakers and advocates for migrants and refugees who will gather at the University from March 2 to 5 for a conference on the role of the Catholic Church in the lives of migrants and refugees. Titled “The Church and Immigration” and hosted by Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, the conference will begin with a keynote address by Bishop Ramazzini at 7 p.m. March 2 (Sunday) in the McKenna Hall auditorium. Other bishops at the conference will include Bishop Eusebio Elizondo of Seattle, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, and Bishop John Wester of Salt Lake City, chair of the USCCB communications committee. Father Jenkins will welcome conference participants with introductory remarks on the need for immigration reform. Father Jenkins and other presidents from Catholic colleges and universities signed a letter last summer to Catholic members of the House of Representatives urging them to “pass comprehensive immigration reform that includes the road to earned citizenship.” Along with issues arising from immigration history, politics, law and public policy, the conference will particularly concern what the Catholic Church has done, is doing now and could do in the future in its ministry to migrants and refugees. It will include workshop discussions on such topics as “Immigration Politics in the New South," "Immigrant Voters and the Changing American Electorate,” “Human Trafficking,” “The Mexican-American Border and The Kino Border Initiative,” and “DREAMers in Catholic Higher Education.” Portions of the conference will be broadcast live and are accessible online. Contact: Colleen Cross, ccross@nd.edu Posted In: Faith Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related October 03, 2022 dCEC to Award 2023 ND Evangelium Vitae Medal to Robert P. George September 22, 2022 In memoriam: Rev. Richard Warner, C.S.C., longtime leader for Notre Dame, Congregation of Holy Cross September 15, 2022 In new book on global Catholicism, Provost John McGreevy explores modern history, current challenges of the Church September 15, 2022 Death penalty abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean to speak at Notre Dame September 14, 2022 Apostolic nuncio to Great Britain to deliver the 2022 Keeley Vatican Lecture For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn