Recognizing the Stranger is a multi-year leadership development strategy of the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation established with the support of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).
It is designed to assist parishes with large immigrant populations in developing stronger relationships both inside and between community institutions.
Launched in 2017, it is creating a new, regional effort to impact the broader civic and political culture of the immigration issue.
It begins by supporting immigrant leaders to more deeply engage their own parishes, schools and communities, and then to move towards building bridges with sister parishes... continue reading →
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April 22, 2024
Valley Interfaith's 'Recognizing the Stranger' training drew 82 ministry leaders from 15 local parishes in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Bishop...
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November 18, 2023
In a major step towards establishing trust between local law enforcement and immigrants, and...
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November 14, 2023
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September 15, 2023
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When Pope Francis told a group of U.S. community organizers that their work was "atomic," Jorge Montiel said, "I thought,...
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July 04, 2023
During 4th of July weekend, over 30 parish leaders from five Catholic congregations gathered for Recognizing the Stranger training at St. John...
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June 20, 2023
100 parish ministers from 6 parishes gathered from across Oklahoma City for a Recognizing the Stranger training led by VOICE-OKC. Together, leaders...