2020 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference

August 17, 2020

The Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) and the University of Notre Dame will hold the 2020 Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative Conference on Thursday, October 1 and Friday, October 2, 2020. This year’s conference will take place virtually and is free to attend.

This annual event is part of CMS’s Catholic Immigrant Integration Initiative (CIII), which seeks to understand, expand and strengthen the work of Catholic institutions with immigrant communities. The conference will:

Present perspectives on the major challenges facing immigrants, refugees, their families and faith communities, at a time of multiple crises;
Explore promising and successful programs and ministries with immigrants in parishes, legal services programs, elementary schools, universities, the workplace, charities, community organizing entities, hospitals, and other institutions;
Examine how changing national and international immigration and refugee policies are affecting Catholic institutions, their members and those they serve;
Explore how Catholic institutions can strengthen their work in promoting the integration, protection, and empowerment of persons with strong roots in sending and receiving communities;
Feature an address – named after CMS’s co-founder, Fr. Lydio Tomasi, c.s. – on the theological vision underlying the work of Catholic institutions with immigrants and refugees; and,
Feature local migrant programs and ministries in the University of Notre Dame regional area.

To sign up for the conference, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/DsmqgAyHkAn9N7Rp7.

CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

Stacy M. Allen, Young Adult Catholics of African Descent
Daniela Alulema, Director of Programs, Center for Migration Studies
J. Kevin Appleby, Consultant, Center for Migration Studies
Maruja MB Asis, Director, Scalabrini Migration Center of Manila
Jose Arnulfo Cabrera, Director of Education and Advocacy for Migration, Ignatian Solidarity Network
Bill Canny, Executive Director, Migration and Refugee Services, USCCB
Fr. Sean Carroll, Executive Director, Kino Border Initiative
Sam Centellas, Executive Director, La Casa de Amistad
Rev. Leonir Chiarello, Superior General, Scalabrinian Missionaries
Dylan Corbett, Executive Director, Hope Border Institute
Adrian Cristea, Executive Officer, Dublin City Interfaith Forum
Kathy Curran, Senior Director, Public Policy, Catholic Health Association
Cardinal Michael Czerny, SJ, Under Secretary for the Section on Migrants and Refugees, Vatican Dicastery for Integral Human Development
Sr. Hortensia Del Villar, SAC, Director of Community Services and Outreach, Diocese of San Bernardino
Rev. Robert Dowd, C.S.C., Assistant Provost for Internationalization and Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame
Ashley Feasley, Director of Policy, Migration and Refugee Services, USCCB
Elizabeth Ferris, Research Professor, Institute for the Study of International Migration, Georgetown University
Rev. Filippo Ferraro, c.s., Executive Director, Scalabrini Institute for Human Mobility in Africa
Oliviero Forti, Manager of Caritas Italiana Immigration Office and President of Caritas Europa Migration Commission
Brian Fraga, Contributing Editor, Our Sunday Visitor
Luis Fraga, Rev. Donald P. McNeill, C.S.C., Professor of Transformative Latino Leadership, University of Notre Dame
Anna Gallagher, Executive Director, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Rev. Daniel Groody, C.S.C., Associate Provost and Associate Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
Kristin E. Heyer, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor of Theological Ethics, Theology Department, Boston College
Brett Hoover, Associate Professor and Graduate Director of Theological Studies, Loyola Marymount University
Kiku Huckle, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Pace University
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President, University of Notre Dame
Donald Kerwin, Executive Director, Center for Migration Studies
Sharon Granados Mahato, Director of Development & Strategy, Scalabrini International Migration Network
Ricardo Martinez- Schuldt, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Notre Dame University
Tim Matovina, Professor and Chair of the Theology Department, University of Notre Dame
Fr. Pat Murphy, Director, Casa del Migrante, Tijuana
Joan Neal, M.A. Pastoral Studies, CMS Board Member
Mike Nicholson, Researcher, Center for Migration Studies
Brenda Noriega, Mission Educator-Promoter, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
Rudy Ojcak, Director of Office for Refugees, Archdiocese of Toronto
Sr. Joanna Okereke, HHCJ, Assistant Director for the USCCB Subcommittee on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees, and Travelers
Michael N. Okinczyc-Cruz, Executive Director, Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership
Hosffman Ospino, Associate Professor of Hispanic Ministry and Religious Education, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry
Marjean Perhot, Director, Catholic Charities of Archdiocese of Boston
Sr. Norma Pimentel, Executive Director, Catholic Charities of Rio Grande Valley
Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades, Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend
Roberta Ricucci, Associate Professor, University of Turin
Michelle Sardone, Deputy Director of Programs, Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Ilaria Schnyder, Ford Family Research Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame
Clemens Sedmak, Professor of Social Ethics; Interim Director, Nanovic Institute for European Studies, University of Notre Dame
Elena Segura, Senior Coordinator, Pastoral Migratoria
Fr. Robert Stark, SSS, Regional Coordinator – North America, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Migrants and Refugees Section, Dicastery for Human Development
Mar Munoz Visoso, Executive Director, USCCB Secretariat for Cultural Diversity in the Church
Msgr. Robert Vitillo, Secretary General, International Catholic Migration Commission

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