Members of the Network are already providing a myriad of resources to migrants. Network members will be able to enhance each other’s work by sharing information and resources via different media (bulletins, meetings and gatherings, capacity-building seminars, resource and route maps, threat advisories, etc.) that they can then pass on to migrants in their care along the route.
Observation Visits: Mexican Commission for Refugee Aid (COMAR), Tenosique, Tabasco
We learned about the relationship that the institution has with La 72, the only migrant shelter in Tenosique.
Belén Migrant House, El Ceibo, Guatemala
La 72, as well as the places where people are most vulnerable to local criminals and criminal groups
Observation Visits: La 72
At the beginning of June, the Franciscan Network for Migrants liaison and accompaniment team, the FNM-United States team, members of the Quixote Center and members who joined the delegation and work team of La 72 visited shelters for migrants on the southern border from Mexico.
The FNM presents Annual Report 2021
Learn more about the work and articulation of the Franciscan Network for Migrants, an initiative inspired by the Franciscan charism and nurtured by the teaching of Pope Francis.
Praised be you, My Lord, for our Sister and Mother Earth
Cada 5 de junio es celebrado por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente (PNUMA) el día Mundial del Medio Ambiente (ONU, 2022), Esta “celebración” por el medio ambiente aún está lejos de ser un festejo.
Migration, the ancient cause that has shaped the diversity of peoples
This May 21 is “The Celebration of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development.” This celebration refers us to the migratory reality as a bearer of cultural diversity. In this writing we will reflect from a biblical, socioeconomic, and ecclesial perspective the cultural richness that migration brings. That is, throughout history, human mobility has been the creator of current societies.
Marian Month and Migrant Mothers
In May, the celebration of Mother’s Day is combined with the Marian month that we Catholics celebrate. For the past several decades in these lands of Central America, mothers have lived the experience of uprooting that comes from separation from loved ones.
The Migrant Journeys On, Seeking Shelter, Work, and Land
Workers’ Day is a memorial date that directly involves men and women who have been forced to migrate from their lands. Every migrant carries the desire to find shelter, work, and land.
A Meeting at the Crossroads of Migrants 2022
On Good Friday, April 15th, part of the team of the Franciscan Network for Migrants of Honduras mobilized to deliver 150 emergency kits for migrants in the “Jesus is alive” Shelter, belonging to the Parish-Cathedral of Danlí, El Paraíso.
The migrant God who walks together with the migrant and displaced peasant people
Let’s consider how biblical narratives can illuminate us. They show us a God who walks with his people, who is involved in their history and reality.