Greetings in Christ –

Please share the series of events related to Immigrant & Refugee Ministry.

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November 2018 Series

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2nd Annual Benefit Night for AIDNW
Support immigrants who just won their immigration cases after being detained! Friday, October 26th, 2018 | 8:30 PM | Parliament Tavern | 4210 SW Admiral Way, Seattle |$10 Cover | Donations Welcome | LIVE music, magic, and dancing | All proceeds benefit AID NW.

Our Saints Mass
November 3rd at 11 AM at St. James Cathedral.  In an effort to foster greater awareness of, and appreciation for, our many immigrant communities in Washington, the Archbishop has called for an annual Mass in early November to celebrate the particular Saints revered by the various cultural communities who enrich the Church. Join us for this first annual celebration. For more information contact Deacon Carl Chilo: (206)382-4828 or carl.chilo@seattlearch.org

Understanding Your Cultural Lens for our Multicultural Community
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 | 7-9 PM | Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Seattle, Walmesley Center  All are invited to an interactive workshop to explore our cultural lenses. Cultural lenses affect how we walk through the world and how we interact with people from different cultural backgrounds. The foundational practice of cultural humility is recognizing the cultural ways of being that are usually beneath the surface of our awareness, especially if we are part of the dominant culture.

Detention Lottery Play
Wednesday, November 14th, 2018, 2018 | 7:00 PM | Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Seattle, Walmesley Center.This educational play is performed by immigration attorneys. Come join us for a realistic day in Immigration Court with real stories and real outcomes. During the performance, audience members will be selected as detainees and have their merit for relief from deportation determined by an immigration judge.

Hoping for Home: Communities of Faith Respond to the Need for Trafficking Survivor Housing
Thursday, November 15th, 2018 7:00 PM-8:30 PM
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
5701 8th Avenue Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105, Parking Onsite. Do you have a spare room, rental property, or empty living space and feel called to act? Are you part of a faith community and want to mobilize people at your worship space to respond to the need for housing for trafficking survivors? Join us to learn more about what you can do to provide temporary or long-term housing.

The Gospel and Migration
November 28th, 2018 | 7:00 PM | St. James Cathedral, Pastoral Outreach Center. Bishop Eusebio Elizondo shares his own experience of serving on the Bishops’ Committee on Migration and explores what the Gospel teaches us about migrants and refugees.For more information contact Maria Laughlin: (206)382-4284 or mlaughlin@stjames-cathedral.org

Hoping for Home: Communities of Faith Respond to the Need for Trafficking Survivor Housing
Thursday, November 15th, 20187:00 PM-8:30 PM
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
5701 8th Avenue Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105, Parking Onsite.  Do you have a spare room, rental property, or empty living space and feel called to act? Are you part of a faith community and want to mobilize people at your worship space to respond to the need for housing for trafficking survivors? Join us to learn more about what you can do to provide temporary or long-term housing.

Also, please save the date for our Annual Catholic Immigration Summit: Saturday, March 23^rd at Seattle University

Joe Cotton  

Director of Pastoral Care & Outreach

Office of Pastoral Ministries

Tel: (206) 382-4847  |  Cell: (206) 472-4270

Archdiocese of Seattle |  710 9^th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104 | www.seattlearchdiocese.org

 

 

Understanding Your Cultural Lens for our Multicultural Community Wednesday, November 7th, 2018 | 7-9 PM | Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, Seattle, Walmesley CenterAll are invited to an interactive workshop to explore our cultural lenses. Cultural lenses affect how we walk through the world and how we interact with people from different cultural backgrounds. The foundational practice of cultural humility is recognizing the cultural ways of being that are usually beneath the surface of our awareness, especially if we are part of the dominant culture.