On December 3rd, join with Franciscans and Franciscan-hearted people in solidarity fast. The fast is a response to our immigration system that, all too often, instills fear, excludes, and tears apart immigrant families. Reform is needed. As we wait in anticipation during Advent for the freedom and redemption begun in the Christ child, so too do our immigrant sisters, brothers, and families wait for freedom and redemption of broken immigration laws.

The fast is both a prayer and a collective, moral call summoning our elected officials to do what is right and just vis-à-vis our immigrant brothers and sisters. Continue reading →