USCCB - Cultural Diversity in the Church

Welcome

"The Church of the twenty-first century will be, as it has always been,
a Church of many cultures, languages and traditions, yet simultaneously one,
as God is one—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—unity in diversity."

Welcoming the Stranger Among Us: Unity In Diversity
A Statement of the U.S. Catholic Bishops, November 2000

A Message from Bishop del Riego

We are delighted that you are interested in accessing information about the Subcommittee’s work to assist and support pastoral care to diverse ethnic communities of African-Carribean, Brazilian and European Catholics as well as to people on the move such as: mariners and fishers, airport workers and travelers, circus and traveling show folks and migrant farmworkers.
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A Message from the Assistant Director

Thank you for visiting our web page. We are pleased to have the opportunity to provide you with information on the Subcommittee on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees and Travelers (PCMRT). Take a moment to browse and see the dynamic facets of the Subcommittee’s work.
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MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI
FOR THE 97th WORLD DAY OF MIGRANTS AND REFUGEES (2011)
"One human family"

GLOBAL DISPLACEMENT FIGURES

REFUGEES: THE BISHOPS REACH OUT A HAND TO HELP

E PLURIBUS UNUM: CAN WE AMERICANS SUSTAIN OUR FOUNDING MOTTO? BY FATHER BRUCE NIELI, C.S.P.

Pope John Paul II, in his powerful Apostolic Exhortation promulgated in January, 1999, in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, The Church in America, gives contemporary voice to this solidarity by quoting from the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops: "The Church in America must be a vigilant advocate, defending against any unjust restriction the natural right of individual persons to move freely within their own nation and from one nation to another. Attention must be called to the rights of migrants and their families and to respect for their human dignity, even in cases of non-legal immigration."

One With the Family: African and Caribbean Presence in the United States Catholic Church: Speeches

Called to Mission as African and Caribbean People in the U.S.A.

The Subcommittee Mandate

The Subcommittee on the Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees and Travelers is under the direction of and assists the Committee on Cultural Diversity within the Church by working directly with the standing committee and collaboratively with other USCCB committees to support the pastoral care of migrants, refugees and travelers.

This mandate includes the following areas of responsibility:

The subcommittee, based on available resources, is responsible to assist and support dioceses, national organizations, and movements in the pastoral care of migrants, refugees, and travelers. At the request of the standing committee, the subcommittee works collaboratively with the other subcommittees and with the Committee on Migration.