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National Migration Week: Many Journeys, One Family

Stephanie Foleyby Stephanie Foley

For nearly 50 years, the Catholic Church in the United States has celebrated National Migration Week, which brings attention to the circumstances faced by migrants – including immigrants, refugees, children, and victims and survivors of human trafficking.

This year’s theme is “Many Journeys, One Family,” which gives the Church an opportunity to  reflect on the fact that in America, each of our families has a unique story of migration. Some of these stories are recent and some are from the distant past, but they have all brought us together as one family and one nation today.

Bishop James Wall of the Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico stopped by Morning Air® to discuss National Migration Week and the importance of keeping the humanity and dignity of migrants at the forefront of our conversations. Bishop Wall said:

“The rhetoric of our age is to really demonize the other. And when we demonize the other, it doesn’t allow us to see the other for precisely who the other is – and that is someone made in the image and likeness of God. No matter the circumstances from which they come.”

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Stephanie Foley

Stephanie Foley

Stephanie Foley serves as a Digital Media Producer at Relevant Radio®. She is a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, where she studied journalism, and she has worked in Catholic radio for 12 years. Stephanie is a wife, a mother of three boys, and in her free time she enjoys reading, running, and really good coffee. You can find more of Stephanie’s writing at relevantradio.com and on the free Relevant Radio mobile app.