Jun
1
to Jun 5

Migration with Dignity Prayer Pilgrimage

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We will pray across three states, two countries, and two dioceses at locations intregal to the migrant crisis we’ve witnessed in recent years. The sites are crossings, detention centers, houses of worship where migrants and asylum seekers have arrived. We invite you as groups or individuals to come pray with us, for the whole journey or just a portion of it.


Albuquerque, June 1 

Meet at St. Michael's & All Angels at 5:45 pm to leave together for Arthur Park

601 Montaño Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107

Prayer vigil will be at 7 pm at Arthur Park in Estancia, MM.  

Bishop Michael Hunn will be present.

El Paso, June 2,

Meet on the US side of the Santa Fe Bridge at 4:00 pm and cross to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 

We will pray there and return for prayer on the US side. Passports are required to return to the US.

You may wait on the USA side if you wish.

El Paso, June 2

6:30 pm  Prayer vigil at the El Paso Service Processing Center. 8915 Montana Ave, El Paso, TX 79925

Sierra Blanca &  Ojinaga, June 3

Unaccompanied Minors Shelter

9:00 AM - all day

Vigil at Big Bend Congregation June 4

Vigil at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in San Antonio, June 4

Times TBD

Dilley Texas,  June 5

South Texas Family Residential Center

300 El Rancho Wy, Dilley, TX 78017

This is the largest immigrant detention center in the US

Time TBD

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Jun
1
4:00 PM16:00

Book Study: The Asylum Seekers: A Chronicle of Life, Death, and Community by Rev. Cristina Rathbone

Watch this interview with the author Rev. Cristina Rathbone and join us for a book discussion. Join any time, even if you’re just catching up. Her book is available online and through the publisher Broadleaf Books.

May 4- We will watch the video found in the EMM study guide, the PBS News Hour 10 min video on the history of immigration to the U.S. We will discuss Chapters 1-10.

May 18- Chapter 11-22

June 1-Chapter 23-33

June 8- Chapter 34-41

Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89553787705

Meeting ID: 895 5378 7705


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Your Healing Love is Offered to All: Advent Prayers for Forced LGBTQ+ Migrants
Dec
19
6:30 PM18:30

Your Healing Love is Offered to All: Advent Prayers for Forced LGBTQ+ Migrants

Zoom link: https://bit.ly/rgbm-ramp

Passcode 222700

Please join us via Zoom for an hour of Advent prayer, meditation and music 

for asylum seekers around the globe, especially LGBTQ+ forced migrants.

Thursday, December 19

6:30 - 7:30 pm

To learn more about forced migration and the plight of LGBTQ refugees, here’s a link to resources compiled by Episcopal Migration Ministries’ Rainbow Initiative. 

Organized by Rio Grande Borderland Ministries (link) with support from The Rainbow Initiative

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