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

Love One Another Laura James ©2009

PCMRT Presents: Christ’s Many Faces: Pastoral care of migrants, refugees and travelers in the US Catholic Church Today First Gathering by WEBINAR December 7, 2009 11:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m. EST Click here for details

Panel:
	Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, cs, PhD Geneva Apostolic Nuncio and Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the Office of the United Nations and Specialized Institutions in Geneva, Former Secretary of the Pontifical Council of the Pastoral Care of Migrants and itinerant People
	Rev. Allan Figueroa Deck, SJ, PhD, STD Washington DC- USCCB - Executive Director of the Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church
	Bishop John Manz, DD Chicago, IL - Chairman on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees, and Travelers (PCMRT)

Bishops on the Subcommittee on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees, and Travelers (PCMRT) Bishop Kevin Boland, DD- Savannah, GA Bishop Edgar Da Cunha, DD- Newark NJ Bishop John Kinney, DD- St. Cloud, Minnesota Bishop Jerome Listecki, JCD- La Crosse, WI Bishop Guy Sansaricq, DD- Brooklyn, NJ

First African Born Priest Elevated Monsignor in the US and African born Catholics in the US Challenged to Be Church By Dieudonné Ndouga
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September 29 marks World Tourism Day with the theme " Tourism- celebrating diversity", a message from the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People.
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A Welcoming Message from Sr. Myrna
Thank you for visiting our web page. We are pleased to have the opportunity to share with you and learn from each other about the Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees and Travelers (PCMRT). Our web page is one of the ways to reach out and let our networks and friends know what is going on and to share other things of interest. We hope you find the resources you need and the information valuable.
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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.