Further Resources | I-7
Reception and Orientation Section
USCCB resources regarding pastoral dimensions of welcoming newcomers:
Secretariat of Cultural Diversity in the Church
Building Intercultural Competence for Ministers: Modules for Training Workshop
Best Practices for Shared Parishes: So That They May All Be One
Many Faces in God’s House
Harmony in Faith
Migration and Refugee Services
Strangers No Longer
Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations
National Formal Orientation Programs for International Pastoral Ministers:
World Priest Program, St. Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology’s Institute for Priests and Presbyterates,
www.saintmeinrad.edu/priests-ongoing-formation/international-priests/International Priest Internship, Oblate School of Theology, San Antonio,
www.ost.edu/OblateSite/IPI/IPIHome.html
Cultural Orientation Program for International Ministers (COPIM), Loyola Marymount University, Los
Angeles,
http://academics.lmu.edu/extension/programs/copim/usccb/Acculturation Seminar for International Priests, Vincentian Center for Church and Society at St. John’s
University, New York,
www.vincenter.org/content/13th-annual-acculturation-seminar-international-priests-0Intercultural Consultation Services, Detroit, Michigan,
http://interculturalconsultation.com/Sacred Heart Institute, Huntington, New York,
www.cor-jesu.org/Language, Culture and Church for International Priests & Religious (LCCIPR) Program, Conception
College Seminary, Conception, Missouri,
www.conception.edu/csc/programs/lcciprOffice of National Collections
For more background information on sending dioceses, eparchies, societies, or institutes of other countries
related to the exchange of pastoral ministers, please contact the Office of National Collections by email at
national_collections@usccb.orgor call 202-541-3400.