Welcome Circles

The Welcome Circles program supports displaced individuals and families through the Uniting4Ukraine (U4U) and Process 4 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV) programs. The beneficiaries of these programs are admitted into the United States under Humanitarian Parole, which permits a temporary maximum stay of two years. Beneficiaries of these programs must have a US-based sponsor.  

War, instability, and oppression force many around the world to seek safety.

Since September 2022, the USCCB Welcome Circle program has stood up 106 circles supporting more than 300 men, women, and children and engaging over 1500 volunteers across the country.  

While circles continue to form, USCCB is no longer actively recruiting under this program.  If you have a group of 5 people eager to support a U4U or CHNV beneficiary, please reach out to us so we can connect you with one of our partners.  

To learn more about Welcome Circles (also called Sponsor Circles), please visit sponsorcircles.org. USCCB’s Welcome Circle Team is also available to answer questions: contact WelcomeCircles@USCCB.org. 

"This way of reacting is fundamental and indispensable, it regenerates the human and social fabric, in the presence of a wound as serious and as great as that caused by the war."

Pope Francis

Archbishop Borys Gudziak on the War in Ukraine

Archbishop Borys Gudziak on the War in Ukraine

Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia discusses his recent travel to Ukraine, the war, the enduring hope of the Ukrainian people, and their gratitude for American support. 

Emphasis on Ukraine During Bishops' Fall 2022 General Assembly

Emphasis on Ukraine During Bishops' Fall 2022 General Assembly

In this special edition of Catholic Current, Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, chairman of the USCCB's Committee on Migration, and Archbishop Gudziak both touch on different aspects of the war in Ukraine and the resulting refugee situation.