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FROM STRANGERS TO NEIGHBORS: A CONFERENCE ON THE CHURCH AND MIGRATION
IN THE NEW YORK REGION March
4, 2004 New Date! 8:30 a.m.- 3:45 p.m. St. John’s University Queens
Campus, Bent Hall PRESENTATIONS
“Toward a Contemporary Theology of
Migration”
“Immigrants in Our Region: Social and
Economic Characteristics”
“The Welcoming Church and Welcoming Parish”
Dialogue - Rev. Msgr. Ronald T. Marino, Moderator MIGRATION LEGAL PANEL
The Law, Legalization, Workers’ Rights and Successful Advocacy StrategiesMario Russell, Esq., Director of Immigration and
Refugee Services, Archdiocese of New York, Moderator. Panelists: John Bingham, Esq., Catholic Charities Diocese of Rockville Centre; Christina
DeConcini, Esq., Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC),
Washington, DC; Thomas Shea, Esq.,
CLINIC, NY;
Conference Sponsors: The
Vincentian Center for Church and Society (VCCS) is
an academic research center created in 1994 at St. John’s
University by the Vincentian Community of the Eastern Province and the Board of
Trustees of St. John’s to engage in the interdisciplinary study of issues of
poverty and social justice and to link the University to the Church and community in service to the poor. http://vincenter.org 718.990.6758 The
Center for Migration Studies (CMS) was
founded by the Scalabrinian Fathers in 1969 to serve the Church by establishing
an educational non-profit institute devoted to facilitating the study of human
mobility from ethical and faith perspectives. CMS works with various agencies in the support of immigrants
in the US. The center is located
on Staten Island, NY. http://www.cmsny.org
718.351.8800 In Collaboration with: Catholic Charities Archdiocese
of NY Catholic Charities Diocese of
Brooklyn-Queens Catholic Charities Diocese of
Rockville Centre Catholic Legal Immigration
Network, Inc. (CLINIC) Catholic Migration Office,
Diocese of Brooklyn-Queens
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