Journey to Justice: A Catholic Vision of Immigration
By John P. Fahey-Guerra, C.Ss.R.

Drawing from various aspects of our Catholic tradition, the author takes us on a journey of survival, loss, and promise.

As a young priest in Denver, Colorado, I was once asked to accompany a family at the graveside of their infant son, who had died during childbirth. I knew only that they were Spanish-speaking and that I would need to perform the ritual in Spanish. I met the family at the small grave; they were a young couple with a four-year-old daughter. No other friends or family were present, which told me that they were recently arrived immigrants. They were poor and alone.

 

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