The Sanctuary Task Force has established an Asylum Seekers Emergency Fund, which supports the immediate needs of new arrivals as they pursue the state benefits and legal status that can put them on the path to independence. The fund was seeded by the $6,776.25 given to the offering at Eucharist at last November’s diocesan convention….
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Sanctuary Task Force Webinar Recordings
In April and May, leaders of the Sanctuary Diocese Task Force held informational webinars to provide background and information on how congregations in the diocese can support migrants and asylum seekers in the Chicago area. On April 27, the Rev. Primitivo Racimo, priest at St. Margaret of Scotland, led a presentation called Why We Come…
Sanctuary Task Force Seeks Help Responding to Migrant Emergency
The diocesan Sanctuary Task Force is partnering with the local nonprofits to provide critical support for thousands of people who have made their way to the Chicago seeking asylum and protection from prosecution in the United States. The Rev. Sandra Castillo, who chairs the task force, says there are many ways congregations and individual Episcopalians…
Uncaged Art Exhibit at St. James Cathedral
The “Uncaged Art” exhibit, on loan to the Sanctuary Task Force by the Diocese of San Joaquin and hosted by St. James Cathedral, will open to the public on Saturday, May 20 at 4 pm in Kyle’s Place Gallery at 65 E. Huron. The exhibit is free and open to the public, Mondays through Saturdays from…
News from the Sanctuary Task Force
An Update from the Rev. Sandra Castillo During the last several months, the Sanctuary Task Force, several of our congregations, and members of the Diocese of Chicago have been working to implement the Sanctuary Diocese Resolution that passed overwhelmingly at the 2019 Diocesan Convention. Congregations have generously contributed winter clothing for asylum seekers bused to…
From the Sanctuary Task Force: Winter Coat Drive
Thanks to the generosity of several of the Diocese’s congregations and other faith communities in the Chicago metro area, a number of the organizations that have previously served as drop off sites for churches that have organized winter clothing drives for the asylum seekers arriving from Texas are now reporting a surplus of clothing. Congregations…