Special Webinar on Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration

National Migration Week Webinar September 23- 29, 2024

National Migration Week will be celebrated from September 23-29, 2024, culminating with the World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 29th. In observance of this week and its theme, “God Walks with His People,” which "focuses on the itinerant dimension of the Church, with special attention to migrant brothers and sisters, who are a contemporary icon of the Church on the move,” as stated by Pope Francis, the Archdiocese of San Francisco will host a webinar. This event will provide the Catholic community with the opportunity to learn about social teachings on immigration and how these teachings correspond to Church doctrine.

 

On Wednesday, September 18, at 7 p.m., Dr. Todd Scribner from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will discuss Church teachings on immigration and contemporary issues at the border. Register below.

Todd Scribner is the Assistant Director of Education and Outreach at the USCCB’s Department of Migration and Refugee Services. He works at the intersection of migration policy, U.S. history, and Catholic ethics, manages partnerships and research projects with major institutions including the University of Notre Dame, the Catholic University of America, and Princeton University, and oversees the development and distribution of policy and pastoral resources for Church-related initiatives, including National Migration Week, World Refugee Day, and the Vatican’s World Day for Migrants and Refugees. He is the editor of the award-winning, cross-disciplinary book On Strangers No Longer: Perspectives on the Historic U.S.-Mexican Catholic Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Migration and the author of A Partisan Church: American Catholicism and the Rise of Neoconservative Catholics, which explores the Catholic Church during the Reagan era. Todd has also published numerous articles in popular magazines and newspapers, as well as academically oriented journals, including the National Catholic Reporter, the National Catholic Register, The U.S. Catholic Historian, and The Catholic Historical Review.