Together with community, sisters pray for national immigration reform

Maura Baker

Staff Writer

As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops continued their sessions of the Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore, faithful nationally were called to pray in solidarity with migrant communities and for the reform of laws surrounding immigration, Nov. 12, on the vigil of the Feast of St. Frances Cabrini — the first canonized American saint and an Italian immigrant.

The Intercommunity Sisters Peace and Justice Committee led the prayer service at St. Mary’s Park, Covington, joining with a sizeable crowd of sisters and laity for prayer and the recitation of the Rosary.

Divine Providence Sister Kay Kramer, a member of the committee, quoted Pope Leo XIV, saying, “Migrants and refugees remind us and the whole Church of her pilgrim dimension, perpetually journeying towards her final homeland, sustained by hope that is a theological virtue.”

“Hope should be our big resounding feeling today,” said Sister Kay, “Not despair, not sadness, but hope … We know with gratitude that so many of our clergy, consecrated religious and faithful already accompany and assist immigrants in meeting their basic human needs … We pray that the Lord may guide the leaders of our nation, and we are grateful for past and present opportunities to dialog with public and elected officials.”