J & P Pre Webinar Page

 Here are some suggested pre-session activities for the
Augustine & Catholic Social Teaching: Immigration Webinar:

Watch: The Flores Exhibits, videos by artists, lawyers, advocates, and immigrants as they read the sworn testimonies of children held in detention facilities at the U.S. / Mexico Border.

Watch: American Bar Association, Your Future, Your Voice: Advice About the Immigration Legal Process for Youth, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_interest/immigration/resources/tu-futuro-tu-voz/(14:38 minutes)

Read: Global Migration, Stories that Shape Our Lives, pages 7-17

Read about the methodology we are employing (See-Discern-Act) which seeks to involve us more deeply in the content, and allows us to begin to talk to those around us about the videos and text on global migration: See, Discern, Act Methodology

Read: In order to deepen our knowledge of the four basic principles of Catholic Social Thought , which will help us at the moment of discernment, please read this introduction: An Introduction to the FOUR FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT

And these one pagers on each of the four fundamental principles:

• Dignity: First Principle

• Common Good: Second Principle

• Subsidiarity: Third Principle

•  Solidarity: Fourth Principle

Read: The Rule of St. Augustine