Recently, Oblate JPIC Director Fr. Ponce Antonio
OMI traveled to the city of Salitllo, Mexico, to meet with the director of a
shelter for migrants, Alberto Xicotecatl Carrasco and his staff.
The
purpose of the visit was to discuss about upcoming workshop on migration between the
Oblates from the Mexican Province, in collaboration with the Oblate JPIC Office
in Washington D.C
This workshop is going to take place at the end
of January in the town of Tepoztlan, Morelos, Mexico.
In the shelter, “Refugio para Migrantes Belen”, I had the opportunity not only to
meet the staff and some of the volunteers but also many migrants who were
staying during my visit. “This shelter has saved my life”, said one migrant I met there.
This is place is been a refuge for hundreds of migrants
for many years now”, said to me Fr. Pedro Pantoja, the spiritual director of
the shelter. “Here we help our brothers
and sister by providing them with humanitarian aid, medical services, legal
services etc”., added Fr. Pedro.
For more information about “Refugio para
Migrantes Belen”, please visithttp://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1101357.htm
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