Members of Hispanic Community Honored in Queens
Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer honors Lorena Lopez, CMS Tenant Organizer and other members of the Hispanic community for hard work and dedication.
Shining Star Awards 2016
CMS celebrates 2016 Shining Star Award Dinner, calling the immigrants beacons of hope for the world. Michelle Powers attended the annual dinner celebration and filed this report.
Stars Shine Brightly in the Diocese of Immigrants
Ruth Samalca-Manligoy represented the diocesan Filipino Ministry, one of 29 ethnic ministries whose members were honored at two separate dinners at Gargiulo’s, Coney Island, in October. Marie Elena Giossi, reporter with The Tablet shares her story. Read the full article in
Filipino Shining Star
Currents, NET TV profiles Ruth Samalca-Manligoy, the Filipino Shining Star.
RSVP for the 2016 Shining Star Award Dinner!
RSVP NOW for the 2016 Shining Star Award Dinner and celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Catholic Migration Services!
Housing Attorney Kenny Minaya in NY Daily News!
Kenny Minaya, housing attorney and coordinator of the CMS Immigrant Tenant Advocacy Program (ITAP), was recently mentioned in an article by the New York Daily News. Read more about the work we are doing in support of affordable housing for
Unity, Diversity: Theme of Migration Day Mass
Almost 1,000 immigrants to Brooklyn and Queens joined Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio and Auxiliary Bishops Octavio Cisneros and Guy Sansaricq at the annual diocesan celebration of World Migration Day, April 30 at St. Joseph’s Co-Cathedral, Prospect Heights. Read the full article
A Chance to See Matthew Desmond, Author of 'Evicted'
Matthew Desmond, author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” will be at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU on Wednesday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m.