Tuesday, May 21, 2013
QHC Coordinator Ivan Contreras speaks at the press conference
On Tuesday evening, the Queens Housing Coalition hosted a press conference in response to Queens Community Board 7’s vote to approve the Willets Point redevelopment plan on May 13 (learn more here).
Our annual Shining Star Award Dinners will take place on Friday, October 4th and Friday, October 11, 2013.
Join us in action and prayer as we march for humane immigration reform.
Are you interested in applying to be a US citizen? Would you like to be able to vote in upcoming elections or file for family members living outside of the United States?
Check out recent media coverage of Catholic Migration Services’ work with immigrant communities in Brooklyn and Queens!
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Image courtesy of brownstoner.com
On Tuesday night, Catholic Migration Services, Catholic Charities of Rockville Centre, and the National Catholic Social Justice Lobby (NETWORK) hosted a panel discussion on immigration at St. John the Baptist in Bushwick.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Catholic Migration Services is pleased to announce that it will reopen intake for removal and deportation defense proceedings in our Queens office in May 2013, with an intake day scheduled for Tuesday, May 28. The Removal Defense Project was reopened in our Brooklyn office in January 2013, coinciding with a successful re-structuring of the organization and the receipt of additional funding for our critical legal services.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Senator Peralta addresses the Coalition on Friday evening.
On Friday evening, the Queens Housing Coalition hosted New York State Senator Jose Peralta at its monthly meeting to discuss the importance of developing affordable housing at Willets Point.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
CMS’ Xiomara Bustamante, Aida Ocasio, Nanette Morales, Megan Helbling, and Ellen Ryan at Sunday’s event
On Sunday April 21, Catholic Migration Services (CMS) and Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens (CCBQ) joined forces at Our Lady of Solace in Coney Island to bring their services to the neighborhood’s immigrant communities, who were hard-hit by Superstorm Sandy last October.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer discusses the importance of immigration reform at the Migration Day Mass in Brooklyn
On Sunday afternoon, hundreds of people gathered at St. James Cathedral-Basilica in downtown Brooklyn for the Diocese of Brooklyn’s annual Migration Day Mass. Catholic Migration Services, which coordinates the Diocese’s Ethnic Apostolates, helped organize the Mass and the cultural celebration that followed.
