Tuesday, January 29, 2013 On Tuesday night, 200 Queens residents packed St. Sebastian’s Parish Center in Woodside for the Queens Housing Coalition’s meeting with Related and Sterling Equities, developers of the controversial plan for Willets Point. CMS, a member of
Sunday, January 27, 2013 On Sunday, Catholic Migration Services joined the Guatemalan Consulate of New York for a “mobile consulate” event in the gymnasium of Regina Pacis Church in Borough Park, Brooklyn.
Sunday, January 12, 2013 On Sunday, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Haitian Apostolate gathered at Holy Family Church in Canarsie to commemorate the 3rd anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010.
Tuesday, January 1, 2013 On New Year’s Day, the Diocese of Brooklyn held its annual celebration of Haitian Independence Day at Our Lady of Refuge Church in Brooklyn. Deacon Paul Dorsinville, CMS’ Health Education Coordinator, spoke at the event, attended
The renewal period for Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for Haitian nationals has been extended to Tuesday, January 29, 2013.
Línea Laboral, CMS’ bilingual workers’ rights hotline, was featured in a full-page article in the January 2013 edition of Nuestra Voz, the Diocese of Brooklyn’s Spanish-language newspaper.
Catholic Migration Services (CMS) is pleased to announce that it will re-open intake for removal and deportation defense proceedings in January 2013. This programmatic development coincides with a successful re-structuring of the organization and the receipt of additional funding for
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 On Tuesday night, the Queens Housing Coalition/CMS hosted its final monthly meeting of the year, followed by a holiday party. CMS, a member of the coalition, was on hand to provide information about our legal services
Tuesday, December 18, 2012 On Tuesday afternoon, CMS immigration counselors Corrylee Drozda and Megan Helbling visited the Dominican Academy, a Catholic college preparatory school for girls on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. They met with two classes of high school seniors
Sunday, December 9, 2012 On Sunday afternoon, CMS immigration counselor Marisol Canales and Línea Laboral operator Rebecca Rybaltowski hosted an immigration and workers’ rights clinic at St. Paul the Apostle in Corona.