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.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Sharone Kaufman (right), supervising immigration attorney at CMS, assists clients at Friday’s workshop
On Friday, Catholic Migration Services hosted its first naturalization workshop using CitizenshipWorks, a multilingual online platform that guides aspiring citizens through the application process. The event was co-sponsored by the NALEO Educational Fund, Immigration Advocates Network, CUNY Citizenship Now!, Pro Bono Net, and the International Rescue Committee at the central branch of the Brooklyn Public Library.
Monday, March 11, 2013
In coordination with the New Americans Campaign, New York City legal service providers and nonprofit organizations today announced a free week-long series of naturalization events that will take place in locations throughout the city from March 16-23, 2013.
Sunday, March 3, 2013
On Sunday, March 3, 2013, approximately 200 members of St. Mary Star of the Sea and St. Gertrude Parish in Far Rockaway benefitted from a dynamic new collaboration, the first of many, between Catholic Migration Services and Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens.
