2024 Reading List
Useful Articles
- Borders of Hope, Andrea Moreno-Diaz (Andrea was a 2023 Encuentro participant.) (Spanish Version) [Maryknoll Magazine]
- 52 Days on the Road, Nell Salzman (Nell was a former volunteer at Casa de Refugiado, El Paso) [Chicago Tribune]
- The Long, Ugly History of Barb-Wire at the US-Mexico Border, David Romo [El Paso Professor & Historian]
- Trip to the US – Mexico Border Inspires Action on Jesuit Campuses, Jesuit Universities Human Action Network [Jesuit Refugee Services]
- Partners in Mission Return to the Border, Andrea Moreno-Diaz [Maryknoll Magazine]
- Pastoral Letter, Bishop Mark Seitz, El Paso [America Magazine]
- Bishop Seitz’s remarkable pastoral letter, Michael Sean Winters [National Catholic Reporter]
- The Qur’anic Perspective on Immigrants: Prophet Muhammad’s Migration and Its Implications in Our Modern Society, by Zeki Saritoprak [The Journal of Scriptural Reasoning]
- 109th World Day of Migrants & Refugees, Pope Francis
- Border Wall Falls Leave Migrants With Devastating — and Costly — Injuries, Miriam Jordan [NY Times]
VIDEO LIST
Journey through the Darien Gap: Mexican authorities overwhelmed by surge [Al Jazeera]
The Dark History of “Gasoline Baths” at the Border [Vox]
BOOKS
- Patricia Hills Collins “Social Location”
- Gloria Anzaldua “La Frontera”
- Michael Omi & Howard Winant “Racial Formation in U.S.
Extra Readings
- Suggested Reading – Bible and Church Documents, prepared by Rafael Garcia, S.J.
- Sorrow and Mourning Flee Away: Pastoral Letter on Migration to the People of God in the Diocese of El Paso, by Bishop Mark J. Seitz
- What to Do After Welcoming? Immigration and Moral Dilemmas, by Rafael Garcia, S.J.
- Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2018
- What is Catholic Social Teaching?, by Hope Border Institute (English)
- ¿Qué el la Eñsenanza Social Católica? por Instituto Fronterizo Esperanza (Spanish)
- Children on the Run, by UNHCR-The UN Refugee Agency