{"id":31304,"date":"2025-12-02T07:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=31304"},"modified":"2025-12-02T08:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T14:37:22","slug":"chicago-clero-lideres-religiosos-hermana-joann-persch-hermana-pat-inmigracion-santuario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/12\/02\/chicago-clergy-faith-leaders-sister-joann-persch-sister-pat-immigration-sanctaury\/","title":{"rendered":"En Chicago, L\u00edderes Religiosos Reflexionan Sobre el Legado de Apoyo a los Derechos de los Inmigrantes: \u2018Tenemos que Defender a Todas las Personas\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69d0f9bb12d38\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>La labor de la hermana JoAnn Persch y la hermana Pat comenz\u00f3 con la b\u00fasqueda de un lugar donde alojar a algunos inmigrantes, y luego un hogar para quienes hu\u00edan de la tortura en Centroam\u00e9rica. A partir de entonces, su apoyo a los reci\u00e9n llegados nunca decay\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>Recordando sus esfuerzos, la hermana JoAnn, quien falleci\u00f3 el mes pasado, explic\u00f3 a Borderless en la primavera que lo que la ha mantenido en pie durante casi cinco d\u00e9cadas es la idea de \"simplemente haz cada d\u00eda lo que has sido llamado a hacer, y estar\u00e1s bien.\"<\/p>\n<p>Persch fue una veterana incansable que, junto con otros, ayud\u00f3 a crear un legado de cl\u00e9rigos de Chicago que dan un paso al frente para atender a los inmigrantes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d0f9bb13ea2\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: ##FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,##FFFFFF 0%,##FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d0f9bb14520\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h3 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>En los \u00faltimos meses, se ha producido en todo el pa\u00eds una oleada de cl\u00e9rigos que apoyan a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/oct\/26\/trump-immigration-faith-groups\">inmigrantes<\/a>, pero en Chicago, las ra\u00edces de este trabajo son profundas, d\u00e9cadas antes de la represi\u00f3n migratoria de Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Los cl\u00e9ricos de Chicago tomaron la iniciativa, impulsando iniciativas de acogida para los centroamericanos que hu\u00edan de las guerras en la d\u00e9cada de 1980. Ahora, los esfuerzos contin\u00faan con l\u00edderes religiosos en<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2025\/10\/28\/chicago-broadview-facility-inmigracion-dhs-detenidos-fe-resistencia\/\"> primera l\u00ednea en las protestas o atendiendo a inmigrantes confinados en casa<\/a> por temor a ser arrestados por agentes federales enmascarados, o simplemente pidiendo apoyo humanitario para los dem\u00e1s en una \u00e9poca de miedo y caos.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"we-have-to-stand-up-for-every-person-among-us\">\"Tenemos que defender a cada persona entre nosotros.\"<\/h2>\n<p>La pastora Beth Brown adopt\u00f3 el legado cuando lleg\u00f3 a Chicago en 2013 procedente de California a  Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church.<\/p>\n<p>Se encontr\u00f3 formando parte de una iglesia y una comunidad religiosa decidida a hacer m\u00e1s por los inmigrantes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d0f9bb160bf\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; 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padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col left_padding_desktop_3pct top_padding_desktop_0pct right_padding_desktop_3pct bottom_padding_desktop_0pct\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Su explicaci\u00f3n de su compromiso con la defensa de los inmigrantes es un mensaje que resuena entre sus colegas cl\u00e9rigos.<\/p>\n<p>\"Se podr\u00eda decir que las Escrituras hebreas contienen muchos lugares donde se habla de la importancia de acoger al forastero. Quiero decir, est\u00e1 presente en todo el texto, \u00bfverdad? Y si nos fijamos en la vida de Jes\u00fas, se trataba, en cierto modo, de abrir los brazos a los dem\u00e1s, especialmente a aquellos que eran marginados de alguna manera,\" dice.<\/p>\n<p>Pero hace una pausa, medita sus palabras, y a\u00f1ade: \"Pero alguien no tiene qu\u00e9 ser cristiano. Puedes ser ateo y querer ser compasivo y querer que la gente prospere, sin importar qui\u00e9nes sean, \u00bfno? Y si eres una persona cristiana, hay un mandato al respecto.\"<\/p>\n<p>Generar empat\u00eda por los inmigrantes no fue dif\u00edcil cuando la pastora Beth lleg\u00f3 a la iglesia, construida en 1888 con arenisca de Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>Los cl\u00e9rigos de Chicago estuvieron entre los <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/2025\/03\/05\/timeline-chicagos-more-than-40-year-history-as-a-sanctuary-city\/\">l\u00edderes<\/a>del esfuerzo nacional por proporcionar santuario a quienes hu\u00edan de las guerras y la agitaci\u00f3n en Centroam\u00e9rica en la d\u00e9cada de 1980. Lincoln Park Presbyterian Church ten\u00eda un historial de apoyo a causas como el movimiento santuario.<\/p>\n<p>Varias d\u00e9cadas despu\u00e9s, en 2018, cl\u00e9rigos activos en el movimiento santuario se pusieron en contacto con la pastora Beth, para preguntarle si su iglesia podr\u00eda acoger a inmigrantes. La iglesia ya utilizaba su s\u00f3tano para alojar a personas sin hogar, as\u00ed que renov\u00f3 su \u00e1tico para acoger a una familia en 2019 y a una segunda en 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Un a\u00f1o despu\u00e9s, 30 grupos diferentes crearon el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesanctuaryworkinggroup.org\/\">Sanctuary<\/a> Working Group para responder a las peligrosas condiciones en los centros de detenci\u00f3n para inmigrantes de todo el pa\u00eds. Desde entonces, su labor se ha ampliado para incluir la b\u00fasqueda de alojamiento a corto y largo plazo para los inmigrantes, prestarles apoyo y acompa\u00f1arles a las audiencias judiciales.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fws_69d0f9bb177bd\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_000000 border_style_solid\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more-of-our-coverage\">M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-32892\" class=\"post-32892 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-arts-culture category-featured category-visuals tag-viacrucis\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/04\/03\/chicago-via-crucis-good-friday-living-stations-of-the-cross-pilsen\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2026.04.04_PilsenViaCrucis_Procession_Featured_CF-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Un actor que interpreta a Jes\u00fas carga una gran cruz mientras un actor que interpreta a un soldado le grita durante la procesi\u00f3n del V\u00eda Crucis a lo largo de la calle 18 en Pilsen.\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/04\/03\/chicago-via-crucis-good-friday-living-stations-of-the-cross-pilsen\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Dentro del V\u00eda Crucis viviente de Pilsen: una tradici\u00f3n de 49 a\u00f1os que atrae a cientos de personas a la calle 18<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/camilla-forte\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Camilla Forte\">Camilla Forte<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2026\/04\/03\/chicago-via-crucis-good-friday-living-stations-of-the-cross-pilsen\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">3 de abril de 2026<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p>Ante la llegada de inmigrantes en los \u00faltimos a\u00f1os, consider\u00f3 que hab\u00eda que hacer m\u00e1s para alojar a los reci\u00e9n llegados y que la comunidad religiosa de Chicago tambi\u00e9n ten\u00eda que intensificar sus esfuerzos.<\/p>\n<p>En colaboraci\u00f3n con otros cl\u00e9rigos, la iniciativa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faithcommunityinitiative.org\/\">Faith Community<\/a> Initiative se estableci\u00f3 en 2023 con una subvenci\u00f3n estatal de $250.000. El objetivo era proporcionar vivienda y apoyo a los inmigrantes. Aunque el dinero caduc\u00f3 al cabo de un a\u00f1o, el esfuerzo contin\u00faa.<\/p>\n<p>Desde ayudar a los inmigrantes a encontrar vivienda, la labor de la iglesia ha pasado a organizar talleres para inmigrantes sobre c\u00f3mo gestionar sus finanzas o afrontar la posibilidad de ser detenidos. Se ha puesto en contacto con otros y otras iglesias se han sumado al esfuerzo. Recurre regularmente a vecinos y simpatizantes para atender las peticiones de los inmigrantes.<\/p>\n<p>\"Normalmente, cuando decimos que necesitamos esto o aquello, la necesidad se cubre r\u00e1pidamente,\" dijo.<\/p>\n<p>Recientemente, en una vigilia eclesi\u00e1stica celebrada un domingo por la tarde, habl\u00f3 con pasi\u00f3n ante una audiencia de feligreses y cl\u00e9rigos activistas sobre la violencia urbana y la \"violencia de Estado.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"As\u00ed que tenemos que defender a cada persona entre nosotros,\" dijo. \"Deber\u00edamos recordar lo que ocurri\u00f3 en la Alemania nazi cuando demasiada gente se qued\u00f3 callada.\"<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"work-of-faith-and-action\">\u2018Obra de fe y acci\u00f3n\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>En su oficina del segundo piso de un viejo edificio de Pilsen, el padre Brendan Curran lleva un d\u00eda fren\u00e9tico: recibiendo llamadas de grupos comunitarios, planificando trabajo con los inmigrantes, coordinando con otros cl\u00e9rigos y manteni\u00e9ndose en alerta ante el equipo de respuesta a las redadas de ICE del vecindario al que pertenece.<\/p>\n<p>El padre Curran, hijo de un inmigrante de Galway, Irlanda, creci\u00f3 como \"cat\u00f3lico de cuna.\" Fue a una secundaria parroquial y a una universidad cat\u00f3lica. Su experiencia en una parroquia de Pilsen le llev\u00f3 a querer servir a la comunidad latina.<\/p>\n<p>Ahora trabaja para The <a href=\"https:\/\/resurrectionproject.org\/\">Resurrection<\/a> Project, una organizaci\u00f3n sin fines de lucro creada hace casi cuatro d\u00e9cadas con peque\u00f1as donaciones de seis parroquias locales. 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Tambi\u00e9n trabaj\u00f3 para eliminar las divisiones entre el clero y ayud\u00f3 a crear <a href=\"https:\/\/faithtable.org\/\">Faith Table<\/a>, un esfuerzo entre l\u00edderes comunitarios de diferentes credos.<\/p>\n<p>Durante la crisis humanitaria que comenz\u00f3 en 2022, ayud\u00f3 a poner en marcha una campa\u00f1a informal para alojar a centroamericanos y sudamericanos trasladados en autob\u00fas desde estados fronterizos como Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Se corri\u00f3 la voz de que la gente necesitaba un lugar donde quedarse, y que se necesitaba dinero para alojarlos. Ha sido algo as\u00ed como una red clandestina de ayuda, dice.<\/p>\n<p>A menudo ha encontrado inspiraci\u00f3n en el consejo del Papa Francisco de que un pastor debe estar con su reba\u00f1o, su gente, y hacer \"trabajo de fe y acci\u00f3n.\"<\/p>\n<p>Esa obra de fe y acci\u00f3n, dice el padre Curran, es necesaria ahora m\u00e1s que nunca.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"we-never-take-no-for-an-answer\">\u2018Nunca aceptamos un no por respuesta.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Para la hermana JoAnn y su aliada de muchos a\u00f1os, la hermana Pat Murphy, quien hab\u00eda sido misionera en Per\u00fa, los retos que enfrentaban los inmigrantes para encontrar apoyo, un lugar donde vivir, o ayuda para superar el trauma que hab\u00edan sufrido segu\u00edan aumentando. A menudo les dec\u00edan que lo que estaban haciendo no se hab\u00eda hecho nunca, y menos por dos monjas.<\/p>\n<p>Y as\u00ed, desarrollaron palabras que les han guiado a lo largo de los a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>\"Nuestro lema es que lo hacemos de forma pac\u00edfica y respetuosa, pero nunca aceptamos un no por respuesta,\" dijo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69d0f9bb1e2ae\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col left_padding_desktop_3pct top_padding_desktop_0pct right_padding_desktop_3pct bottom_padding_desktop_0pct\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\"  style=\"margin-top: 3%; 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Quer\u00edan rezar dentro de las c\u00e1rceles locales donde se encontraban los inmigrantes enviados por Chicago Immigration Court. A pesar de la resistencia inicial de los funcionarios, finalmente obtuvieron el derecho a hacerlo.<\/p>\n<p>Para la hermana JoAnn y la hermana Pat, el grupo de oraci\u00f3n era uno de los esfuerzos de una larga lista de iniciativas para garantizar que los l\u00edderes religiosos hicieran todo lo posible para ayudar a los inmigrantes vulnerables atrapados en la burocracia estadounidense.<\/p>\n<p>Las monjas trabajaron con el <a href=\"https:\/\/healtorture.org\/healing-centers\/marjorie-kovler-center-a-program-of-heartland-alliance-international\/\">Kolver Center<\/a>, uno de los primeros centros de atenci\u00f3n a v\u00edctimas de trauma para inmigrantes en Estados Unidos, para establecer Su Casa Catholic Worker House para brindar alojamiento a v\u00edctimas de tortura provenientes de Centroam\u00e9rica. Tambi\u00e9n establecieron un programa de observaci\u00f3n de juicios en el Chicago Immigration Court y colaboraron con un grupo interreligioso para abogar por los derechos de los inmigrantes.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00e1s recientemente, las monjas crearon <a href=\"https:\/\/catherinecareschicago.org\/\">Catherine's Caring Cause<\/a> para los reci\u00e9n llegados en el punto \u00e1lgido de la crisis humanitaria. Lleva el nombre de Catherine McCauley, fundadora de las Hermanas de la Misericordia, monja que estableci\u00f3 la orden en Dubl\u00edn, Irlanda, en el siglo XIX.<\/p>\n<p>A principio de este a\u00f1o, la hermana Pat falleci\u00f3 a la edad de 96 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Tras el fallecimiento de la hermana Pat, la hermana JoAnn continu\u00f3 su labor en el Mercy Meeting Place, situado cerca de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sxu.edu\/index.html\">St. Xavier<\/a> University, en el extremo sur de Chicago. Fue la primera instituci\u00f3n cat\u00f3lica de educaci\u00f3n superior de Chicago, creado hace m\u00e1s de 100 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p>Delmis Cruz, ama de llaves en el Mercy Meeting Place, tiene un v\u00ednculo especial con la hermana JoAnn. Huyendo de la tortura en El Salvador y Honduras, su familia encontr\u00f3 un hogar hace a\u00f1os en el refugio que las monjas dirig\u00edan para v\u00edctimas de tortura centroamericanas.<\/p>\n<p>Un d\u00eda, no hace mucho, cuando Delmis pas\u00f3 por el pasillo, la hermana JoAnn le sonri\u00f3 y le dijo que a menudo la hab\u00eda considerado como una hija.<\/p>\n<p>Al reflexionar sobre la labor de toda su vida, la hermana JoAnn se identifica con la orientaci\u00f3n del Papa Francisco de acoger y apoyar a los inmigrantes. \"Esa es nuestra filosof\u00eda. Hijos de Dios. Seres humanos. Todos necesitan ser tratados con dignidad y respeto,\" dijo.<\/p>\n<p>Pero ese d\u00eda ten\u00eda prisa, porque hab\u00eda que presentar a una familia de inmigrantes reci\u00e9n llegados a su nuevo hogar. Se disculp\u00f3 por la prisa, dijo que ten\u00eda trabajo que hacer, se dirigi\u00f3 r\u00e1pidamente a su carro y se march\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>Cuando las oraciones y protestas fuera del Broadview Detention Center se convirtieron en los \u00faltimos meses en un s\u00edmbolo del apoyo de Chicago a los inmigrantes, miembros del clero decidieron presentar una demanda para obtener el derecho a rezar con los detenidos dentro del centro.<\/p>\n<p>Le pidieron a la hermana JoAnn, debido a sus d\u00e9cadas de dedicaci\u00f3n al apoyo a los inmigrantes, que fuera la primera en firmar la demanda.<\/p>\n<p>Lo hizo el 14 de noviembre y falleci\u00f3 pocas horas despu\u00e9s. Ten\u00eda 91 a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n<p><i>Stephen Franklin es colaborador de Borderless Magazine.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Desde los esfuerzos santuario en los a\u00f1os 80 hasta los \u00faltimos esfuerzos de deportaci\u00f3n de Trump, los l\u00edderes religiosos de Chicago se inclinan por el compromiso con los inmigrantes.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":31157,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[855,1],"tags":[886],"coauthors":[606],"class_list":{"0":"post-31304","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-immigration-policy","9":"tag-faithleaders"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chicago&#039;s Faith Leaders Journey Advocating for Immigrant Rights<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For decades, Sister JoAnn Persch and other faith leaders have been committed to immigrant rights. 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