We are excited to welcome Sr. Liz Sjoberg, the Director of Family and Education Services at Proyecto Juan Diego, a non-profit which assists low-income and undocumented families in the Rio Grande Valley.

In this episode, Sr. Liz speaks about her own experience of working in the Valley with migrants and undocumented people. She explores the joys and difficulties of this ministry, and reflects deeply on the importance of dignified work. We also share about the ways we've seen migrants offer their own skills for the good of the community in the camp in Reynosa.

We are excited to welcome our good friend and frequent advisor, Nancy Dimas, for our second episode. Nancy is the Executive Administrator of Project Dignity Legal Team, a ministry of Catholic Charities RGV. In this episode, she reflects on the rights that asylum seekers have as they navigate the immigration process. We also share stories of some unexpected places where we’ve run into asylum seekers in the US.

We are honored to have Bishop Daniel Flores for our first interview. As the bishop of Brownsville, TX, Bishop Flores is deeply invested in and knowledgeable of the border reality. In this episode, he shares his own reflections on the dignity of the human person, especially from the perspective of the poorest among us. We also share about our own work with the migrants in Reynosa, Mexico, and some mistakes we've made along the way!

Louie Hotop, SJ, and Brian Strassburger, SJ, are two newly ordained Jesuit priests working on the US-Mexico border in the diocese of Brownsville, TX. This podcast will highlight some of the work that the Catholic Church and others are doing to address the needs on the border, as well as explore immigration topics from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching. 

The first episode will be available on Tuesday, Nov 16th. You can find the podcast in this feed and on our website (www.theJesuitPost.org).