The Mother Cabrini Institute on Immigration at Villanova University is organizing a Summit in Rome from 1-3 October entitled, “Migrants & Refugees in Our Common Home.”
The initiative, in conjunction with the Jubilee of Migrants and the Jubilee of the Missions taking place on 4-5 October, is the first global in-person meeting that will gather together institutions of higher education, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and community partners to address the critical challenges faced in the area of migration and displacement.
The event intends to draft a series of concrete Action Plans focused on education, research, support, and service alongside migrants and refugees, in order to strengthen the coordinated, compassionate, and sustainable academic responses over time.
Moreover, this event, held at the Pontifical Patristic Institute Augustinianum, will mark the launch of a three-year international initiative aimed at mobilizing academic communities in service, teaching, research, and advocacy for (and with) migrants and refugees.
Included among the supporters of this meeting are the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development (DPIHD), the Dicastery for Culture and Education, the Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the Center for Migration Studies (CMS), the Foundation Augustinians Across the World, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS), the Scalabrinian International Migration Institute, Jubilee 2025, the International Federation of Catholic Universities, the MIT Systems Awareness Lab (SIMI), and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
On 2 October, Pope Leo XIV will receive the participants in a private audience. Prior to that, the Prefect of DPIHD, Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., will preside over a Holy Mass at the Altar of St. Peter's Tomb in the Vatican.
Cardinal Fabio Baggio C.S., Undersecretary of DPIHD, will be one of the speakers at the Summit. On 1 October, he will present on the “Reading of the magisterium and actions of Pope Francis which link Migrants and Refugees and our common home.”
For more information visit: https://migrationandacademia.org