Hispanic Leaders Discuss Valley Park Fallout
For anyone interested, The Hispanic Leaders Group of Greater St. Louis has an open meeting tomorrow. The speaker will be Héctor Antonio Molina, Jr., the Director of Hispanic Ministry in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, and, as stated, the topic will be Valley Park.
The meeting, held at 6pm, will be at the St. Louis Community College at Forest Park Student Center, (5600 Oakland) in the South Bay Cafeteria. RSVP's are encuraged, please look at the press relase for more details.
Here is more information
At a recent mass, the subject of the Valley Park ordinance came up in the context of the Catholic teaching that as Christians, we are to welcome the stranger/long distance traveler among us as a friend.
Following this line of thinking, a true Christian would break down the barriers to immigration (blurring any distinction between "legal" and "illegal" immigration) and welcome an increased flow of immigrants into this country.
It's no wonder that Catholics are taking the lead on this issue.
Posted by Catholic Poster on Tue., Oct 10, 2006 at 11:29 PMA true Christian would welcome in immigrants according to the depths of their need, and so would first welcome those from Africa who are suffering from starvation, rape, and genocide before welcoming those who are merely poor and Catholic.
I'm sure that the fact that those from Africa are Black, in fact very, very Black, while Hispanics are merely Brown would not have any effect on our choice of who we welcome.
Posted by Baal Labs on Wed., Oct 11, 2006 at 6:46 AMAtheism is an option.
It's much easier to have a dismissive conscience when you take spirituality out of the equation.
In reply to the comment posted by Baal Labs, I would say the answer is "yes". We should provide sanctuary for Africans suffering such oppression.
You, on the other hand, would suggest...?
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