Novena in Spiritual Preparation for the 2020 World Day of Migrants and Refugees

September 16, 2020

Novena in Spiritual Preparation for the 2020 World Day of Migrants and Refugees

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles invites you to celebrate a Novena, from September 18-26, in spiritual preparation for the 2020 World Day of Migrants and Refugees on September 27.

Below please find the Novena petitions for each of the nine days leading up to the World Day of Migrants. Also included is information and resources provided by the Vatican during the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, and by the USCCB from the 2020 National Migration Week. Attached is the pamphlet, “Accompaniment and the Catholic Faith,” a resource that aims at highlighting the importance of accompaniment in Catholic Teaching on migration, demonstrates ways in which you can accompany migrants, and provides a model that can help facilitate this process.

On Sunday, September 20, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels will host the “Day in Recognition of All Immigrants” with two virtual Masses to raise awareness on immigration and to support the immigrant community. A Mass in Spanish will be held at 7:00 a.m. and a Mass in English will start at 10:00 a.m. Both will be livestreamed via https://www.facebook.com/olacathedral and https://lacatholics.org/mass-for-the-homebound.

Also included in the packet that follows, you will find bulletin and pulpit announcements to invite all the faithful at our parishes to watch the Mass.

You may also participate virtually in this year’s Novena leading up to the 2020 World Day of Migrants and Refugees, which begins on September 18, by visiting, https://www.facebook.com/lacatholics/.

For more information, please call (213) 637-7820 or visit https://thenextamerica.org/.