PRESS RELEASE: Franciscan Action Network Decries Inhumanity of ICE Raid in Mississippi

Aug 8, 2019 | Press Releases

For Immediate Release:Aug. 8, 2019Media Contacts:Janine Walsh (203) 685-1856 | walsh@franciscanaction.orgFranciscan Action Network Decries Inhumanity of ICE Raid in MississippiWASHINGTON, D.C. – Images of children crying for their parents who were seized in an...

PRESS RELEASE: FAN and CMSM Call for Immediate Legislation on Gun Violence and a National Examination of Conscience

Aug 7, 2019 | Press Releases

For Immediate Release:Aug. 7, 2019Media Contacts:Janine Walsh (203) 685-1856 | walsh@franciscanaction.orgEli McCarthy (510) 717-8867 | emccarthy@cmsm.orgFAN and CMSM Call for Immediate Legislation on Gun Violence and a National Examination of Conscience”Out of...

Take the St. Clare Pledge

Aug 1, 2019 | Issues

In the spirit and inspiration of our blessed sister, St. Clare, make a Commitment to Contact Congress. Just as St. Clare steadfastly devoted her daily life to prayer within the convent, letting herself be enfolded by Love which enabled her to say “…It is no...

FAN Urges Senate to Reject the Secure and Protect Act

Jul 30, 2019 | Press Releases

July 30, 2019Franciscan Action Network (FAN) opposes S. 1494, the so-called “Secure and Protect Act of 2019” which neither secures nor protects, but rather undermines critical protection for children as well as the United States asylum system, making it more difficult...

Successful Catholic Day of Action for Immigrant Children

Jul 18, 2019 | Immigration

July 18, 2019 Today inside the Russell Senate Office Building Rotunda, 70 Catholic leaders locked arms in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience, in an effort to put pressure on Congress and the presidential administration to end the immoral and inhumane practice of...