Promoting the culture of peace, encounter, and protection
“Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay” Pastoral care with migrants and refugees. Training course | 18-21 September 2023 It ended yesterday, September 21, 2023, the training course for religious sister “Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay” Pastoral care with migrants and refugees organized in preparation for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees, to be celebrated on Sunday, Septermber 24, 2023. Organized by [...]
Welcoming Speech – Course Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay
The first day of the training course for religious sisters “Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay”. Pastoral care with migrants and refugees was held today, both online and in presence. The course is organized by the Scalabrini International Migration Institute (SIMI) and the International Union of Superiors General (UISG), and promoted by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. We share the opening address by Fr. Aldo [...]
SIMI Talk con Marla
Luca Agostini, intern at SIMI, interviews Maruja M.B. Asis about migration in the Asia Pacific Region and the activities and research carry out by the Scalabrini Migration Center, based in Manila. Maruja M.B. Asis is Director of the Scalabrini Migration Center, based in Manila, Philippines, and Editor of the Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. She is a sociologist with more than 30 years of research experience on [...]
Interview with Fr. Jonas Donassollo
At a time like the present, where migrations redefine the traditional arrangements on which living in society is based, fostering encounters between "us" and those who are "others" is an indispensable prerequisite for building a society that wants to define itself as inclusive, supportive and open to encountering others. What is young people's perception of the migration phenomenon? The young people we intercept through our proposals are, normally, people [...]
SIMI Talks con Davide Pignata
Luca Agostini, intern at SIMI, interviews Davide Pignata about the situation on Europe's hot borders and ASCS onlus' Borders project. Davide Pignata is a philosophy major and graduate student in civil and sustainable economics. Since October 2022, he has been the contact person for ASCS’s Borders project, which aims to expand ASCS’s presence at the hot borders of European migration routes. Alongside this project, Davide is doing an [...]