NATIONAL MIGRATION WEEK
World Day of Migrants
and Refugees 2025

Migrants, Missionaries of Hope
Sunday, September 22nd, – Sunday, September 28th, 2025

National Migration Week/World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2025

The World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR) is an opportunity for global churches and the Catholic faithful to engage in prayer, reflection, and action on behalf of our brothers and sisters who are forced to flee their homes. The theme for this year's WDMR is Migrants, missionaries of hope which “highlights the courage and tenacity of migrants and refugees, who bear witness daily to hope for the future despite difficulties.”

National Migration Week is a uniquely US-based celebration that builds on the ideas put forward in WDMR and shaped accordingly to American public. This year, National Migration Week takes place September 22-28 and culminates with the World Day of Migrants and Refugees (WDMR). Although WDMR typically occurs on the last Sunday of September, this year it will take place on October 4-5 to coincide with the Jubilee of Migrants.

Pope Leo XIV states, “This link between migration and hope is clearly evident in many contemporary experiences of migration. Many migrants, refugees and displaced persons are privileged witnesses of hope. Indeed, they demonstrate this daily through their resilience and trust in God, as they face adversity while seeking a future in which they glimpse that integral human development and happiness are possible.”

Learn more here

For more information, please see the Save the Date Flyer (English | Spanish)

Education: 

  • Message of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV 
    for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2025  English | Spanish

  • National Migration Week Toolkit (National Pastoral Migratoria) English | 

  • National Migration Week Toolkit (JFI/USCCB)  English | 

Prayer: 

  • Multilingual petitions for National Migration Week ( English | Spanish | Multilingual )

  • Prayer for Immigrants (USCCB) ( English | Spanish )

  • Rosary for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees (Spanish )

  • National Migration Week: A Collected Book of Prayers for Migrants (USCCB) ( English )

  • Prayers of the Faithful for DACA recipients (English | Spanish)

  • Way of the Cross for Immigrants in collaboration with Priest for Justice for Immigrants (Bilingual)

Accompaniment:

Promotion and Social Media:

Suggest: Should you have any thoughts as to how we can more effectively celebrate National Migration Week, or to suggest resources that will be useful for your local community, please contact Raymundo Valdez at rvaldez@archchicago.org

Join National Pastoral Migratoria, allies, and collaborators in the events below in celebration of National Migration Week 2025. Please be sure to visit this page weekly to access resources and information for events that will be developed for this celebration. 

Parish Events during National Migration Week 2025

  • Wednesday, September 10, 2025  |  7 p.m.
    St. Gall Church
    5513 South Sawyer, Chicago, IL 60629

    Tina Jara,773.939.8157
    Margarita Macias, 773.925.3725

  • Thursday, September 11  |  7 p.m.
    St. Clare of Montefalco Parish
    5443 South Washtenaw Avenue, Chicago, IL 60632

    Federico Padilla, 773.727.1862
    Parish rectory, 773.434.9600

  • Monday, September 15, 2025  |  7 p.m.
    St. Gall Church
    5513 South Sawyer, Chicago IL 60629

    Tina Jara, 773.939.8157
    Margarita Macias, 773.925.3725

  • Wednesday, September 17  |  6:30 – 9 p.m.
    St. Rita Parish
    6243 South Fairfield Avenue, Chicago IL 60629

    Federico Padilla, 773.727.1862
    Parish rectory, 773.434.9600

  • Wednesday, September 17  |  7 p.m.
    St. Adrian Parish
    7000 South Washtenaw Avenue, Chicago IL 60629

    Ana Morales, 773.653.3052

  • Monday, September 22  |  7 p.m.
    St. Augustine Parish
    4130 147th Street, Midlothian IL, 60445

    Gloria Perez-Ruiz, 708.331.0645

  • Wednesday, September 24  |  6 p.m.
    Mary, Mother of Mercy Parish
    7114 South Hamlin Avenue, Chicago IL 60629

    Ana Morales, 773.653.3052

  • Wednesday, September 24  |  6 p.m.
    Starting at St. Oscar Romero 
    4821 South Damen Ave.
    to St. Rita of Cascia,
    5243 South Fairfield Ave, Chicago IL 60629

    Agustin Martinez, 773.799.4986

  • Wednesday, September 24  |  7 p.m.
    St. Clare of Montefalco Parish Center
    5443 South Washtenaw Avenue, Chicago, IL 60629

    Milagros Avalos, 773.842.8041

  • Wednesday, September 24  |  8 p.m.
    Mary, Mother of Mercy Parish
    7114 South Hamlin Avenue, Chicago IL 60629

    Ana Morales, 773.653.3052

  • Thursday, September 25 |  5:30 p.m.
    Lord of Mercy Parish
    15746 Union Avenue, Harvey IL 60426

    Ana Maria Tobar, 773.738.9088

  • Thursday, September 25 |  6 p.m.
    St. Oscar Romero Parish
    4821 South Damen Avenue, Chicago IL 60609

    Agustin Martinez, 773.799.4986

  • Friday, September 26  |  6 a.m.
    Our Lady of the Heights Parish
    724 West 195th Street, Chicago Heights, IL

    Martina Miranda, 217.621.2064

  • Friday, September 26  |  6 p.m.
    Mary, Mother of Mercy Parish
    7114 South Hamlin Avenue, Chicago IL 60629

    Ana Morales, 773.653.3052

  • Friday, September 26  |  6 p.m.
    St. Oscar Romero Parish
    4821 South Damen Avenue, Chicago IL 60609

    Agustin Martinez, 773.799.4986

  • Saturday, September 27 |  4 p.m.
    Sanctuary of Our Lady of Guadalupe
    1170 North Des Plaines River Road, Des Plaines, IL 60016

    Agustin Gerrero, 847.226.9696
    Celestino Rodea, 847.848.6527

  • Saturday, September 28 |  12:45 p.m.
    St Cecilia Catholic Church (St Clare of Assisi Parish)
    700 South Meier Road Mount Prospect, IL 60056

    Maura Gloria Oropeza, 224.622.2743

  • Monday, September 29  |  5:15 p.m.
    Holy Name Cathedral 
    735 North State Street, Chicago, IL 60654

    Olga Anglada, ofigueroa@archchicago.org

  • Friday, October 3  |  10 a.m.
    Our Lady of the Mount Parish
    2400 South 61st Avenue, Cicero, IL

    Luis Tenezaca, 872.235.6363
    Valeria Ramirez, 773.931.9354