St. Christopher's, Austin, observed Migration with Dignity Sunday, Jan. 26. They merged Prayers of the People to include migration/refugee prayers and the sermon was on "The Dignity of Every Human Being." 

At Christ Episcopal Church in Springfield, Ohio, Migration With Dignity Sunday included special worship and an adult forum program. Participants first considered their own migration history: how families had gotten to the United States, what challenges they had encountered, and whether that seemed "right." Then, with that context, they looked at the MWD resolution itself, including the FAQs.  Finally, they looked at what they could do to support this resolution, including consideration of the works of EMM and EPPN, as well as local organizations standing up for migrants.

St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Woodbridge, VA, Diocese of Virginia, designated January 26, 2025, as Migration With Dignity Sunday. They used the Collect and Prayers of the People provided by the caucus and the priest linked the readings to the day’s theme in her sermon. It was the day of the Annual Meeting so attendance was high.

On January 26, volunteers at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Chicago, marked Migration with Dignity Sunday by setting up the Uncaged Art Exhibit, getting ready for an opening reception to take place on Friday, January 31. 

The Uncaged Art exhibit is comprised of beautiful and inspiring artwork by the migrant children held in the Tornillo, Texas, Detention Center, which opened on June 14, 2018. Over the eight months of its operation, 6,200 children were held in tents in Tornillo, a small border town. Tornillo came to symbolize the mass detention of migrant children. 

A group of teachers visited the youngsters, inviting them to express their pride in their countries of origin through art, and the children produced 200 pieces of art. When the Tornillo detention center closed, officials began throwing out the artwork. A local Catholic priest recovered 29 pieces, and later stated, "What came through in the art was the strong spirit of these young men and women…who, even under those conditions, were still inspired to do something beautiful."

The exhibit is sponsored by the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago’s Sanctuary Committee, Anti-racism Commission, Hispanic Affairs Committee, and Peace & Justice Committee. The educational goal of the exhibit has taken on increased importance as the new administration gears up for mass detention and deportation: to share the experience of immigrant detention, particularly of children, through art. It is part of the Episcopal Church’s efforts to replace immigrant detention and electronic monitoring with the use of community based supportive services. 

The exhibit has been displayed by more than a dozen churches in the Diocese of Chicago during the past two years and three other Episcoal dioceses are also sponsoring touring exhibits of Uncaged Art. To learn more and explore bringing the exhibit to your diocese, contact Jack Lloyd - jack.lloyd@earthlink.net.