Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership

Promotional graphic for a dialogue titled “Catholic Women’s Leadership to Advance the Common Good” on 3/9 at 6pm EDT at Copley Hall Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown’s Main Campus & Online. Participants include Joanna Arellano-Gonzalez (Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership), Cynthia Bailey Manns (Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Community), Anne Thompson (NBC News), Sr. Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF (Conrad N. Hilton Foundation).

🗓️ Monday, March 9, 2026
🕧 6-7 pm EDT
📍 Copley Formal Lounge, Georgetown U
🗣️ Joanna Arellano-Gonzalez (Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL), Cynthia Bailey Manns (Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Community), Anne Thompson (NBC News), Sr. Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF (Conrad N. Hilton Foundation)

The @csplaction.bsky.social is hosting another outdoor Mass, this one on Ash Wednesday, in solidarity with immigrant families. Cardinal Cupich will be there!
www.csplaction.org/events/ash-w...

Pope Leo XIV urges the faithful on Christmas to shed indifference in the face of suffering Pope Leo XIV during his first Christmas Day message urged the faithful to shed indifference in the face of those who have lost everything, such as in Gaza, those who are impoverished, such as in Yemen...

"If he would truly enter into the suffering of others and stand in solidarity with the weak and the oppressed, then the world would change,'' the pope said.

California bishops celebrate 'very powerful' Mass for detainees in ICE facility With Communion bowls in hand, a group of California bishops walked through the barbed wire gates of the ICE Processing Center and offered Jesus to the men locked inside. This moment of the Mass, celeb...

With Communion bowls in hand, a group of California bishops walked through the barbed wire gates of the ICE Processing Center and offered Jesus to the men locked inside.

Sister JoAnn Persch, a nun once arrested during her years of service to immigrants, dies at 91 She and Sister Pat Murphy’s years of service together included helping push through legal reforms in 2008 that allow religious workers access to meet with detained migrants.

Sister JoAnn Persch was a nun who spent 18 years serving and praying with Chicago-area immigrants and refugees detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency at the Broadview processing facility, as part of a lifetime devoted to serving the less fortunate.

Catholic Group Sues Trump Administration for Access to Immigration Facility The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership says its members have been blocked from ministering at an ICE detention center near Chicago.

A religious nonprofit and several Roman Catholic clergy filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Wednesday claiming that immigration authorities had unlawfully blocked its members from ministering to people at a detention center near Chicago.

Immigration activists process with Eucharist to Broadview About 1,000 people followed the Eucharist from St. Eulalia Church in Maywood to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Broadview on Oct. 11, singing and praying the rosary in English and Spanish.

Chicago Catholic joined us on Saturday as over 1,000 people processed with the Eucharist from St. Eulalia to the ICE detention center in Broadview. At the doors of the facility, we were denied entry, but not silenced. We will continue the struggle.💪✝️

#WeAreOneBody #FaithInAction #CSPLaction

Chicago priest urges parishioners to leave mass with caution after ICE agents reported nearby Chicago's Rogers Park community remained vigilant after reports of federal agents near a Catholic church during Sunday mass.

𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽! In the example of St. Jerome and many others, it is proven that coordinated rapid response teams are critical. Please join the rapid response teams from across Chicago and the suburbs to ensure we are all safe.

But in case you missed it, Fr Dowling's statement takes the time to make it explicit: "Father, forgive the ones who do not know what they are doing. Have mercy on the souls of those who know exactly what they're doing."

Thank you so so much for highlighting our Eucharistic procession action and for your solidarity! @rahaeli.bsky.social

Music now.

Grim reminder: people held inside the detention center have reported it's impossible to hear much coming from outside.

Religious leaders here are not mincing words. They have repeatedly used the word "evil."

"Detention and deportation are acts that wound the body of Christ, and deny the dignity of God's people."

Father Larry attempts to walk toward the detention center.

ISP prevent people from moving forward. Lieutenant Col Bradley says he's making a call and dialing the ICE facility, but also says people may be waiting a while.

Request denied/unanswered.

Hi @unraveledpress.com thank you so much for capturing these video clips from our Eucharistic procession action yesterday in Broadview! We are grateful that you’re sharing these powerful moments with so many others!

A group of hundreds of faith in coalition who started at a Maywood church just arrived at the detention center for a eucharistic procession.

They want to offer communion to detainees inside, but won't be able to get past the barricades and fence on Beach Street.

We’re wondering the same thing. How can you deny the body of Christ and our right to extend communion to those in need of hope, solidarity and kinship. What is there to hide inside the detention center is so morally offensive that they’re unwilling to allow nuns and priests to enter?

And the exact moment they're turned away: bsky.app/profile/unra...

Religious leaders denied request to deliver communion to detainees at Broadview facility Hundreds of people joined a delegation of Catholic priests and nuns marching to the Broadview detention site to hold communion, but they were turned away with no reason given. A total of 15 protesters...

More photos! chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Amen

For any Catholic, the sight of a Eucharistic Procession being turned away at the gates of the destination is the embodiment of Jesus being denied entrance. You don't have to be Catholic to get the symbolism in that!

Thank you!

We were a 1,000 faithful and courageous members strong today in solidarity with one another as we processed with God to the detention center to bring communion to our loved ones in detention

Amen

Grateful to Fr. Larry and the 1,000 other CSPL members who prayed in solidarity with our migrant sisters and brothers while we processed to the detention center

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

Liberation theology in the USA. More please.

IL IMMIGRATION INFO | Know Your Rights A Know Your Rights Card is a small wallet-sized card that you can download, print, complete, and keep with you to communicate your rights.

Check out this new website! www.illinoisimmigrationinfo.org/

You will find up-to-date, reliable information and resources for immigrants, advocates, and allies.

Welcoming Pope Leo XIV — Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership CSPL’s statement welcoming Pope Leo XIV.

Welcome, Pope Leo XIV! To see someone from the Chicagoland area called to the papacy fills us with pride.

Our hope is that Pope Leo XIV will build upon the legacy of prophetic solidarity shown by his predecessors who were most committed to justice, while breaking new ground in confronting the spir