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JesuiticalNovember 22, 2024
Jesuit Father Brian Strassburger blesses a migrant at Mass in Reynosa, Mexico, May 24, 2022. The migrants attending the Mass were waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border for the United States to lift a health provision known as Title 42 and allow them to make asylum claims. (CNS photo/David Agren)

This week’s episode of “Jesuitical” features a conversation with Brian Strassburger, S.J., a Jesuit priest who serves as the director of Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries in the Diocese of Brownsville, Tex., and a co-host of the Jesuit Border Podcast. In his ministry, Brian not only celebrates Mass in migrant shelters and camps at the U.S.-Mexico border, but he and his team also provide basic orientation and advocacy for migrants navigating the complex U.S. immigration system.

Zac, Ashley and Brian discuss:

  • What the election of Donald J. Trump might mean for migrants and his border ministry
  • How Brian talks to Catholics who are concerned about chaos at the border and want to see greater immigration restrictions
  • Brian’s vision of heaven: one where the poor and migrants are welcomed and honored, rather than dismissed and betrayed

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