Just Peace Pilgrimage

Christ at the Borders Pilgrimage

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8 days
youth groups, family groups, intergenerational groups, friend groups,...
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https://www.mennonitemission.net/Serve/placements/just-peace-pilgrimage/United States/10/Christ at the Borders Pilgrimage

At the United States-Mexico border, we seek to better understand the realities and implications of migration, including the reasons causing it and how churches or communities of faith are responding to it.

We invite people and communities to see, consider and then explore how to join together in response to such realities. How can we help those who, like us, seek a better life, wholeness and peace?

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Sample itinerary—Christ at the Borders Pilgrimage

Day 1

Travel day to Brownsville

Dinner

Day 2

Devotional

Morning prayer at Boca Chica Beach/Space X site

Travel to Mexico

Lunch in Mexico churches

Drive along the border fence to McAllen and the National Butterfly Center

Check-in and debrief

Day 3

Devotional

Travel to Brownsville

Federal courthouse

Operation Streamline

Debrief lunch

Brownsville Bus Station

Team Brownsville (service afternoon)

Debrief

Dinner

Day 4

Devotional

Travel to Falfurrias

South Texas Human Rights and Water Initiative

Water drop (service morning)

Lunch

Puentes de Cristo

Visit Colonias

Debrief

Dinner

Day 5

Devotional

Travel to Hidalgo

Service day with Puentes de Cristo

Lunch

Travel to Harlingen

South Texas Pro Bono Asylum Representation Project

Debrief

Dinner

Day 6

Devotional

Worship and lunch with New Life Christian Center, San Benito, TX

South Padre Island afternoon

Debrief

Dinner

Day 7

Devotional

Depart to Catholic Charities Respite Center

Lunch

Angry Tias & Abuelas

Reynosa

Debrief

Dinner

Day 8

Travel day


A pilgrim (from the Latin peregrinus) is a traveler who is on a transformational journey, often to a holy place.

A pilgrimage is a journey, often into an unknown or foreign place, where a person searches for a new or expanded meaning about themselves, others, nature or a higher good. It leads to a personal transformation.


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