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Border Awareness Encounters: Ministry of Reconciliation and Accompaniment at the U.S. - Mexico Border

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Wright, Scott. Border Awareness Encounters: Ministry of Reconciliation and Accompaniment At the U.s. - Mexico Border. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/00451c8e-3e87-470b-8681-3fe549d0e15d?locale=en.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

W. Scott. Border Awareness Encounters: Ministry of Reconciliation and Accompaniment at the U.S. - Mexico Border. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/00451c8e-3e87-470b-8681-3fe549d0e15d?locale=en

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Wright, Scott. Border Awareness Encounters: Ministry of Reconciliation and Accompaniment At the U.s. - Mexico Border. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/00451c8e-3e87-470b-8681-3fe549d0e15d?locale=en.

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  • Ministry of Reconciliation and Accompaniment at the U.S. - Mexico Border
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  • This thesis-project addresses the phenomenon of global migration as it is experienced at the U.S.-Mexico border, and specifically, in the sister communities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The experience of Border Awareness Encounters brings participants from churches and universities into contact with migrants and border organizations, through a praxis of intercultural encounter, mutual solidarity, and border hospitality to migrants based on Pope Francis’ message “to welcome, protect, promote, and integrate migrants and refugees.” This thesis-project argues that migrants and refugees are agents of conscientization, evangelization, and transformation, and as such are key to transforming the Church into a more pastoral and prophetic witness to the Gospel. Based on conversations with migrants and border organizations, and narratives shared by participants in week-long Border Awareness Encounters, this thesis-project will investigate how intercultural encounters help people see migrants and their families in the fullness of their human dignity as agents of conscientization, evangelization, and transformation, and how these intercultural encounters have impacted the participants of border awareness experiences, often leading to direct service, mutual accompaniment, advocacy and public witness on behalf of immigrants in communities, parishes, and dioceses when they return home.
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  • 05/20/2026

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