Lay Scalabrinians
On April 12, 1880, J. B. Scalabrini established the Saint Raphael Benevolent Society to extend to Italy the network of assistance and protection to emigrants already active in Europe, especially in the ports of departure and arrival during the massive exodus of the second half of the 1800s. The Saint Rapahel Society remained active until the early 1920s. In the following years there were other iniatives of organized laity who cooperated with the Scalabrinians.
In the early 1990s, there was a renewed interest for the involvement of the laity in the mission of the Scalabrinians.
The same missionary Charism
Lay Scalabrinians are men and women, both adults and young, who, following a period of Scalabrinian missionary formation, commit themselves to the work of evangelization in the local church in synergy with Scalabrinian Missionary Priests, Brothers and Sisters.
They are guided by the same prophetic Charism and by the same compassion for migrants and refugees regardless of culture, religion, language or administrative situation.
The laity have already organized some regional, national and world encounters, considered decisive for a return of the lay commitment in developing, updating and renewing the Scalabrinian service to the Church.
Lay volunteers and Lay Scalabrinian Missionaries spend a set amount of time with migrants and refugees in their own countries or abroad.
Region Blessed John Baptist Scalabrini (Europe/Africa)
Province of St. John the Baptist (North and Central America)
Province of St. Paul, now part of the Region Our Lady Mother the Migrants (South America)
Province of Saint Frances Cabrini (Asia/Australia)
Province of St. Charles Borromeo (North and South America and Caribbean Basin)
1. Origin and trends in contemporary migrations
Centro Studi Emigrazione Roma – CSER
Translated from Italian by Pietro P. Polo, cs
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2. Comparative Migration Policies
Graziano Battistella, cs
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3. The protection of Migrants’ rights
Graziano Battistella, cs
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4. Integration and Cultural Diversity
Tobias Kessler, cs
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5. Migration in the light of the Bible
Sr. Elizangela Chaves Dias (Old Testament) and Fr Eduardo Pizzutti (New Testament)
Translated from Portuguese by Pietro P. Polo, cs
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6. The Church’s Magisterium on migration
Gioacchino Campese, cs
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7. Blessed Scalabrini and his view of migration
Giovanni Terragni, cs
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8a. Presence and Mission of the Scalabrinians in North America
Vincenzo Rosato, cs
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8b. Presence and mission of the Scalabrinians in South America
Centro de Estudios Migratorios Latinoamericanos (CEMLA) –Â Centro de Estudos MigratĂłrios (CEM)
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8c. Presence and Mission of the Scalabrinians in Europe and Africa
Mario Toffari, cs – Giovanni Borin, cs – Filippo Ferraro, cs
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8d. Presence and mission of the Scalabrinians in Australia and Asia
Delmar Silva, cs
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9. Identity and mission of the laity
Agnese Varsalona, mss
Translated from Italian by Livio Stella, cs
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10. The Scalabrinian laity
Emanuele Selleri e Marianna Occhiuto
Translated from Italian by Raniero Alessandrini, cs and Luigi Piran, cs
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