The conference drew 220 clergy and laypeople from 30 countries and 28 provinces, under the theme “Leading Safer Churches: Power and Vulnerability in Church Life.”
The blessings were an extension of the church’s participating in Faith & Blue, a national effort to “build bridges and break biases” between police and the communities they serve.
Among those assisting with the integration of migrants is Brother Mike Lopez, OSB, an Episcopal monk serving at the House of Initia Nova. He created the Hungry Monk Rescue Truck in Queens.
