On May 14, 2010 over 1,300 congregants gathered at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Santa Ana, CA to offer prayerful support to OCCCO leaders - Idalia Servin and Leonel Velazquez, along with OCCCO organizer Eddie Carmona - on their way to join 200,000 others in Washington D.C. to advocate for just immigration reform.
Auxiliary Bishop Cirilo Flores of the Diocese of Orange, Father Edward Poettgen, and Deacon Adolfo Ramirez offered prayers of blessing and support.
On their way out to D.C., OCCCO traveled on PICO National Network's Immigration Bus Tour, "Change Takes Faith and Action." Along the journey, OCCCO and PICO leaders met with elected officials, urging them to take leadership and pass legislation that upholds faith traditions and values, focusing on five principles: Family unity, legalization with a pathway to citizenship, passage of the DREAM Act, due process, and workers' rights.
Read highlights and view pictures at occcopico.blogspot.com.
Read more about OCCCO at www.occcopico.org.
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