Laura Rodriguez-Presa of the Chicago Tribune covers CSPL’s progress on the pastoral care campaign at Broadview and how that the Coalition to its upcoming delegation to Rome to meet with Pope Leo XIV.

On October 3, 2026, CSPL co-hosted City of Welcome: A Teach-in on Catholic Solidarity and the Journey of Migration along with Old. St. Pat’s, Immaculate Conception-St. Joseph. Exodus World Service, and the Sanctuary Working Group also led workshops.

Michael Okinczyc-Cruz, executive director of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership, comments on the Archdiocese of St. Louis lawsuit filed against ICE/DHS, pointing out that ICE’s national detention manual outlines policies meant to allow access for religious services from clergy and ministers outside the detention facilities themselves and for one-on-one spiritual counseling.

CSPL Director of Training and Formation Joanna Arellano-Gonzalez sits down with America Magazine to talk about her organizing and discernment journey, from the founding CSPL to the current moment in the wake of Operation Midway Blitz.

CSPL members and institutional members took part in the first annual memorial mass honoring Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez, who was killed by ICE last year during a traffic stop.

“The bishops, priests, nuns — and most importantly — lay women and men of Trump country did not wait for the instruction; they have been living it since the first week of January.”

“The most essential part of what we do, I believe, is just listen. We listen to their stories, we let them talk about the traumas they’re going through. This type of care restores a bit of human dignity,” Tomy said.

Daily pastoral visits to the Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview began Friday, May 15 under a landmark agreement between faith and grassroots community leaders of the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership (CSPL) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and ICE.

Besides explaining the history of organizing in America, and arguing for its necessity, Nicholas Hayes-Mota and Michael Okinczyc-Cruz share how organizing can also help the Catholic Church advocate for justice and peace throughout the world.  

Rev. David Inczuaskis, SJ appears on WTTW and responds to Pope Leo’s words on the Iran War.

On Holy Thursday afternoon, Father Juan Vargas knelt on the floor of the Broadview Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility west of Chicago and washed the feet of a man in shackles. Sister Alicia Gutierrez, SH, distributed Communion. Father David Inczauskis, SJ, and Father Paul Joseph Keller, CMF, offered pastoral care to thirteen other detained migrants wearing handcuffs and ankle chains. Outside, fifty Catholic faithful stood in rain and heavy wind, praying the Rosary and singing, waiting for the pastoral delegation to emerge.

One of Chicago’s oldest churches is the spiritual home to Polish and Latine communities, who grapple with immigration raids in very different ways.