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Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez, director of Migrant Ministry for the Diocese of Stockton, California, is a beacon of hope for thousands of farmworkers who work in the fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the workers obtain the H-2A visa<\/a> that allows foreigners to enter the United States for temporary or seasonal agricultural work. Other migrants do not have such immigration status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe try to help them join church programs,\u201d says L\u00f3pez. \u201cThe families and workers, mostly Mexican, come with economic and spiritual needs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For six years, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers mission promoters have supported the Diocese of Stockton<\/a> as it meets these needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Diocese of Stockton assists more than 500 migrant families in six fields, including an area called \u201cthe islands.\u201d The farmworkers, who mostly live in housing owned by the growers, work as tractor drivers, irrigators and harvesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the California Department of Food and Agriculture<\/a>, farms in this state produce 400 food products, including 20 percent of the country\u2019s milk and 50 percent of its fruits, nuts and vegetables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more than 20 years, L\u00f3pez has led the migrant ministry in offering pastoral accompaniment, sacramental preparation and mission formation training. Priests celebrate Mass in the fields once or twice a month. \u201cWe made a map in which we assign parishes to nearby fields,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ministry also organizes teams to repatriate the remains of deceased farmworkers, assist widows, help the sick and address other needs. Because of its service, the Diocese of Stockton is a model for migrant ministry for other dioceses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the recommendations that emerged at the National Encuentros for Hispanic Ministry<\/a> was to work collaboratively. Maryknoll\u2019s Mission Formation Program is answering that call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Jos\u00e9
Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez (holding diocesan banner) joins in a march organized by the United Farm Workers Union, walking for five days from Delano to Sacramento. (Ra\u00fal Guill\u00e9n\/U.S.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

At the Pastoral Region XI of Hispanic Ministry, a commission that brings together Hispanic leaders from California and Hawaii, we had the opportunity to meet Hispanic leaders like Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez and identify ways to work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last August, I offered a retreat called \u201cMissionary Disciples Making a Path as We Walk\u201d to 40 young people and leaders at Guadalupe Chapel in in Westley, California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alicia Cisneros, a volunteer who attends our mission programs, describes the challenges of ministry serving migrant farmworkers<\/a>. \u201cAt first, it was very difficult because, for migrants, their priority is to work,\u201d Cisneros says. \u201cWhen we tried to talk to them, there was mistrust. They didn\u2019t want to enroll their children to receive religious education or sacraments.\u201d This changed over time. \u201cLittle by little we gained their trust through celebrations and other kinds of get-togethers. Now we feel they are part of our family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cisneros, who has served in this ministry for more than 20 years, teaches catechism to children. Her husband works with their parents. It\u2019s rewarding to see the children grow up, she says. \u201cSome young people are now professionals,\u201d she adds. \u201cThey often greet me, \u2018Teacher Alicia, you taught me First Communion classes when I was a child.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L\u00f3pez, who was born in the state of Michoac\u00e1n, Mexico, and is now 69, experienced firsthand the challenges faced by farmworker children. His father, a migrant farmworker for some 30 years, had been part of the temporary labor force known as the Bracero Program<\/a> (1942-1964). Back then his family traveled back and forth from Mexico to the States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Erika
Erika Ju\u00e1rez and her daughter Ang\u00e9lica Maga\u00f1a, of the Harney Lane Migrant Center, lead a procession during a workshop for farmworker pastoral teams. (Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez\/U.S.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When L\u00f3pez\u2019s family settled in California in 1968, he was 12 years old. Growing up, he helped in the fields. In 1983 he became a leader for migrant ministry in the Diocese of Stockton. Then in 1985 he was invited to represent the diocesan program at the III National Encuentro for Hispanic Ministry<\/a>. He recalls the Encuentro phrase that impressed him the most: \u201cFrom your seats to the streets!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four decades later, that phrase remains relevant. Last year, 21 young farmworkers were confirmed at a Mass presided by Bishop Myron J. Cotta of the Diocese of Stockton. At the celebration, L\u00f3pez<\/a> says, someone thanked the bishop for being there with them. \u201cThe bishop smiled and replied, \u2018This is our cathedral,\u2019 referring to nature and the fields,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bishop
Bishop Myron J. Cotta of the Diocese of Stockton, California, presides at a Confirmation Mass for farmworker teenagers and young adults. (Courtesy of Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez\/U.S.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Named director of Migrant Ministry in 2001, L\u00f3pez says he has learned from academically prepared leaders \u2014 but also from the farmworkers. \u201cThe wisdom of the rural people consists of a spirituality of giving thanks to God,\u201d he says. \u201cIn the mornings we say a prayer to entrust ourselves to God and we thank him for everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe face challenges. Sometimes it is very difficult,\u201d L\u00f3pez adds. \u201cBut I know God is always with me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He refers to Pope Francis\u2019 message last year for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: \u201cGod walks with his people \u2026 God walks with farmworkers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deacon Leonel Yoque, a Maryknoll mission promoter in Los Angeles, leads outreach programs for Hispanic Catholics in the United States.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Featured image: A farmworker carries buckets of blueberries harvested in the fields of Stockton in California\u2019s Central Valley. (Jos\u00e9 L\u00f3pez\/U.S.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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