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LIM takes parishioners several times a month to Tucson, to witness first hand our homeless situation and organizations which are trying to make a difference. Specifically, LIM visits Casa Maria Catholic Worker Community, which provides meals and clothing to homeless and poor families, and to Sister Jose Women's Center, which provides meals, shelter, clothing, and counseling for homeless women. Before and after these tours, parishioners are asked to reflect on the following quotes from Mother Teresa:

“Today it is a very fashionable day to talk about the poor. 

Unfortunately it is not fashionable to talk with them.“

“I want you to be concerned about your next-door neighbor.  Do you know them?”

“The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved.”

“When we touch the sick and the needed, we touch the suffering body of Christ.”

Beginning in early 2024, the Local Immersion Ministry will offer immersion experiences at Casa Alitas (CA) a program of Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc. 
CA provides invaluable humanitarian aid to migrant families — refugees and asylum seekers who have left their home countries to escape violence and poverty and have travelled through Mexico.  The aid is provided after they  are processed by the Border Patrol and ICE, which provides them with documentation and orders to report to an immigration hearing.  

Refugees and asylum seekers come from many places, such as Africa, Central America, Cuba, India, Mexico, and South America, to name a few.

CA staff and volunteers greet the travelers, help them contact family members in the U.S., and obtain a confirmation number for a plane or bus ticket, which family members in the U.S. have purchased.

CA provides a safe place to rest, rehydrate, and eat; a change of clothes, hygiene items;  and a chance to wash up. Volunteer medical providers offer skilled medical support.  Travel bags are also provided.

CA is sustained by an inter-denominational network of faith collaborators and inter- organizational partnerships with government agencies and other non-governmental organizations.

The new immersion program will be about three to four hours in length. Participants will car pool from the church to the Casa Alitas Welcome and Drexel Centers.  While visiting these centers, participants will learn about the immigration and asylum processes, and see CA volunteers providing services.  
If you are interested, please send an email to Don Fore at

HYPERLINK "mailto:sajm@santacatalinaparish.org"sajm@santacatalinaparish.org. 

The schedule and number of visits will be based on the number of people interested. 
Next Local Immersion Tours Are March 20th and 22nd

Would you like to learn more about two local organizations that help the poor here in Tucson and how you might be able to help them?  Join the next Local Immersion Tour on March 20 & 22 from 8:00 - 11:30 am. 

The tours leave from the church parking lot and take a small group to Casa Maria Catholic Workers Community which provides meals and clothing for those in need, and Sister Jose Women's Center which provides meals, clothing, shelter, and counseling for homeless women.

If you are interested in a tour, send an email to HYPERLINK "mailto:sajm@santacatalinaparish.org"sajm@santacatalinaparish.org.