We grieve the recent killing of our neighbors at the hands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

These deaths weigh heavily on our hearts and deepen the fear and anguish already being carried by immigrant communities in the Twin Cities.

We hold in prayer the families, loved ones, and communities who are mourning, and we stand in prayerful solidarity with all who are living under the threat of violence, detention, and deportation. No one should fear for their life while going about their daily existence in their own neighborhood.

At the heart of the CSJ charism of unifying love is our deep commitment to peace and nonviolence. In the face of violence, Jesus calls us to resist responding with more violence. Jesus also calls us to resist the exhaustion, paralysis, and numbness that can arise in overwhelming times such as these. Gospel nonviolence is not passive; it is courageous, demanding, and rooted in love of God and neighbor without distinction.

As Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, we urge elected officials and community leaders to dismantle policies and practices that cultivate fear, criminalize immigrants, and perpetuate harm. We seek to foster pathways toward healing, justice, and the restoration of right relationships, and to end the ongoing assault on immigrant communities in the Twin Cities.

We turn to the God of mercy and peace for the strength to be nonviolent forces of change—faithfully accompanying our neighbors and working together toward justice, healing, and the flourishing of all.