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As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees
- Rev. Brian Strassburger, a 41-year-old Jesuit priest, heads the Del Camino Jesuit Border Ministries, providing Mass and sacraments to migrants in Texas detention centers and Mexican shelters.
- Over the past five years at the U.S.-Mexico border, Strassburger transitioned from ministering to asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters to celebrating Mass with detained and deported migrants.
- When the Jesuits visit twice a week, 50 families join Mass and activities; Sister Carmen Ram said, "They bring hope to people." The priests provide empathy and compassion to those in need.
- William Cuellar, deported five years ago to Mexico, attends Mass with Strassburger in Matamoros; he sees the priest as a friend. "Cool, I can communicate in English with someone else," Cuellar said.
- Through this apostolate of listening, Strassburger aims to show migrants that there is a God who loves them, regardless of their legal status or challenges at the border.
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As border dynamics change, priest keeps ministering to migrants and deportees
Over the past five years, the Rev. Brian Strassburger has gone from ministering to throngs of asylum-seekers in overcrowded shelters at the U.S.
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For the past five years on the U.S.-Mexico border, Reverend Brian Strassburger has moved from serving crowds of asylum seekers in crowded shelters to celebrating mass with detained and deported migrants.
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