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SAN BERNARDINO, CA— The Diocese of San Bernardino held their Migrant Mass at our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral this past Sunday. Bishop Barnes celebrated the mass with priest and practitioners from all over the diocese. During the homily Bishop Barnes emphasized the importance of the census and our role as people of faith.
“This year we are going to have the census, and, in the census, everybody counts, everybody!” Bishop Barnes explains. “So that the benefits can come to everyone, so we are going to help promote the census.”
Leaders from Inland Congregations United for Change (ICUC) were in attendance to collect pledge cards from churchgoers as they left mass. Collecting over 80 pledges. The census is important because it gives everyone a voice no matter their immigration status. Parent and youth organizers with ICUC helped organize the collection of census pledge cards.
“We are all a part of this community and we all belong, we all deserve to be counted,” Miguel Rivera, ICUC Organizer, states. “Let’s bring in the resources that we need for our communities. Having the bishop pledge to do the census is an honor and it shows just how important it is.”
If you would like to learn more about the census, please visit censusie.org.
