The Transborder Coalition for Border Ministries
“The Transborder Coalition for Border Ministries is a network of faith based organizations across the United States committed to assisting people on the move along the southern California/Mexican Border.”
About us
Purpose:
Assist people on the move at the Southern California-Mexico border by providing financial assistance, personnel and consultation services to existing and emerging ministries serving the migrant community in partnership with the Collaborative for Border Ministries
Our Goals:
The Transborder Coalition for Border Ministries seeks to:
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Ensure access to basic needs of food, shelter, clothing, and support services and pastoral care;
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Provide programs enabling victims of human and civil rights violations access to legal services;
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Maintain a strategic planning process by which individual ministries and the Collaborative itself fosters the effective use of resources.
In partnership with the Collaborative for Border Ministries we:
- Facilitate the recruitment and placement of volunteers for border ministries and serve as advocates for migrants.
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Foster the education of the faith community about the border crisis and the gospel mandate to welcome the stranger.
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Garner support for ministries alleviating the suffering of people on the move.
Beginnings:
In March of 2024, a meeting of leadership from some fifteen congregations initiated a fund-raising effort to immediately assist ministries providing shelter and set in motion a longer-term goal of establishing a tax-exempt organization that would sustain this effort of assisting border ministries. The Transborder Coalition for Border Ministries was founded and became an official 501 (c) (3) tax exempt organization.
Our Members
Members of the Transborder Coalition for Border Ministries participate in this mission by contributing annually to the coalition’s Resources for Ministry Fund, serving on its committees, providing volunteer personnel and advocating for justice with compassion on behalf of the migrant community. Those wishing to become members of the Transborder Coalition for Border Ministries are asked to complete the membership form and email it to transborderministries@outlook.com.
Interested in joining us?
Benedictine Sisters of Chicago
Congregation of St. Agnes
Congregation of the Holy Faith
Congregation of the Holy Family
Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose
Dominican Sisters of San Rafael
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady of Peace
Franciscan Sisters Clinton
Franciscan Sisters Dubuque
Franciscan Sisters Little Falls MN
Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Franciscan Sisters Rochester MN
Franciscan Sisters Tiffin
Sisters of the Holy Family
Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary
Religious of Jesus and Mary
Religious of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Mexico
Sisters of Social Services
Sisters of St. Dominic Racine
Sisters of St. Joseph Chestnut Hill
Sisters of St. Joseph Orange
Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace
Sisters of St. Joseph Brentwood
Sisters of St. Louis
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dubuque
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary NY
Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary San Francisco
Sisters of the Sorrowful Mother
Society of the Holy Child Jesus
Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Franciscan Sisters of the Poor
School Sisters of Notre Dame, Central Pacific Province
Sisters of Mercy
Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity
Partnership with the Collaborative for Border Ministries
The local Collaborative for Border Ministries identifies immediate and emerging needs of the migrant community through ad hoc local working groups and prioritizes these needs. The Collaborative for Border Ministries recommends programs for support to the Strategic Planning Committee of the Transborder Coalition Board.
The Strategic Planning Committee, composed of Transborder Coalition members and Collaborative for Border Ministries members, considers, evaluates, amends proposals and recommends programs needing support to the Resources for Ministry Committee of the Transborder Coalition Board.
The Resources for Ministry Committee of The Transborder Coalition Board secures financial assistance and volunteer personnel from members, foundations, and donors. This committee is responsible for all stewardship related to fundraising.
Upon recommendation of the Strategic Planning and Resources for Ministry Committees, the Board of Directors of the Transborder Coalition approves grants to existing border ministries
The Transborder Coalition for Border Ministries
Message Center:
858-277-0309