| "Embracing the Stranger: A Faith Perspective on Immigration" will be presented at Holy Family Church on Wednesday evenings beginning Jan. 12. Sponsored by the parish ministries of adult education, community services and social concerns, the talks include:
---"Immigrant Journeys: Stories
of Faith, Hope and Fear," Jan. 12, with San Gabriel Region
Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala and 2003 Pulitzer Prize winner
Sonia Nazario, Los Angeles Times staff writer.
---"Lady Liberty and the Law:
A History of U.S. Immigration and Reform Efforts," Jan. 19
with Niels Frenzen, USC Immigration Clinic director; L.A.
County Sheriff Leon D. Baca; and Antonia Hernandez, California
Community Foundation president.
 ---"Alien
Lands: Immigrant Challenges in America," Jan. 26 with
Ana Amalia Molina of Jesuit Refugee Services and author ("The
Power of Love"); Angelica Salas, executive director, Coalition
for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles; and Stewart Kwoh,
executive director, Asian Pacific American Legal
---"Reaching Out: Catholic
Responses to Migrant Needs," Feb. 2 with Claretian Father
Richard Estrada, executive director of Jovenes Inc., and Jesuit
Father Michael Kennedy, pastor of Dolores Mission Church,
Boyle Heights.
All programs begin at 7:30 p.m. and are free of charge. Holy Family Church is located at 1501 Fremont Ave., South Pasadena. For information, call (626) 799-8908.
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