Kalamazoo, Michigan
4,465 Farmworkers Total in Michigan. Planting to harvesting season is from June to November: Vegetables, tomatoes, blueberries, strawberries, cherries and apples. The majority of workers are H-2A workers also migrant and resident farmworkers with and w/o documents. The H-2A Mexican workers have their passports confiscated by the company owners, disallowing them the freedom to leave to look for better work and pay elsewhere.
Below is a selection of photos taken at a welcoming of H2A migrant farmworker field mass with Bishop Paul Bradley of the Kalamazoo Diocese.
First Sembrador Program
We had our first Sembrador Session in Kalamazoo. View our photo gallery from the meeting below and read more about it under Programs.
Message from Bishop Bradley
Bishop Paul J. Bradley explains some of the important ministries supported by the Bishop's Annual Appeal.