Sembrador Program

Phase I

Called to Serve

  • Objective

    • Respect for the men and woman who work in agriculture

    • Understand the labor conditions

    • Self-understanding of the participants who accompany farmworkers

  • Duration

    • Four half-day sessions at bi-weekly or monthly intervals before the agriculture season

  • Curriculum

    • Session 1

      • Integrating Spirituality with Encounter & Service

    • Session 2

      • Significance of accompaniment

    • Session 3

      • Visiting, listening and dialoguing with farmworker families

    • Session 4

      • Professional input on labor right, health issues, resources and organizational tools for migrant camp visits.

Phase II

Missionary Discipleship

  • Objective

    • Leadership Formation & Mission

  • Duration

    • 5 half-day sessions at monthly or bi-monthly intervals

  • Curriculum

    • U.S. migrant farmworker history and Church relations

    • Biblical theology and Catholic Social teaching

    • Pastoral de Conjunto, social analysis & discernment

    • Accompaniment: a two-way relationship

    • Resource Knowledge: social, medical, legal and Sacramental Services

Phase III

Go & Bear Fruit

  • Objective

    • Farmworker Mission Responsibility

  • Duration

    • 4 half-day sessions at monthly or bi-monthly intervals

  • Curriculum

    • Significance of “Go & Bear Fruit” Mission

    • Farmworker testimonials: Path to accompaniment

    • Human development, self-knowledge, listening & communication skills

    • Strategic Planning: Matting worker locations, visits, Sacramental & social activities, Parish involvement

“It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.” John 15:16