The Catholic Migrant Farmworker Network, in collaboration with Loyola University Chicago’s Institute of Pastoral Studies, sponsored 33 attendees from both the United States and Mexican Dioceses.

Coming together at Loyola Chicago’s Lakeshore campus, the participants and presenters participated in train-the-trainer activities in preparation for a national pastoral de conjunto network for today’s changing agricultural worker environment.

Covering a full range of topics from history of the farmworker movement to organizational tools and the formation of a new national community,

1st day: Case studies

2nd day: farmworker history

3rd day: organizational skills

4th day: best practice models, local commitments and national network building