“The Holy Family had to face concrete problems like every other family, like so many of our migrant brothers and sisters who, today too, risk their lies to escape misfortune and hunger.” Pope Francis, Patris Corde, 2020
A Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants is set aside each year to fall as close as possible to World Refugee Day on 20 June. Caritas prepares resources for this day on behalf of the New Zealand Catholic Bishops Conference.
In 2021, the Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants falls on 20 June, the twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time.