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Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer supports Dreamers in June 19 statement

In a 5-4 decision on June 18, the Supreme Court ruled against efforts by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., issued a statement of encouragement for DACA recipients, often referred to as “Dreamers.”

• A quarter century after 9/11: Remembering, grieving and hoping

  

  By ARCHBISHOP GREGORY J. HARTMAYER, OFM Conv. 
  Published September 9, 2026

  This September marks 25 years since the morning the sky over three American cities filled with smoke, and the world as we knew it changed in the span of an hour.

• Franciscans mark 600 years as guardians of Christendom’s most sacred sites

  

  By JULIE ASHER, Catholic News Service
  Published February 12, 2021

  The Franciscans trace their presence in the Holy Land to 1217 when St. Francis of Assisi founded the Province of the Holy Land, a custodian priory of the order he founded in 1209–formally called the Order of Friars Minor.

• A word from Archbishop Hartmayer 

  Published June 11, 2020

  In a joint statement, the Conventual Franciscan Friars across the United States “pledge ourselves to prayer and witness in actions of solidarity for the ending of racial injustice and for peace on our streets.”