Amy Ketner

Amy Ketner serves as co-director of leadership development at Strangers No Longer, a Michigan-based grassroots network of Catholic parishes, schools and congregations welcoming immigrants as neighbors.

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"We Can't Breathe" panelists address about 45 attendees at the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary motherhouse, July 25 in Monroe, Michigan. Pictured, left to right, are Alexander Rabin, Ginny King, Alex Steinmiller and Heather Boone. (Amy Ketner)

Michigan event backs EPA pollution limits, decries health impacts of systemic racism

On another smoky day in Monroe, Michigan, a panel of Catholic religious, a Christian pastor and a University of Michigan pulmonary clinician stressed the need for proposed changes to national greenhouse gas standards.

Panelists engage the room in conversation during the March 21 event titled "Detroit's Dirty Air: A Moral Response" at Gesu Catholic Church in Detroit. Panelists, from left, are Dominican Sr. Ellen Burkhardt, Jesuit Fr. Lorn Snow, U.S. Congressman Shri Thanedar and Laprisha Berry Daniels. (Amy Ketner)

Detroit Catholics, congressman urge EPA to save lives with soot pollution rules

At Gesu Catholic Church, a conversation on proposed changes to national soot pollution allowance standards highlighted the impact of pollution on Detroiters and the moral call for Catholic leaders to address the issue.

In 2014 in Santiago, Chile, student Elvis played the role of Jesus in Colegio San Alberto's re-enactment of the Last Supper. (Amy Ketner)

Helping immigrants build a haven amid fear and anger

Perspective: I wanted Elvis and Daris to know the unconditional love of a welcoming, adoptive family. I longed for them, as immigrants and outsiders, to find acceptance in the Catholic community, as I had many times before.

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