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DIOCESE OF SIMLA-CHANDIGARH
PASTORAL PLAN 2026–2033
All Commissions
Commission for Migrants
COMMISSION

Commission for Migrants

To welcome, protect, promote and integrate migrants, labourers and itinerant peoples as brothers and sisters in Christ.

MISSION TRAJECTORY

To ensure holistic pastoral care, protection, integration, and empowerment of migrants and their families through structured diocesan, deanery, and parish-level systems rooted in Gospel values and Catholic Social Teaching.

THE 7-YEAR ROADMAP

Programmatic Strategies

Short Term

2026-2028Foundation
  • Register 70% migrant families across parishes.
  • Create and operationalize a digital migrant database (100%).
  • Form Migrant Support Groups in at least 60% parishes.
  • Conduct awareness programs reaching ~30% migrants annually.
  • Link initial group (25%) to welfare schemes.
  • Launch Saafar Sathi App and register first 500 workers.
  • Initiate leadership training for youth & women (20% annually).
  • Start quarterly deanery gatherings and cultural events.
  • Begin legal awareness sessions and basic support structures.

Medium Term

2029-2031Consolidation
  • Increase migrant registration & database usage to near universal coverage.
  • Expand welfare linkage to 60–80% parishes.
  • Establish Diocesan Legal Help Desk and strengthen services.
  • Train and develop 50+ migrant leaders across deaneries.
  • Ensure regular leadership formation programs.
  • Strengthen community participation (liturgy, groups, events) to ~50% families.
  • Expand app usage and employment linkages.
  • Deepen parish-level structures for pastoral integration.

Long Term

2032-2033Expansion
  • Achieve full inclusion of migrants in parish and diocesan life.
  • Ensure sustained access to social protection & legal support.
  • Migrant leaders take active leadership roles in Church/community.
  • Institutionalize migrant ministry structures in all parishes.
  • Maintain fully functional digital ecosystem (database + app).
  • Promote self-reliant migrant communities with strong networks.
  • Establish long-term livelihood and social security systems.

GOALS, OBJECTIVES & KPIs

Our Pastoral Priorities

Migrant families are identified, accompanied, integrated, and supported through pastoral care, social protection, and livelihood services.

OBJECTIVE 01

Forming, Identifying and Organizing Migrants.

KPIs

  • By Dec 2026, form a 5-member team and register 70% of migrant families across all parishes.
  • By 2027, create a 100% digital migrant database and form Support Groups in 60% of parishes.
  • By Dec 2028, ensure 80% of migrants are linked with parish structures.

OBJECTIVE 02

Social Protection, Legal Support and Welfare Access.

KPIs

  • From Sept 2026, awareness programs covering 30% of migrants annually.
  • By Aug 2027, 25% of migrants linked to welfare schemes (reaching 80% parishes by 2028).
  • By March 2028, establish a Diocesan Legal Help Desk.
  • By Dec 2028, 100 migrants trained in legal awareness and social security.

OBJECTIVE 03

Leadership Development, Social Integration and Pastoral Engagement.

KPIs

  • By July 2027, train 20% of migrant youth and women annually in leadership.
  • By April 2028, form at least 50 migrant leaders across deaneries.
  • By Dec 2027, hold migrant gatherings in all deaneries (100 participants each).
  • By Dec 2028, ensure 50% of migrant families actively participate in parish life.

OBJECTIVE 04

Digital Employment Support: Saafar Sathi App.

KPIs

  • By Dec 2026, develop and launch Saafar Sathi App.
  • By June 2027, register 500 migrant workers and onboard 50 employers.
  • By Aug 2028, facilitate 200 job placements through the app.
  • By Dec 2028, ensure 60% active usage among registered users.

ACTIVITY PLAN MATRIX (2026-2028)

#1Diocese

Forming a 5 member team.

By When?By August 2026
FinanceDiocese
ResponsibleSecretary
MonitoringPastoral Coordinator
#2Parish/Deanery

Migrant Identification & Digital Registration (survey 70% of families).

By When?Aug-Dec 2026
FinanceParish/Deanery
ResponsiblePP/Deanery Coord.
MonitoringPastoral Coordinator
#3Parish

Formation of Migrant Support Groups (10–15 migrants/group).

By When?From Sept 2026
FinanceParish
ResponsiblePP/Coordinator
MonitoringSecretary
#4Mixed

Awareness and Welfare Access Programs (quarterly deanery sessions).

By When?From Oct 2026
FinanceParish
ResponsibleParish Priest
MonitoringSecretary
#5Diocese

Establishing Diocesan Migrant Cell and Legal Help Desk.

By When?From Jan 2027
FinanceDiocese
ResponsibleSecretary
MonitoringPastoral Coordinator
#6Mixed

Leadership & Community Participation Training (2 batches/year).

By When?From June 2027
FinanceDiocese
ResponsibleSecretary
MonitoringPastoral Coordinator
#7Mixed

Social Integration & Cultural Programs (gatherings and annual festival).

By When?From Aug 2027
FinanceDiocese/Deanery
ResponsibleCoord./Dean
MonitoringPastoral Coordinator
#8Parish

Pastoral Care & Church Integration (monthly visits, prayer meetings).

By When?From Sept 2026
FinanceParish
ResponsibleParish Priest
MonitoringSecretary
#9Diocese

Saafar Sathi App – Digital Employment Platform (launch and placement drives).

By When?Launch Dec 2026
FinanceDiocese
ResponsibleMigrant/Media Coord.
MonitoringSecretary
#10Mixed

Celebrating "Migrants Day" (last Sunday of September).

By When?From July 2026, Annually
FinanceMixed
ResponsibleCoordinators
MonitoringPastoral Coordinator