H’s Story: Immigration Hearing (accompaniment story)
IWC Accompaniment volunteers Katie & Kelly with clients outside the immigration court. H., the woman in the black top, had just won her merits hearing. H. is a young Guatemalan woman…
K.’s Story: An ICE Accompaniment
K.’s attorney shared this photo of everyone who showed up to support K. Ann reached out to IWC because she was bringing her friend K. from Austin to an ICE…
HIGHLIGHT: IWC HOSPITALITY PROGRAM
The IWC Hospitality program served 29 people in May 2025. Here is just one family’s story. A mother got ill and fainted at the detention center. She was taken to the hospital.…
IWC BOOK ‘TRAVELING MERCIES’ GETS MORE NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE
Volunteers with the Interfaith Welcome Coalition help migrants released from immigration detention and dropped off at the Greyhound Bus station in downtown San Antonio, Friday, April 22, 2022. (Photo Credit: Jerry…
“TRAVELING MERCIES” FEATURED ON “THE SOUCE: LIVE”
Whew! We made it through the recording session! Front row: Michelle Rumbaut, Robin Raquet, Katie Myers, Sr. Denise La Rock. Back Row: David Martin Davies, Mary Grace Ketner, Jonathan Ryan, Dawn…
AUTHOR READING OF ‘ TRAVELING MERCIES’ HELD AT THE TWIG BOOK SHOP
Terry Burton reads a story from Traveling Mercies at The Twig Bookshop. (Photo Credit: Robin Raquet) On Tuesday, January 28, five Traveling Mercies authors read their moving, personal stories of encounters with…
“TRAVELING MERCIES” AUTHORS TO READ AT THE TWIG BOOKSHOP
Update, Due to inclement weather the event has moved to January 28, 2024. Mary Grace Ketner, IWC volunteer and editor of Traveling Mercies: Encounters with Asylum Seekers – as well as…
A HUG SO STRONG
(Note: This isn’t the exact knapsack noted in the story) By Brenda Neal Each day I spent at the Greyhound Station in San Antonio had its own story, but one…
Traveling Mercies: Encounters With Asylum Seekers released on Amazon
Traveling Mercies: Encounters with Asylum Seekers is available on paperback and Kindle. Traveling Mercies by Interfaith Welcome Coalition(Author), Mary Grace Ketner(Editor), which features 31 authors and 71 stories of their encounters…
10TH ANNIVERSARY – BE INSPIRED BY IMMIGRANT AND VOLUNTEER STORIES (Coming Soon)
As part of the IWC 10th Anniversary Celebration, IWC will be publishing a book of 70+ stories tentatively titled, Traveling Mercies: Encounters with Asylum Seekers in San Antonio. The stories…