On August 1-4, 2008, the First Continental Seminar of Justice and Peace on the problems of our migrant brothers and sisters took place in the Casa del Migrante, which is under the care of the Province of Santiago de Mexico of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Mexico.

Forty-two Dominican sisters from sixteen congregations, twenty friars from six provinces and six Dominican laity, representing twelve countries: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Honduras, Italy, United States, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The objectives of the seminar were to strengthen mutual understanding, sister and brotherhood and solidarity among Dominicans of North and South America working on Justice and Peace, especially in pastoral and social service among immigrants; conduct and analyze the political, economic, social and ecclesial situation on the continent regarding immigration; and elaborate a strategic plan for short, medium and long range action so that Dominicans from North and South America are in solidarity with people forced to migrate because of internal violence and poverty in order to survive personally and as families. For this reason the seminar followed the pastoral methodology of see, judge and act from the Church of Latin America and the Caribbean.