Dear Friend in Christ,

Human slavery and the sex-slave trade is not something confined to the far off, poorer nations of the world – it is right under our noses here in the United States as well with thousands upon thousands of slaves in our country today. Just look at our southern border … who is behind the migration of so many ‘unaccompanied minors’ to the border? What is happening to them? This is a most tragic situation.

And then there’s the Internet. “The Internet has become the dominant tool that sex traffickers use to recruit victims, and they often recruit them on a number of very common social networking websites.” said Victor Boutros, CEO of the Human Trafficking Institute. According to the Institute’s 2020 Federal Human Trafficking Report, in active sex trafficking cases in the U.S. last year, the greater portion of online recruitment took place on Facebook. 

The report said there are currently 579 active human sex trafficking prosecutions involving more than 1,000 defendants across the country and that children accounted for 53% of identified victims and 44% were women. Based on data from 602 victims identified in the cases for whom details of their recruitment were known, the majority were targeted with a fraudulent job offer or feigned romance.

What can you do? To start with, prayer is very powerful. And the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is the most powerful of prayers. Have Masses offered “for an End to Human Trafficking and Abortion” at your parish. Make sure those Mass intentions are published in your bulletin. 

Also, please help this Miles Jesu Mission today and make a positive impact on American society. Your one-time gift or pledge of $100-a-month, $50-a-month, $25-a-month, or whatever your means allow, truly makes all the difference! In Miles Jesu we take our benefactors seriously and pray for you and your loved ones during our daily Mass, our holy hours and rosaries. This is our debt of gratitude, since the Miles Jesu Missions depend upon the Providence of God through people like you.

Please help our Miles Jesu Missions today.

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