On the feast day of St Josephine Bakhita (8 February), the patron saint of victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, is the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking.
This day was designated by Pope Francis in 2015 “following a request from Talitha Kum, the worldwide Network of Consecrated Life Against Human Trafficking.” (ACRATH) You can learn more about Talitha Kum (which includes 762 religious congregations in 97 countries) here.
ACRATH (Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans) shares more information about this day and St Josephine Bakhita here.
ACRATH representative, Annette Arnold rsj, shares resources below and ways to join in this Day of Prayer and Awareness.