This is an Australian song from 2022 designed for use in a Migrant and Refugee Mass. It was produced by the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office and approved by the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference, but don’t let that put you off. The words are by Don Mauro S. Gomez and the music is by Nilo G. Nucup.
There are lots resources including the sheet music and a recording of the song and a backing track on the ACMRO Google drive. This is a direct link to the sheet music.
I made my own backing anyway:
Building the Future Together
Words: Don Mauro S. Gomez
Music: Nilo G. Nucup
Composed: August 06, 2022Sisters and brothers: migrants and refugees,
together we’ll light up the peripheries
Hand in hand let our voices and dreams soar
Indifference and exclusion will be no more.Together we’ll embark on a journey
Treading a path to God’s holy city
Together we’ll build a hope-filled future
Where God’s love, joy and peace reign and prosper.
Together on a journey.Sisters and brothers: migrants and refugees,
God’s love will dispel your fears and miseries
In welcoming each and every one
We welcome in our midst, Christ who makes us one.Together on a journey
Together we’ll embark on a journey
Treading a path to God’s holy city
Together we’ll build a hope-filled future
Where God’s love, joy and peace reign and prosper
Together on a journeySisters and brothers: migrants and refugees: on a journey.
Nihil Obstat: Fr. Trenton Van Reesch
Imprimatur: Abp. Christopher Prowse
Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn
29 July 2022Produced by the Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office
Australian Catholic Bishops Conference
© August 2022