Martyrs of El Salvador: Hoping for Some Pale Reflection of Their Inspiration
I hope that anybody who looks at my life’s work will discern some pale reflection of the inspiration of the martyrs of El Salvador.
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Jesuit Martyrs: I thought my heart had barely anything to give
Visiting the UCA Memorial Rose Garden was one of the last things we did the day before leaving San Salvador. It was in March that I went to El Salvador on Alternative Spring Break with a group of students from St. Mary’s Student Parish at the University of Michigan. After hearing all of the stories of tragedy, massacre, and heartbreak from that week, I thought my heart had barely anything left to give.
Lent: Breaking the Bonds of a Throwaway Culture
“Are we a throwaway culture?” Pope Francis calls our generation to consider this question as we, a united body of brothers and sisters in Christ, reflect upon the extreme issue of United States’ Immigration Reform as a human rights issue and call into question how we are currently administering to those thrown into the societal margins of inequality.
