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1,600+ Remember Murdered Jesuits During Opening Night of Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Christopher Kerr | 216-410-7351 | [email protected] MURDERED JESUITS REMEMBERED DURING OPENING NIGHT OF IGNATIAN FAMILY TEACH-IN FOR JUSTICE Crowd of 1,600+ Continues Preparations for Human Rights…

“Blood in the Backyard” National Premiere at Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2014

WASHINGTON, DC - This year’s Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice will feature the national premiere of “Blood in the Backyard,” a documentary depicting the 1989 murders and subsequent legacy of the Jesuit martyrs and their companions in El Salvador. The documentary is produced and directed by Loyola Productions, a Los Angeles-based, nonprofit creative media company that builds on the more than 450-year-old Jesuit tradition of effective involvement in the communication arts. The documentary includes interviews with U.S. Representative Jim McGovern, former U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador William Walker, liberation theologian Jon Sobrino, S.J., and Chema Tojeira, S.J., Jesuit provincial in Central America at the time of the Salvadoran muders. Over 1,300 individuals affiliated with Jesuit institutions and the larger Catholic Church will converge at the Teach-In, November 15-17 in Washington, D.C. to experience "Blood in the Backyard," which will be shown at approximately at 9 PM on Saturday, November 15.
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Jesuits Murdered in El Salvador To Be Commemorated at 17th Annual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice

Over 1,500 individuals affiliated with Jesuit institutions and the larger Catholic Church will converge at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice (IFTJ), November 15-17 in Washington, D.C. The 17th annual Teach-In will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the murders of six Jesuit priests, killed in El Salvador on November 16, 1989, by Salvadoran military for their defense of the economically poor.