Higher Standards for Higher Education: The Christian University and Solidarity

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Speech delivered by Dean Brackley, S.J. at the Universidad Centroamericana “José Simeón Cañas” (UCA) in San Salvador, 10 years after the murder of the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador. Brackley references the work of the UCA, and then states: “We cannot hope to photocopy the UCA in the U.S. Yet, we need to ask how we can shape our universities to respond more faithfully, anduniversitariamente, to an unjust world, in a manner analogous to what the martyrs of the UCA did.” Includes an extensive look at education for solidarity.

Author: Dean Brackley, S.J.
Source: Creighton University

Link: http://onlineministries.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/brackley.html

 

Letter to the House on H761 Commemorating the Lives and Work of the Jesuit Priests in El Salvador

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Letter written by Bishop Hubbard commending member of the House on co-sponsoring H.761 to remember the murder and commemorating the lives and work of the six Jesuit Priests, their housekeeper and her daughter in El Salvador.

Source: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Date: October 28, 2009
Link: http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/global-issues/latin-america-caribbean/el-salvador/upload/letter-to-house-from-bishop-hubbard-on-elsalvador-and-h761-2009-10-28.pdf

Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador: Twenty Years On

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Dean Brackley, S.J. shares the story of the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador.

Author: Dean Brackley, S.J.
Source: Thinking Faith

Link: http://www.thinkingfaith.org/articles/20091116_1.htm