Thursday,
November 30, 2000
11:30
a.m.
Skutt
Student Center - Ballroom Center
View
the documentary
"Roses
in December"
(approximately
50 min.),
followed
by discussion/comments
for those
who can stay.
A light
lunch will be served at no cost.
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Come for
all or any part of the program you can attend.
Roses
in December:
"On December 2, 1980
lay missioner Jean Donovan and three American nuns were brutally murdered
by members of El Salvador's security force. With compassion and sensitivity,
the film chronicles Jean's brief life from her affluent childhood in Connecticut,
to her decision to volunteer with Maryknolls in El Salvador, to her tragic
death. This award winning work is both an eloquent memorial to the commitment
of this courageous young woman and a powerful indictment of U.S. foreign
policy in Central America."
Jean Donovan |
Sr. Ita Ford |
Sr. Maura Clark |
Sr. Dorothy Kazel |
Learn more about the Churchwomen
killed in El Salvador in 1980 on these links:
A
Timeline History of El Salvador
A brief overview of the U.S.
involvement in El Salvador from 1883 to the present.
Religious
Task Force on Central America
A web site that provides biographies
of each of the four women as well as details on other American martyrs
in El Salvador such as Oscar Romero and the six Jesuits, the cook and her
daughter.
Maryknoll
Sisters Web site
Both Ita Ford and Maura Clark
were Maryknoll Sisters and their community web site includes background
on the four women as well as information on the Memorial Service in their
memory set for December 2, 2000.
Ursuline
Sisters of Cleveland
An in-depth look at the life
of Dorothy Kazel, who was an Ursuline sister and one of the four
Churchwomen martyred in El Salvador in 1980.
Mission
to El Salvador
A history of the Catholic Diocese
of Cleveland's longstanding commitment to its mission in El Salvador, and
the four US churchwomen who were part of that program.
Lawyers
Committee for Human Rights
Link to the legal summary of
the investigation and trials about these murders.
USA
Today: "Salvadoran: Officers Wanted Women Slain"
A headline summary of a story
from October 21, 2000.
Naples
Daily News: "Ex-Salvadoran Generals Face Palm Beach Trial for Nuns'
Deaths
Story from October 9, 2000 of
trial for Salvadoran Generals.
The
London Guardian: "Families of Slain Nuns in Court"
Story from October 8, 2000.
America
Magazine:"Salvadoran Prelate Asks Pardon for U.S. Churchwomen's Killers"
Link to May 6, 2000 story.
Topeka
Capitol-Journal: "Judge Orders 3 Convicted of Killing Nuns to be Freed"
Link to June 25, 1998 story
on release of accused Salvadoran murderers.
Seattle
Times: "Killers of four Americans to be freed"
News story from April 23, 1998
on the expected release of accused Salvadoran murderers.
New
York Times: "Salvadorans Who Slew American Nuns Now Say They Had Orders"
Link to a 1998 story.
National
Catholic Reporter: "Finding Peace in the Wake of Aunt's Death"
A 1996 story about the niece
of St. Ita Ford and the impact the murders had on her family.
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