Tom Krettek, S.J. will summarize this article, written by , John W. Padberg, S.J. It  reviews key pronouncements of Jesuit General Congregations 32 and 34 and their impact on Jesuits personally and on the world around them.  Padberg notes “faith doing justice,” an outcome of GC 32, changed the course of the Jesuits worldwide.  Fr. Padberg believes that it led to much of the current Jesuit activity with the poor. He also believes it led to the deaths of the martyrs at the UCA in El Salvador. 

Member of the Society of Jesus. A teacher of Philosophy at CU for past 11 years, he spent one  and one-half  years in Nairobi teaching Philosophy before coming to CU.  Has held a number of formation positions within the Society of Jesus and was Procurator for the Wisconsin Province at this fall's Procurators Congregation in Rome.

Ken Reed-Bouley will summarize a compelling chronology by American Jesuit Dean Brackley, S.J. It details the assassinations of the UCA martyrs, including the days before and after the killings.  In the article, personal stories are intermingled with political details.  Brackley writes that the deaths had an impact both in the US and in El Salvador.  It ends on a note of hope for reform and compassion for the Salvadorans.

Born and raised in Woburn, MA. Taught at Hales Franciscan, a small, all-male, all-Black Catholic high school on Chicago’s South Side. Spent 7 years in Ministry at Loyola Chicago. Last Spring led a group of Loyola students on week-long immersion experience in El Salvador, with special emphasis on the Jesuit university, UCA in San Salvador.