Remembering the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador

On November 16, 1989 at the University of Central America (UCA) in El Salvador, six Jesuits and two laywomen were murdered by the Salvadoran military.  Because these Jesuits stood for a different type of society and a Church of the poor, they lost their lives.  We remember these victims prayerfully and we continue to oppose the U.S. training of commandos who continue to commit such atrocities.  That is why we support the efforts of those who want to close the School of the Americas at Fort Benning.  Click here to read a brief, informative article written in 2009 by Dean Brackley, SJ, one of the Jesuits who volunteered to minister at the UCA after the killings.