Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options
Matt EmersonNovember 05, 2014
Members of a U.S. delegation interested in learning about the Salvadoran martyrs look at pictures in the Archbishop Romero Center at Central American University in San Salvador July 24.

To mark the 25th Anniversary of the killing of six Jesuits (and their housekeeper and her daughter) in El Salvador, Santa Clara Magazine has devoted a substantial portion of its Fall issue to remembering and commemorating the awful events of that night and the circumstances -- the Salvadoran Civil War -- surrounding them.

The issue features essays by novelist and Santa Clara professor Ron Hansen, as well as from Lucía Cerna, who was with the Jesuit community on the night of the massacre. For a generation that might not be aware of what exactly happened and the politico-theological tensions giving rise to the murders, this issue is a good place to begin learning more.  

 

Comments are automatically closed two weeks after an article's initial publication. See our comments policy for more.

The latest from america

A conversation with Father Robert Hagan, O.S.A., the prior provincial of the Augustinian Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, about the spiritual foundations of our new American pope.
JesuiticalMay 11, 2025
At first glance, it would seem that buying rosaries and listening to the pope cry out passionately against war have little to do with each other.
Sam Sawyer, S.J.May 11, 2025
On his first Sunday appearance as pope, Leo XIV made a passionate appeal for peace and an end to the armed conflicts in the world, especially in Ukraine and Gaza, and cried out, “Never again war!”
Gerard O’ConnellMay 11, 2025
At this early stage of Leo XIV’s pontificate, the text is a “must read” for Catholics. Here are three notable takeaways.
Sebastian GomesMay 10, 2025