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November 16, 2014

Salvadoran division that led to Jesuit massacre still evident

Visitors look at the names of six Jesuits killed during El Salvador’s civil war in the chapel of Central American University in San Salvador. The priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were killed Nov. 16, 1989.

TORONTO - The memory of six Jesuit scholars, their housekeeper and her daughter should encompass more than the mass murders 25 years ago that sparked international outrage, said Jesuit philosophy student Kevin Kelly. 

Published in International
August 2, 2014

In El Salvador, seeing firsthand the legacy of murdered Jesuits

The clothing of the six Jesuit priests killed in El Salvador during the country's civil war are exhibited at the museum of the Central American University in San Salvador. The priests, their housekeeper and her daughter were killed at the univers ity Nov. 16, 1989, by members of an army unit during a military offensive.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Standing at the edge of the garden where six Jesuit priests were killed in 1989, Echol Nix is clear about the message he is taking home with him to the United States.

Published in International