Maryknoll Sisters to honor 4 missionaries killed in El Salvador [View all]
Maryknoll Sisters to honor 4 missionaries killed in El Salvador
Matt Coyne, mcoyne@lohud.com 6:06 a.m. EST November 20, 2015
The four missionaries were killed Dec. 2, 1980
OSSINING - The Maryknoll Sisters are set to honor four women — two of their own — killed 35 years ago during El Salvador's brutal civil war.
The Catholic missionary group will hold a Mass on Nov. 29 and a prayer service Dec. 2 for Maryknoll sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missioner Jean Donovan, who were killed Dec. 2, 1980. The Mass will be live streamed at maryknollsisters.org/livestream.
Ford, Clark, Kazel and Donovan were killed on a roadside and buried in a shallow grave, just four of the thousands killed, wounded or displaced during the 12-year war between leftist guerrillas and El Salvador's military-lead government.
The two celebrations are part of a five-week long celebration of the four women, which includes social media remembrances posted on Twitter and Facebook.
http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/westchester/ossining/2015/11/20/maryknoll-salvador-civil-war/76067718/
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