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Friends of El Salvador

Dean Brackley, S.J.

Dean Brackley, S.J. - Dean Brackley is a professor of theology at the University of Central America (UCA) at San Salvador. He was sent there as one replacement for the six Jesuits murdered in 1989 by the Salvadoran military. With his longstanding experience in community organizing and social action/reflection in the South Bronx and Manhattan's Lower East Side, he continues to be actively involved in parish work and pastoral care.  Fr. Brackley’s published works include The Call to Discernment in Troubled Times: New Perspectives on the Transformative Wisdom of Ignatius Loyola (Crossroad, 2004); and Divine Revolution: Salvation and Liberation in Catholic Thought (Orbis Books, 1996), as well as the article "Higher Standards for Higher Education: The Christian University and Solidarity".

Dean Brackley explains why 700 Salvadorans leave their country each day to emigrate to the north. 

Dean Brackley discusses the 20th anniversary of the deaths of the Jesuit martyrs and their companions.

Rodolfo Cardenal, S.J.

Rodolfo Cardenal, S.J. - Currently conducting academic research in Nicaragua, Fr. Rodolfo Cardenal is the former Vice Rector of the University of Central America (UCA) in San Salvador.  Fr. Cardenal lived with the six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her fifteen year-old daughter who were brutally murdered in November, 1989, at the UCA.  Fr. Cardenal shared his reflections with over 400 members of the University Community on October 28, 2009, on the legacy of the martyrs lives, and those of thousands of others murdered in El Salvador during their Civil War. 

Fr. Cardenal has written many books and articles on the living conditions of El Salvador and its martyrs, including Archbishop Oscar Romero, who was assassinated in March, 1980.  He frequently gives interviews and is invited to speak internationally about issues facing El Salvador and Central America in general.

Recommended Books

  • Enrique's Journey, by Sonia Nazario
  • Paying the Price: Ignacio Ellacuria and the Murdered Jesuits of El Salvador, by Teresa Whitfield
  • Archbishop Romero: Martyr and Prophet for the New Millenium, by Robert Pelton
  • A Breach of Impunity: The Trial for the Murders of Jesuits in El Salvador, by International Commission of Jurists
  • Jesuit Saints & Martyrs, by Joseph N. Tylenda
  • Witnesses to the Kingdom: The Martyrs of El Salvador and the Crucified Peoples, by Jon Sobrino
  • Here I am Lord: The Letters and Writings of Ita Ford, by Jeanne Evans and Ita Ford
  • Death Foretold, by Martha Doggett
  • Companions of Jesus: the Jesuit Martyrs of El Salvador, by Jon Sobrino, Ignacio Ellacuria, and others
  • Oscar Romero: Reflections on His Life and Writings, by Marie Dennis, Renny Golden, and Scott Wright

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