A year ago today, UTS students, staff, faculty, and friends were marching with thousands of people from around the world to remember Monsignor Romero and the Christ-like sacrificial love he offered to the suffering Salvadorans. On March 24, 1980, Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated while giving mass and his life and work are still very [...]
Posts Tagged ‘solidarity’
31st Anniversary of Archbishop Romero’s Assassination
Posted in El Salvador 2010, tagged el salvador, funes, liberation theology, obama, romero, solidarity on 03.24.2011 | 2 Comments »
Chiapas Day 06—Visiting Oventic and the Zapatistas
Posted in Chiapas 2010, tagged Magdalenas, Oventic, solidarity, Zapatistas on 06.22.2010 | 1 Comment »
What We Were Given by Cathy Pino Hello, friends! Thanks for joining us as we live and learn in Chiapas during this study trip. We are grateful for your partnership, your comments on our postings, and your presence in our lives. As we get to know each other and our hosts here in San Cristobal [...]
Why Chiapas, Anyway?
Posted in Chiapas 2010, tagged Mayans, NAFTA, oppression, solidarity, witness, Zapatista on 06.13.2010 | 2 Comments »
I went and had dinner at my grandparents’ home the other night, having called them up to say that it would be nice to see them before I left for Mexico on Monday. “I just don’t understand why you people feel the need to go flying all over the world looking for people to help,” [...]
El Salvador Day 07 – A March, Some Pottery, a Nun, and Karaoke
Posted in El Salvador 2010, tagged ALBA, chicken nuggets, damian alegria, eminem, hat, Honduras, karaoke, march, massacre, romero, sister peggy, solidarity, tomb, virginity, Xavier University on 03.25.2010 | 3 Comments »
Update: I’ve added photos so take a look! Today was yet another full day yet I must be brief if I’m to have any energy left for our final day in El Salvador tomorrow. So much has happened here and it’s hard to believe Thursday is our final full day before we pack up and [...]
