People hold pictures of four American churchwomen during a Dec. 2 memorial service to commemorate the 35th anniversary of their murder in the town of Santiago Nonualco, El Salvador. Members of Catholic and human rights organizations participated in a memorial at the place where four U.S. churchwomen, lay missioner Jean Donovan, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clark and Ita Ford, were killed by members of the Salvadoran National Guard during the civil war. (CNS photo / Jose Cabezas, Reuters)
by GSR Staff
"Today, the mission of the church, as it was then, is to speak out on poverty. The four women were doing that with the people suffering then, as we sisters are today."
- Mercy Sr. Sr. Karen Donahue, from 1980-2015: Memory of El Salvador's church martyrs lives on published on Global Sisters Report to mark the 35th anniversary of the slaying of Jean Donovan and Ursuline Sr. Dorotny Kazel and Maryknoll Srs. Maura Clarke and Ita Ford