Saint Louis University to Host Event Honoring UCA Martyrs of El Salvador
Maggie Rotermund
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ST. LOUIS - Saint Louis University, in collaboration with the Immigration Task Force of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, the Central and Southern Province of the Society of Jesus and St. Francis Xavier College Church, will host “What is a Jesuit University For? Remembering the UCA Martyrs of El Salvador.”
The event will be held on Monday, Nov. 16, the 37th anniversary of the killing of six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter at the University of Central America (UCA), El Salvador's Jesuit community.
Ignacio Ellacuría, S.J., Ignacio Martín-Baró, S.J., Segundo Montes, S.J., Juan Ramón Moreno, S.J., Joaquín López y López, S.J., Amando López, S.J. and their housekeeper Elba Ramos and her 15 year-old daughter Celina Ramos were murdered at the University of Central America (UCA) in San Salvador, El Salvador on Nov. 16, 1989.
“What is a Jesuit University For? Remembering the UCA Martyrs of El Salvador” will feature a presentation by Amparo Marroquin, Ph.D., UCA’s vice president of social projection, followed by a panel response of community members from SLU and the Jesuit community, concluding with a brief prayer service in memoriam of the martyrs.
The panel discussion will include Ellen Barnidge, Ph.D., interim vice president of research at SLU; Donna LaVoie, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts & Sciences; and Tim McMahon, S.J., rector of the Jesuit Center at Saint Louis University.
The event will begin in the Carlo Auditorium of Tegeler Hall (adjacent to College Church, across Grand Boulevard. Following the panel, those in attendance will process to St. Francis Xavier College Church for a prayer service.
The event is free and open to the public.
Event Details
- 3:30 p.m. - Presentation from UCA
- 4:30 p.m. - Panel Response
- 5 p.m. - Rose procession in commemoration of the martyrs
- 5:30 p.m. - Prayer Service