Ita pro magazine9/17/2023 ![]() ![]() Repression from the military and its allied paramilitary death squads had become savage and widespread by 1980. Popular movements were being crushed by government-sponsored violence. ![]() They had friends, family members and colleagues urging them to come home.Įl Salvador had become a very dangerous place to be a missioner. “ I truly believe that I should be here, and I can’t even tell you why.… All I can share with you is that God’s palpable presence has never been more real.” – Ita Ford, M.M.Īll four women chose to stay. I almost could, except for the children.” – Jean Donovan “Several times I have decided to leave El Salvador. “ Most of us feel we would want to stay here.… We wouldn’t want to just run out on the people.” – Dorothy Kazel, O.S.U. ![]() “If we abandon them when they are suffering the cross, how can we speak credibly about the resurrection?” – Maura Clarke, M.M. ![]()
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