University Ministry

School of the Americas (SOA)

The SOA Trip will take place November 16-18 2007

University Ministry holds an annual Die-In event on the McNichols Campus


On November 16, 1989 at the University of Central America in El Salvador,
soldiers murdered six Jesuits, their cook and the cook's daughter

The students lying dead on the ground remember their sacrifice and seek to raise awareness of the American involvement in this massacre

 

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The soldiers that carried out these murders were trained in the United States at a school known as the
School of the Americas
(SOA)
in Columbus, GA

Every year, thousands of citizens participate in a nonviolent vigil to remember those who have died because of the
School of the Americas
training

Interested in Participating?
Contact Catherine Logan in the Ministry office at logance@udmercy.edu or 3-1560