A new book remembers Sr. Ita Ford.(Column)

National Catholic Reporter | December 15, 2006| | Copyright

In the 1980s I gave a lecture at Jesuit Regis High School in New York City, where the students are all on scholarship. I spoke about the war being waged by the Reagan administration against the alleged communists of El Salvador.

In the discussion period, three students took issue with my remarks, making it clear that they and their families agreed with the U.S. policy of assisting the Salvadoran government. The atmosphere was almost hostile until one student stood and related that his aunt, Maryknoll Sr. Ita Ford, had been murdered by agents of the government of El ...

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