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PaulistApril, 2009
Paulist Center Missionary: El Salvador!
Inside this issue:
“Romero vive, la lucha sigue!”
Romero lives, the struggle continues.
In some
ways, the situation in El Salvador is better than
twenty years ago.
The civil war has ended;
whole parts of San Salvador are not under siege,
and for the...
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CENTERED PaulistApril, 2009 Paulist Center Missionary: El Salvador! Inside this issue: “Romero vive, la lucha sigue!” Romero lives, the struggle continues. In some ways, the situation in El Salvador is better than twenty years ago. The civil war has ended; whole parts of San Salvador are not under siege, and for the first time in the country’s history, a progressive president is in office. But still, the shanty towns exist. Health care continues to be far out of reach for the majority. Community leaders who oppose gold mining in the rural areas are being assassinated. Gang violence and theft abound, and El Salvador has the highest murder rate in the Western Hemisphere (about 12 murders a day), and one of the highest in the world,. Some people are still hungry or at least struggle to provide food for their families. The danger is now more clandestine, and not ‘in-your-face’ as during the war; one can no longer assume they are in a safe area just beca
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PaulistDecember, 2009
Welcome to the second edition of Centered Online Magazine, a Paulist Center Community
gathering of thoughts, reflections, stories and news. There are nine different writers who contributed to the magazine for this December publication. They have written of their experience,thoughts and insights. Some...
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CENTERED PaulistDecember, 2009 Welcome to the second edition of Centered Online Magazine, a Paulist Center Community gathering of thoughts, reflections, stories and news. There are nine different writers who contributed to the magazine for this December publication. They have written of their experience,thoughts and insights. Some are amazingly personal, and we are privileged to share in the journeys of sisters and brothers, seekers with fellow seekers.
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