Santa Clara University

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• November 3 | Panel Discussion for Students

  Faculty, staff and alumni reflected on the martyrs' legacy and its effect on their lives, personally and professionally.  A reception for students followed.
  
  

  Betsy (Elizabeth) Purner, Moderator -  introduced the program and its participants and moderate the panel.
  Juan Velasco, Presenter - gave a brief overview of the history of the war in El Salvador, which was the setting for the 1989 assassinations at the UCA in San Salvador.
  The panelists were:
  Austin Woody - SCU alum and an El Salvador immersion trip participant
  Kathy Potter - SCU staff member and an El Salvador immersion alum
  Diane Jonte-Pace - SCU faculty/Vice-Provost and an El Salvador immersion alum
  Patrick Schweiger - SCU student and an alum of the Casa Program in El Salvador.

  To listen to a Podcast of this panel click here.

• November 4 | The University as an Instrument of Consolation

  A Faculty Colloquium
  

  Keynote speaker J. Matthew Ashley, Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, University of  Notre Dame, addressed The University as an Instrument of Consolation  focusing on of the thought of Ignacio Ellacuria, S.J., rector of the Jesuit University of Central America (UCA) when he and his fellow UCA Jesuits were assassinated.

  University President, Michael Engh, S.J. - was the panel Moderator
  Panel respondents were:
  Jon Sobrino, S.J.
  Kevin Burke, S.J.
  Robert Lassalle-Klein
  Kristin Heyer

  To read Matthew Ashley's paper click here.

  To listen to a Podcast of this colloquium click here.

• November 5 | Lecture by Jon Sobrino, S.J. - The Challenge of the Salvadoran Martyrs

  
  
  

  It was 20 years to the day since Jesuit priest Jon Sobrino narrowly escaped being murdered by a government death squad alongside eight others, and he asks now: What have we learned since this atrocity? Sobrino spoke on the lessons of martyrs around the globe—including those who actively chose their roles and those that became martyrs unwillingly. A leading liberation theologian, Sobrino has devoted his life to helping the poor and oppressed.

  This lecture was preceded by a presentation to Fr. Sobrino of the St. Clare Medal by University President, Michael Engh, S.J.

  This lecture was a part of the annual President's Speaker Series.
  

  To listen to a Podcast of this lecture click here.

  To read Fr. Sobrino's lecture click here.
  

• November 5 | Choral Composition, Plegaria de Liberación

  Jon Sobrino's lecture was preceded by a choral composition, Plegaria de Liberación (Prayer of Liberation), commissioned for the occasion and composed by student Sally Lynn Mitchell '11.

  To listen to a Podcast of this choral presentation click here.