{"id":5234,"date":"2015-05-26T15:04:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T19:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-122580-842453.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=5234"},"modified":"2015-05-26T15:04:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T19:04:56","slug":"5234-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mklm.org\/press-releases\/5234-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Oscar Romero Beatification Celebrations, Ossining NY"},"content":{"rendered":"

Media Contact: <\/b>Lucy Leety-Wheeler
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\u00a0<\/b>\u201cI Will Arise in my People\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

– Maryknoll Celebrated Beatification of Archbishop Romero with Special Events –<\/i>
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OSSINING, NY <\/b>(May 26, 2015) Maryknoll (Lay Missioners, Sisters and Fathers and Brothers) jointly held a two-day event to celebrate the beatification of Archbishop Oscar Romero, the same weekend that the Archbishop was beatified in El Salvador.
\nArchbishop Romero\u2019s commitment to social justice, which cost him his life, was of great importance to all Maryknoll missioners, both during his lifetime, as well as today. Through our combined efforts in overseas Catholic mission, Maryknoll as a whole continues to work for social justice and, like Romero, to be a voice for the poor in Latin America, as well as other nations around the world. Nine Lay Missioners currently work in mission accompanying the poor in El Salvador today.
\nArchbishop Romero holds a special place in the hearts of Maryknollers, particularly those who came to know him and draw strength from him during their service in Central America, as well as because of two Maryknoll Sisters, Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, and Lay Missioner Jean Donovan, who prepared for mission with Maryknoll, all of whom were killed because of their work with the poor in El Salvador, just months after Romero\u2019s murder.
\nThe two-day celebration at Maryknoll included:<\/p>\n