When
Monday, January 14, 2019 at 1:00 PM EST-to-
Friday, January 25, 2019 at 1:00 PM EST
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Where
Guatemala and El SalvadorAnnual Pilgrimage Retreat to Central America
This immersion experience is reserved for clergy and takes place January 14 - 25, 2019
Walk with us in the footsteps of modern-day martyrs to El Salvador and Guatemala! For almost 20 years, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers have been accompanying clergy on a pilgrimage to El Salvador and Guatemala to visit the Shrines of Central American Martyrs. This pilgrimage offers a special opportunity to know better and celebrate the sacrifices these martyrs made.
During the pilgrimage we will:
- Visit Santiago Atitlan in Guatemala where Oklahoma Diocesan priest, Blessed Fr. Stan Rother gave his life for his Mayan Indian parishioners.
- Pray at the tomb of Saint Oscar Romero in El Salvador.
- Journey to the site where the Sisters and Laywoman were murdered.
Read what the new bishop of Alexandria, MS, Bishop David Talley, said about his experience on the pilgrimage:
"Several years ago, I had the experience of a lifetime, as I participated in the Pilgrimage/Retreat to Central America, sponsored by Maryknoll. On this pilgrimage, you will walk in the footsteps of the modern day martyrs. You will pray with disciples of the Lord that worked with Saint Oscar Romero. You will visit the chapel where the Saint was martyred, on 24 March 1981. You will visit the Cathedral in El Salvador and pray at his grave. You will visit the site where sisters and a laywoman were murdered in 1980. Their crime? Loving the poor as Jesus calls us to do, and speaking out in the cause of justice. You will visit the University of Central America where six Jesuits, their housekeeper and her daughter were murdered[...] Please know how strongly I urge priests and deacons to participate: this pilgrimage moved my heart profoundly and the fruits of that Pilgrimage experience continue to inform my life."
