Monsenor Romero Remembered March 24

     Oscar Arnulfo Romero is one of the great Heroes and Saints of our world along with Ghandi, Martin Luther King, J.F.Kennedy, and Nelson Mandela.  All of them worked for Human Rights and better conditions for the poor without promoting more violence.  He was appointed Archbishop of San Salvador in 1977, and then his friend Rutilio Grande was assassinated soon after for organizing the poor.  This tragic event led Monsenor Romero to speak out loud on the injustices, repression,and death squad murders against the poor by the ruling government.  On March 24, 1980 he was assassinated in the Chapel of the Divine Providence Hospital after a sermon calling on the government soldiers to stop killing innocent people.  Later during his funeral at the National Cathedral of San Salvador the government troops fired on and bombed mourners.

     I marched in solidarity last night with my friends, the brave Salvadoran People, and people around the world who want to remember Monsenor Romero and all that he said and also did for the poor and opressed.  We want to remember that today these acts of violence and social abuse continue in our world.  Last night there was a huge full moon that only comes once every 20 or 30 years, and it lit the path of our journey to the Cathedral together while we were singing and saying out loud that Romero Lives!  JUSTICE lives!!   Peace!
     *** If you are interested, there is an excellent book,"Oscar Romero- Memories in Mosaic" by Maria Lopez Vigil published by Epica.