More Reflection on Romero...from our community

I remember my first trip to El Salvador about 25 years ago.  Archbishop Romero had just been killed a few years before, and his memory was still felt strongly by those we visited in our sister parish there.  I remember viewing his tomb and the chapel where he was killed, being moved to tears by his sacrifice for his people.  We also visited the site where his friend and fellow priest, Rutilio Grande, had been killed.  It was his death that moved Romero to change and confront the political leaders and military about their actions.   Being at the actual sites of so much killing, not only of these men, but of so many campesinos in El Salvador, changed my life, too.  I still feel committed to working in solidarity with the poor in Central America because of this.

by Rosemary Smith