Shaw continued. we didnt have much time to delve into the question of why two young women from Cleveland were risking their lives in El Salvador. where thousands of people have been killed in political violence this year. They knew that working with the poor as Catholic missionaries was considered subversive by the rightwing terrorists and their allies in the armed forces who are believed to have killed hundreds of men. women and children suspected of sympathizing with the left. But they persisted. sustained by their deep religious faith that the Lords work lay in feeding the children of El Salvadors poor. in caring for young mothers and in ministering to the thousands of refugees that war and violence have driven from their homes. I called Sister Bartholomew. General Superior of the Ursuline Order in Cleveland.
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