Whereas in 1980. Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford were working in the parish of the Church of San Juan Bautista in Chalatenango. El Salvador. providing food. transportation. and other assistance to refugees. and Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and Cleveland Lay Mission Team Member Jean Donovan were working in the parish of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in La Libertad. El Salvador. providing assistance and support to refugees and other victims of violence. Whereas these 4 churchwomen from the United States dedicated their lives to working with the poor of El Salvador. especially women and children left homeless. displaced. and destitute by the civil war in El Salvador. Whereas these 4 churchwomen from the United States were among the more than 70.000 civilians who were murdered during the course of the civil war in El Salvador.
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