Following the massacre of the Jesuit community at the Central American University in San Salvador in 1989, Dean Brackley, Jesuit from Fordham, volunteered to take their place. Aside from teaching and parish work he welcomed countless American college students on immersion trips.
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He considered this vital to building a culture of solidarity. As visitors begin to see themselves reflected in the eyes of their poor hosts, “the ground begins to shift under their feet. It is the Spirit nudging them to take up their deepest vocation in life.”
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“Have the courage to lose control, to feel useless, to listen, to receive...to let your heart be broken, to feel, to fall in love. Have the courage to get ruined for life. Have the courage to make a friend.” Dean Brackley SJ died of pancreatic cancer, 10/16 2011.
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I read the history of Jesuits and how they were used in colonization of the Raramuri in Mexico. Let's just say history has two sides like a coin.
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I miss Dean immensely. Thank you for posting this. He was an amazing, humble, passionate, and grace-filled person.
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I spent 2 days some years ago interviewing Fr Brackley in San Salvador about his role in the aftermath of the murders of the Jesuits. Besides being an indispensable interview subject, he was also warm, inviting, and disarmingly candid. It was my honor and privilege to know him.
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
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