A New Shrine at the University of San Francisco Honors the Jesuit Martyrs

A New Shrine at the University of San Francisco Honors the Jesuit Martyrs

https://jesuits.org/news-detail?TN=NEWS-20200120112028USA

February 10, 2020 — To mark the 30th anniversary of the assassination of six Jesuit priests and their two lay companions in El Salvador, the University of San Francisco erected a new memorial on campus.





The UCA Martyr Memorial honors the Jesuit priests, along with their housekeeper and her daughter, who were murdered on November 16, 1989, at the University of Central America by the Salvadoran military.
Fr. Donal Godfrey, SJ, associate director for faculty and staff spirituality at USF, explained that the Jesuits had spoken against the kidnapping, torture and murder of civilians, many of them poor, at the hands of El Salvador’s military regime during the country’s civil war. Because the Jesuits spoke up, they were targeted as enemies.
“With this memorial, we honor the martyrs in El Salvador, and we reaffirm our Jesuit mission to struggle against injustice and seek the truth,” said Fr. Godfrey.

From The Smithsonian:  Fantastic Photographs here of Marytrs:

Meet the Fantastically Bejeweled Skeletons of Catholicism’s Forgotten Martyrs:

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meet-the-fantastically-bejeweled-skeletons-of-catholicisms-forgotten-martyrs-284882/?no-ist

 

Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs - New York

The Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs is located in the town of Amsterdam or Fultonville or Auriesville, New York.  This is a little confusing but one should call the shrine before visiting to be certain you go to the right place!
The website has the town of Auriesville in it's name.  The address is:
  
136 Shrine Road
Amsterdam, New York  12010
Phone:  (518) 853-3033

 
Father Belgarde, Shrine Director

director@martyrshrine.org 

Tour Information:


 Melissa Hansen:  Phone: (518) 853-3033 Ext. 22
melissa.hansen@martyrshrine.org 


Directions:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shrine+of+Our+Lady+of+Martyrs/@42.925621,-74.302359,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb83caa557c1f39d2

The Shrine was founded in 1885 and was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title of “Our Lady of Martyrs”.  The Shrine has 4 Saints that have lived on these Holy Grounds and have “walked” the very grounds that we can walk on today. The entire 400-acre Shrine Campus is one of the most Holy sites in the world.  Can you imagine – walking on the same Holy Grounds that our Jesuit Saints and Saint Kateri walked?

 

Saint Kateri

The Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs has a unique collection of Sacred Art spanning several century's and from all over the world.

The website for the shrine: 

http://auriesvilleshrine.com

Mass Schedule

Sundays: 9a.m. & 11a.m. & 4p.m. 
Saturdays: 4p.m. Vigil Mass 
Weekdays: 11:00a.m. & 4p.m.  Saint Kateri Mass: Wednesdays 4p.m.
All masses are held in the Coliseum.

Snacks and Drinks can be purchased at the Visitors Center.

Gift Shop Hours:
 
Monday-Friday 10a.m. – 4:00p.m. 
Saturdays-Sunday: l0a.m. – 5:00p.m.