The warrior priest: the story of Father Roy Bourgeois and the School of the Americas
A biography of a Maryknoll priest whose missionary service in Latin America led him to fight to close down The School of the Americas, a Georgia facility that provided combat training to foreign soldiers
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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[Evanston, Ill]
John Gordon Burke Publisher, Inc.
[2002]
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| In: | Year: 2002 |
| Series/Journal: | Contemporary profiles and policy series for the younger reader
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| Further subjects: | B
Bourgeois, Roy (1938-)
B Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America Biography Juvenile literature |
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| Summary: | A biography of a Maryknoll priest whose missionary service in Latin America led him to fight to close down The School of the Americas, a Georgia facility that provided combat training to foreign soldiers A small-town Cajun boy -- The war changes the warrior -- Roy studies for the priesthood -- Persona non grata -- The murder of Archbishop Romero -- "I can't shut up!" -- "This is for you, brother!" -- The School of the Americas -- The war in El Salvador continues -- The torture of Sister Diana Ortiz and the killing of Jesuit priests -- Priests don't belong in politics -- Congress hears the message -- The best human rights training in the world -- What was being taught at The School of the Americas? -- The protest swells -- Shaking the dust off his feet -- The call -- Prison is a lonely place -- Poking the beehive -- A bigger protest than ever before -- Fighting drugs -- "We will not stop |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0934272697 |