As Father John Dear said: “Jean Donovan was a modern-day martyr, losing her life caring for the poor in the midst, until death: the martyrdom of Jean Donovan. Jean Donovan was a modern-day martyr, losing her life while caring for, A court worker flips through documents related to the murders of Ita Ford, Maura Clarke, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan, in Zacatecoluca, El Salvador. Luis Romero, APIta, Maura, Dorothy, Jean: The former missionaries murdered in El years ago. Margaret Swedish, along with Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and laywoman Jean Donovan, the Maryknoll Sisters helped children and civilians find refuge, but were later raped and murdered by military personnel. In the vestibule, I came across a bronze plaque dedicated to the memory of Jean Donovan, one of four churchwomen murdered by the Salvadoran army during that country's cruel civil war; WESTPORT Despite the tragedy of a few years ago, Jean Donovan remains a source of inspiration to the congregation of Assumption Church and beyond; Last Friday marked the th anniversary of the martyrdom of four American Catholic missionaries in El Salvador: Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and. Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, along with Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay missionary Jean Donovan, were raped and murdered by the Salvadoran military amid civil war and bloodshed in poor Catholic communities like Chalatenango intensified. Today, almost four decades after their deaths, these women are just a drop in an ocean of violence. In, four women Maryknoll Srs. Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and lay missionary Jean Donovan were victims of violence that would ultimately cost hundreds of thousands of innocent people throughout Central America. By Sister Betty Campbell. Today marks the martyrdom anniversary of four American missionaries, Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and lay volunteer Jean Donovan who were murdered by the Salvadoran military for their advocacy on behalf of refugees and refugees, Sister Sheilamarie Tobbe, OSU visited her friend and Sister Ursuline Dorothy and Mrs. Donovan in El Salvador. “John and Dorothea were strong women of the Gospel, women of Beatitude. They went to El Salvador, a country named after the Savior of the world, to teach the Good News to the poor,” said Sister Sheilamarie. On December 2, Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel and laywoman Jean Donovan will be remembered around the world on the anniversary of what many increasingly view as their martyrdom . Their spiritual calling led them that day to a shallow grave, to share the bloody and brutal story of,