Sister Dorothy Hennessey is a Roman Catholic religious sister and activist. She is from Ryan, Iowa and lives at a Dominican religious center in Dubuque, Iowa. She is most widely known for protests at Fort Benning, Georgia, home of the Army's School of the Americas, a facility for training Latin American soldiers. Dorothy Hennessey, along with her natural sister, Sister Gwen Hennessey were both arrested and convicted to six months in jail for their protest in 2001. The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ... Ryan is a city located in Delaware County, Iowa. ... Nickname: The Key City, City of Five Flags, Masterpiece on the Mississippi Location in the State of Iowa Coordinates: Country United States State Iowa County Dubuque Incorporated 1833 Government  - Type Council-Manager  - Mayor Roy D. Buol  - City manager Michael C. Van Milligen Area  - City 71. ... Fort Benning is a base facility of the United States military outside Columbus, Georgia. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC), formerly School of the Americas (SOA), is a US Army facility at Fort Benning in Columbus, Georgia, USA. It is a training facility operated in the Spanish language especially for Latin American military personnel. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Sister Gwen Hennessey is a Roman Catholic religious sister and activist. ...

Hennessey believes that the School of the Americas teaches torture techniques to Latin American soldiers, and that graduates of the program have been involved in atrocities, including the 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests and two women in El Salvador. The school denies these claims and argues that it helps to spread democracy in Latin America. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Society of Jesus (Latin: Societas Iesu), commonly known as the Jesuits, is a Roman Catholic religious order. ...

Hennessey was drawn to the School of the Americas Watch by her brother, Ron Hennessey, a missionary in Latin America from 1964 until his death in 1999. It has been suggested that Presente litany be merged into this article or section. ... Fr. ...

In 2002 Dorothy Hennessey, along with her sister Gwen Hennessey, was awarded the Pacem in Terris Award. It was named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls upon all people of good will to secure peace among all nations. Pacem in Terris is Latin for 'Peace on Earth.' For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Pacem in Terris Award has been awarded annually since 1964 in commemoration of the Encyclical Pacem in Terris of Pope John XXIII by Davenport (Iowa) Diocese. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... An encyclical was a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Christian church. ... The Pope (or Pope of Rome) (from Latin: papa, Papa, father; from Greek: papas / = priest originating from πατήρ = father )[1] is the Bishop of Rome and the spiritual leader of the Roman Catholic Church. ... The Blessed John XXIII wearing a Papal Tiara Angelo Roncalli was born in Sotto il Monte (province of Bergamo), Italy on November 25, 1881. ... A visibly ill Pope John XXIII, who died shortly afterwards, signing Pacem in Terris. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ...