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Father Roy Bourgeois, M.M. is an American priest in the Maryknoll order of the Roman Catholic Church and founder of the human rights group SOA Watch. Image File history File links Public domain File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
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Roman Catholic priest LCDR Allen R. Kuss (USN) aboard USS Enterprise A priest or priestess is a holy man or woman who takes an officiating role in worship of any religion, with the distinguishing characteristic of offering sacrifices. ...
Maryknoll [1] or, the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, is an American Catholic religious order which has, throughout its nearly hundred-year history, had a heavy emphasis on ministry and missionary work overseas, particularly East Asia, in China, Japan, Korea, as well as Latin America, Africa, and other places. ...
A religious order is an organization of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with religious devotion. ...
The Roman Catholic Church (commonly known as the Catholic Church) is the Christian Church which is led by the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, currently Pope Benedict XVI. The Roman Catholic Church teaches that it is the one holy catholic and apostolic Church founded by Jesus Christ. ...
Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...
SOA Watch Inspired by the call of slain Archbishop Óscar Romero that we who have a voice must speak for the voiceless, Maryknoll Fr. ...
Ć==Early life and formal education== Bourgeois was born in Lutcher, Louisiana in 1938. He attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in geology. ewrΗĈ[[]] Lutcher is a town located in St. ...
Official language(s) English and French Capital Baton Rouge Largest city New Orleans at last census; probably Baton Rouge since Hurricane Katrina Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 31st 134,382 km² 210 km 610 km 16 29°N to 33°N 89°W to 94°W Population...
1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
University of Louisiana at Lafayette is also known as UL Lafayette. ...
A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ...
Geology (from Greek γη- (ge-, the earth) and λογος (logos, word, reason)) is the science and study of the Earth, its composition, structure, physical properties, history and the processes that shape it. ...
Military career
After graduation, Bourgeois entered the United States Navy and served as an officer for four years. He spent two years at sea, one year at a station in Europe, and one year in Vietnam. He received the Purple Heart during a tour of duty in Vietnam. The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for conducting naval operations around the globe. ...
Comparative military ranks are a means of comparing military rank systems of different nations as a means of categorizing the hierarchy of an armed force compared to another. ...
The Purple Heart is a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the President of the United States to those who have been wounded or killed while serving in, or with, the U.S. military after April 5, 1917. ...
Seminary and ordination After military service, he entered the seminary of the Maryknoll Missionary Order. He was ordained a Roman Catholic priest in 1972 and sent to Bolivia. The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
A seminary is a specialized university-like institution for the purpose of instructing students in religion, often in order to prepare them to become members of the clergy. ...
Catholic religious orders are organizations of laity and/orclergy in the Roman Catholic Church who live under a common rule. ...
The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...
1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ...
Activism 1972-1975 Fr. Roy spent five years in Bolivia aiding the poor, before being arrested and deported for speaking out against Bolivian dictator General Hugo Banzer, an SOA graduate. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Dictatorship. ...
Hugo Banzer Suárez (May 10, 1926 – May 5, 2002) was a Bolivian soldier, politician and dictator. ...
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. ...
1980 Fr. Roy became an outspoken critic of US foreign policy in Latin America after four American churchwomen, Sister Maura Clarke, Jean Donovan, Sister Ita Ford, and Sister Dorothy Kazel, were raped and killed by a death squad consisting of soldiers from the Salvadoran National Guard. President of the United States, George W. Bush (right) at Camp David in March 2003, hosting the British Prime Minister Tony Blair. ...
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. ...
Maura Clarke (January 13, 1931 – December 2, 1980) was an American Roman Catholic Maryknoll nun and missionary to Nicaragua and El Salvador. ...
Jean Donovan (April 10, 1953 – December 2, 1980) was a Roman Catholic lay missionary to Peru and El Salvador. ...
Ita Ford (April 23, 1940 - December 2, 1980) was a Roman Catholic Maryknoll nun and missionary to Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador. ...
Dorothy Kazel (June 30, 1939 – December 2, 1980) was a Roman Catholic Ursuline nun and missionary to El Salvador. ...
A death squad is an extra-judicial group whose members execute or assassinate persons they believe to be politically unreliable or undesirable. ...
1990 Fr. Roy founded the School of the Americas Watch (SOA Watch), an organization that seeks to close the School of the Americas, renamed Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) in 2001, through nonviolent protest. School of the Americas Watch is an advocacy organization founded by Maryknoll Fr. ...
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. ...
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. ...
1998 Fr. Roy testified before a Spanish judge seeking the extradition of Chile's ex-dictator General Augusto Pinochet. General Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte (born November 25, 1915) was ruler of Chile from 1973 to 1990. ...
Awards and Recognition 1997 - Pax Christi USA Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award
2005 The Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award is given out annually by the organization Pax Christi USA, a Catholic peace organization, to an individual who has exlemplified Pope Paul VIs World Day for Peace message: To reach peace, teach peace. ...
- Thomas Merton Award
The Thomas Merton Award has been awarded since 1972 by the Thomas Merton Center for Peace and Social Justice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. It is named after Thomas Merton and is given annually to national and international individuals struggling for justice. ...
See also Liberation theology is an important, sometimes controversial school of theological thought. ...
External links - School of the Americas Watch
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