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Thursday, December 30, 2010

Dean Brackley, SJ: Upcoming Lecture

Mark Radecke, Chaplain of Susquehanna University, has generously shared the info that Jesuit priest Dean Brackley will be delivering the 2011 Alice Pope Shade lecture on January 19th, at 7:30 pm in the Stretansky Concert Hall.

From SU's website:

Brackley is a Jesuit priest who writes and speaks passionately about the role of faith in addressing the social challenges facing the Central American nation of El Salvador and the global community. Brackley succeeded one of the six Salvadoran Jesuits who were assassinated by the Salvadoran military in 1989. He continues to uphold the memory of their lives through his pastoral work and teaching.

Chaplain Radecke also passed along a link to one of Father Brackley's essays on his pastoral experiences (goes to PDF).

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My favorite excerpt from Father Brackley's essay:

"By distancing the non-poor from the daily threat of death, the benefits of modernity have induced in us a kind of chronic lowgrade confusion about what is really important in life, namely life itself and love. Besides, superior technology and the communications media induce us to think of our culture and perspective on life as the norm, and basically on track. The encounter with the poor stops us short; it recollects us. When we come out on the other side, we realize that the marginalized are actually at the center of things. It is we, in Washington and Paris, who are on the fringe."

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