Date/Time
Date(s) - November 17, 2025
5:00 pm
Location
Room 114, Chemistry Building
Kevin Burke, S.J., will give a lecture titled, “Cries of the Heart: Denise Levertov and the Martyrs of El Salvador,” on Monday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m. inside Room 114 of the Chemistry Building. Fr. Burke has written and edited books on the theology of Ignacio Ellacuria, who was one of the Jesuits martyred in El Salvador in 1989. He will share his reflections and the message of the martyrs for our world today.
The event is organized by the Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive (CLASA) and co-sponsored by the Arthur J. McGovern, S.J. Catholic Studies Program and the Detroit Mercy Mission Effectiveness Team
All are welcome to this free event.
Fr. Burke will also join the UDM community by presiding at a Mass in memory of the UCA Jesuit Martyrs, on the anniverary of their deaths, Sunday Nov. 16, at 8 p.m. The mass will be held at the St. Ignatius Chapel on the first floor of the Commerce & Finance Building.
Fr. Burke has been the vice president for Mission at Regis University in Colorado for the past seven years. Previously, he was Dean and a faculty member at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara Berkeley. From 1997 to 2006, he was a member of the faculty of Weston Jesuit School of Theology in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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