A fine art, giclée print adhered on a Will & Baumer Devotional Candle, 5-day, 6½" tall. Candle is clean burning, smoke-free and drip-free. Artist narrative included (not attached).
A few days before her death, as part of a retreat liturgical service, Sr. Ita was asked to read a quote from martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero: “…he who is committed to the poor must share the same fate as the poor…to disappear, to be tortured…and to be found dead by the side of the road.”
December 2, 1980, this became the fate of four women; Maryknoll sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, lay missioner Jean Donovan, and Ursuline sister Dorothy Kazel.
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