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Gustavo Guti\u00e9rrez writes, \u00abThere was a time when the Church responded to the questions asked of it with an imperturbable appeal to its doctrinal and institutional traditions. Today, the problem we call liberation is so serious and so widespread that it calls both Christianity and the Church into question. They are being asked to demonstrate their significance when faced with a human problem of such magnitude\u00bb (Assmann 1976, 54). While Guti\u00e9rrez’s challenge is to the church, it could very well be directed to Catholic colleges and universities that take their inspiration from the Gospel. What would a Catholic university that took liberation seriously look like and what would it do? How might a Catholic university effectively enter into solidarity with the poor and marginalized and engage in the struggle to create a more just and peaceful social order? In my judgment, there is no better place to begin our study and analysis than with the Universidad Centroamericana Jos\u00e9 Sime\u00f3n Ca\u00f1as (UCA) in El Salvador.’ It was thoroughly committed to the struggle to effect justice and cre- ate peace in El Salvador. And for that commitment it paid the ultimate price: the murder of its Jesuit president, five members of the Jesuit university community and two innocent women who sought safety behind the university walls during the FMLN’s final offensive on November 16, 1989. By examining the UCA, its mission and its attempt to live its mission faith- fully in the extreme conditions of poverty and repression in El Salvador, my hope is that Catholic colleges and universities in the United States may find not only inspiration but a new standard for measuring the depth of their own com- mitment to justice and peace\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gustavo Guti\u00e9rrez escribe: \u00abHubo un tiempo en que la Iglesia respond\u00eda a los interrogantes que se le planteaban con una apelaci\u00f3n imperturbable a sus tradiciones doctrinales e institucionales. Hoy, el problema que llamamos de la liberaci\u00f3n es tan grave y est\u00e1 tan extendido que pone en cuesti\u00f3n tanto al cristianismo como a la Iglesia. Se les pide que demuestren su importancia ante un problema humano de tal magnitud\u00bb (Assmann 1976, 54). Aunque el desaf\u00edo de Guti\u00e9rrez se dirige a la Iglesia, podr\u00eda perfectamente dirigirse a los colegios y universidades cat\u00f3licas que se inspiran en el Evangelio. \u00bfC\u00f3mo ser\u00eda una universidad cat\u00f3lica que se tomara en serio la liberaci\u00f3n y qu\u00e9 har\u00eda? \u00bfC\u00f3mo podr\u00eda una universidad cat\u00f3lica solidarizarse efectivamente con los pobres y marginados y comprometerse en la lucha por crear un orden social m\u00e1s justo y pac\u00edfico? A mi juicio, no hay mejor lugar para comenzar nuestro estudio y an\u00e1lisis que la Universidad Centroamericana Jos\u00e9 Sime\u00f3n Ca\u00f1as (UCA) de El Salvador. Se comprometi\u00f3 a fondo con la lucha por la justicia y la creaci\u00f3n de la paz en El Salvador. Y por ese compromiso pag\u00f3 el precio m\u00e1s alto: el asesinato de su rector jesuita, de cinco miembros de la comunidad universitaria jesuita y de dos mujeres inocentes que buscaban seguridad tras los muros de la universidad durante la ofensiva final del FMLN el 16 de noviembre de 1989. Al examinar la UCA, su misi\u00f3n y su intento de vivirla plenamente en las condiciones extremas de pobreza y represi\u00f3n en El Salvador, espero que los colegios y universidades cat\u00f3licos de Estados Unidos puedan encontrar no s\u00f3lo inspiraci\u00f3n, sino un nuevo est\u00e1ndar para medir la profundidad de su propio compromiso con la justicia y la paz\u00bb.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Gustavo Guti\u00e9rrez \u00e9crit : \u00abIl fut un temps o\u00f9 l’\u00c9glise r\u00e9pondait aux questions qui lui \u00e9taient pos\u00e9es par un appel imperturbable \u00e0 ses traditions doctrinales et institutionnelles. Aujourd’hui, le probl\u00e8me que nous appelons lib\u00e9ration est si grave et si r\u00e9pandu qu’il remet en question \u00e0 la fois le christianisme et l’\u00c9glise. On leur demande de d\u00e9montrer leur importance face \u00e0 un probl\u00e8me humain d’une telle ampleur\u00bb (Assmann 1976, 54). Si le d\u00e9fi lanc\u00e9 par Guti\u00e9rrez s’adresse \u00e0 l’\u00c9glise, il pourrait tr\u00e8s bien s’adresser aux coll\u00e8ges et universit\u00e9s catholiques qui s’inspirent de l’\u00c9vangile. A quoi ressemblerait une universit\u00e9 catholique qui prendrait la lib\u00e9ration au s\u00e9rieux et que ferait-elle ? Comment une universit\u00e9 catholique pourrait-elle effectivement se solidariser avec les pauvres et les marginalis\u00e9s et s’engager dans la lutte pour cr\u00e9er un ordre social plus juste et plus pacifique ? \u00c0 mon avis, il n’y a pas de meilleur endroit pour commencer notre \u00e9tude et notre analyse que l’Universidad Centroamericana Jos\u00e9 Sime\u00f3n Ca\u00f1as (UCA) au Salvador’. Elle \u00e9tait totalement engag\u00e9e dans la lutte pour la justice et la paix au Salvador. Et pour cet engagement, elle a pay\u00e9 le prix ultime : le meurtre de son pr\u00e9sident j\u00e9suite, de cinq membres de la communaut\u00e9 universitaire j\u00e9suite et de deux femmes innocentes qui cherchaient refuge derri\u00e8re les murs de l’universit\u00e9 lors de l’offensive finale du FMLN le 16 novembre 1989. En examinant l’UCA, sa mission et sa tentative de vivre pleinement sa mission dans les conditions extr\u00eames de la pauvret\u00e9 et de la r\u00e9pression au Salvador, j’esp\u00e8re que les coll\u00e8ges et universit\u00e9s catholiques des \u00c9tats-Unis pourront trouver non seulement une inspiration, mais aussi une nouvelle norme pour mesurer la profondeur de leur propre engagement envers la justice et la paix.<\/span><\/p>\n

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