Sister ita ford biography of abraham lincoln

On April 23, , Ita Ford was born to William P. Ford, Sr. and Mildred Teresa O'Berne Ford in Brooklyn, New York.

Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, and Ursuline sister Dorothy Kazel who 30 years ago today were brutalized and then killed by Salvadoran National Guardsmen.

In the midst of so many crises facing our nation, our world and our Church, I want to share some wonderful words from Sister Ita Ford, a.

Ford is the brother of Ita Ford, one of four Roman Catholic churchwomen - three nuns and a lay missioner - who disappeared on Dec. 2,

2, , when his sister Ita, a Maryknoll sister, along with Maura Clarke, Dorothy Kazel and Jean Donovan, was raped and murdered by a death.

In the midst of so many crises facing our nation, our world and our Church, I want to share some wonderful words from Sister Ita Ford, a....

Ita Ford

American Catholic Maryknoll Sister

Ita Ford MM

Born	()April 23, Brooklyn, New York
Died	December 2, () (aged&#;40) El Salvador
Cause&#;of death	Murder by military death squad
Resting place	Chalatenango, El Salvador
Nationality	American
Occupation	Maryknoll Missionary Sister
Parent(s)	William P. Ford, Sr., & Mildred Teresa O'Beirne
Relatives	William P. Ford, Jr., (brother) & Bishop Francis Xavier Ford, M.M.

Ita Ford, M.M. (April 23, – December 2, ) was an American Maryknoll Sister who served as a missionary in Bolivia, Chile and El Salvador.

She worked with the poor and war refugees. On December 2, , she was beaten, raped, and murdered along with three fellow missionaries — Dorothy Kazel, Maura Clarke and Jean Donovan — by members of the military of El Salvador.

Life and work

Born in Brooklyn, New York, on April 23, , Ford was the daughter of William Patrick Ford, an insurance man who took early retirement