Ita Ford: Missionary Martyr

by Phyllis Zagano

"I truly believe that I should be here and I can't even tell you why....God's palpable presence has never been more real ever since we came to Salvador-He's make a lot of things clear to us-what we should be doing, etc.-and I trust in that and I hope you can too." --Ita Ford, September 7, 1980 Ita Ford: Missionary Martyr is a literary biography of Ita Ford, one of four American churchwomen murdered in El Salvador by government forces on December 2,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809136635
• ISBN13: 9780809136636
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 7.0"

Customer Reviews

ITA'S LIFE

It is difficult to try and write about someone ten plus years after the person has passed away.In this book, we have the life of a saintly person who gave up her status in the community and a professional career, to devote full time to the service of the poor.The book takes into account Sis. Fords's life.. ..and does it a straight forward and not emotional leaning manner. If Prof. Z. had more data, to work with....I am sure she would have a book double the size. As I understand, she is presently working on another book on the subject.The question 'why did she (I.F.) believe so strongly in 'helping the poor' that she gave up her life in their service. I knew Sis. Ford, briefly while in college,and can atest to the accuracy of the data in the book. Recommended for anyone who would like to be inspired by a down to earth soul who truly believed in the goodness of man...and untimately, paid the serve price for these beliefs.

ITA'S LIFE

It is difficult to try and write about someone ten plus years after the person has passed away.In this book, we have the life of a saintly person who gave up her status in the community and professional career, to devote full time to the service of the poor.The book takes into account Sis. Fords's life.. ..and does it a straight forward and not emotional leaning manner. If Prof. Z. had more data, to work with....I am sure she would have a book double the size. As I understand she is presently working on another book on the subject.The question 'why did she (I.F.) believe so strongly in helping the poor' that she gave up her life in their service. I knew Sis. Ford, briefly while in college,and can atest to the accuracy of the data in the book. Recommended for anyone who would like to be inspired by a down to earth soul who truly believed in the goodness of man...and untimately, paid the serve price for these beliefs.

Ita's Life

It is difficult to try and write about someone ten plus years after the person has passed away.In this book we have the life of a saintly person who gave up her status in the community and a budding secular professional career to devote full time to the service of the poor.The book takes into account Sis. Fords's life ....and does it in a straight forward non emotional leaning manner. If Prof. Z. had more data, to work with,at the time...I am sure she would have a book double the size. AS I now understand, the professor is presently working on another book on the subject.The question 'why did she (I.F.) believe so strongly in helping the poor' that she gave up her life in their service. I knew Sis. Ford, briefly while in college, and can atest to the accuracy of the data presented.Recommended for anyone who would like to be inspired by a down to earth soul who truly believed in the goodness of man...and ultimately, paid the servere price for these beliefs.