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Don Samuel Ruiz at World Peace Forum in Vancouver

March 11, 2011

From Barry Nelson, Development and Peace BC/Yukon Regional Council Attached please find a picture of Bishop Ruiz attending the workshop on Peace & Justice issues developed by the BC/Yukon Regional Council of Development & Peace and presented at the World…

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Reflection by Jean Koning

March 11, 2011

As I re-read this piece almost 30 years later, I believe what Bishop Ruiz said then still rings true for church people today, except we are in the minority and I don’t know how many people in the secular world…

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Remembering Tatic Samuel – Suzanne Rumsey

February 7, 2011

“During the day, thousands and thousands of the faithful who had come from throughout the diocese filled the cathedral in honour of the bishop who died on Monday, January 24… In a letter of farewell read at [the mid-day] celebration…

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Slideshow 2 of Bishop Samuel Ruiz

February 7, 2011

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Love Letter to an Old Man – Rev. Emilie Smith

February 7, 2011

January 27, 2011 Dear Friends, Standing close in beside me the woman cries, her tears pouring down into her purple dress.  Once in a while she carries her apron to her face, and wipes it crease by crease.  For a…

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Remembering Bishop Samuel Ruiz

February 7, 2011

Send us your reflections, stories, letters or photos On January 24 Bishop Samuel of Mexico died at the age of 86. He has been described as the diminutive giant of the church in Mexico. He had been Bishop for 51…

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The Life and Witness of Samuel Ruiz – Jim Hodgson

February 7, 2011

San Salvador, January 31, 2011 I write as the novena—the nine days of prayer following the death of Bishop Samuel Ruiz—is drawing to a close. The flow of moving tributes to this remarkable leader has become a flood, and this…

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