Michele Murdock discusses A Journey of Courage: The Amazing Story of Sister Dorothy Stang

Thursday

03/04/10  7:00pm
Michele Murdock discusses  A Journey of Courage:  The Amazing Story of Sister Dorothy Stang

Sister Dorothy Stang, an American missionary, was murdered in 2005 in the Brazilian forest. Sister Dorothy was no stranger to violence. For 40 years she had dedicated her life to bringing faith and justice to the peasant settlers of

Brazil. She taught them how to form communities, to farm for their living, to defend their human rights, and to work for social justice. She helped to build more than thirty schools and chapels. And, she challenged the land-greedy, illegal ranchers who were destroying the Amazon rain forest. These ranchers threatened farmers, burned homes and even killed those who stood up to them. They wanted her dead. They succeeded. A Journey of Courage tells the story of Dorothy Stang’s extraordinary life, from a childhood in Ohio to her tragic death in a faraway country that she loved.  In December 2008, Sister Dorothy Stang was awarded the United Nations Human Rights Prize, posthumously, on the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights.

Michele Murdock, a graduate of Trinity College, Washington D.C., is President of Murdock Communications, a media developer and producer.