El Salvador By Luke Wunderlich 1524: el salvador conquered by spain. 1821: el salvador gains independence. 1859: president gerardo introduces coffee growing. 2001: earthquakes kill 1,200 & force 1,000,000 out of homes. 2005: santa ana volcano erupts. days later tropical storm stan hits. In february, st. luke conducted its first parish mission trip to el salvador. fr. kevin and the parishioners on that trip have established a parish el salvador ministry. this ministry is open to all from any parish who wish to participate. the goal of the ministry is to build up the body of christ by growing.
El Salvador By Luke Wunderlich The history of el salvador begins with several distinct groups of mesoamerican people, especially the pipil, the lenca and the maya. in the early 16th century, the spanish empire conquered the territory, incorporating it into the viceroyalty of new spain ruled from mexico city. in 1821, el salvador achieved independence from spain as part of. El salvador, [ a] officially the republic of el salvador, [ b] is a country in central america. it is bordered on the northeast by honduras, on the northwest by guatemala, and on the south by the pacific ocean. el salvador's capital and largest city is san salvador. the country's population in 2023 was estimated to be 6.5 million. St. luke the evangelist parish in lakewood, ohio has direct connections with the people of el salvador and its 20th century martyrs. jean donovan, a st. luke parishioner, was one of the four churchwomen brutally attacked and murdered by government forces on december 2, 1980, the same year that archbishop, now saint oscar romero was martyred while saying mass. “the profile of this [u.c.a. massacre] is so much higher now” because of romero and talk likewise of sainthood for rutilio grande—a jesuit martyred in el salvador in 1977—that salvadoran.
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