An SOA Protest reflection:

"Having been on the base my first three visits, I elect to join a friend at the Ignatius Family Teach-in. Also known as the Jesuits, SOA has been a cause close to the Society’s heart. It is the assassination of three Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter, as well as the rape and murder of four church women that have set the date of the annual demonstration as the weekend of the 16th of November. The outrage at the loss of their own draws in the superstars of the social justice world. The teach-ins offered by the Jesuits offer a first person experience of the people whose words are taught in our schools. For my friend and I, the hero who we wish to see is Sister Helen Prejean, CSJ. The author of Dead Man Walking, Sr. Prejean is the most visible opponent of the death penalty. She is widely revered, and when we hear her, there is no question why. As my companion observes, others are speaking about social justice, and she is giving an update on her work, and inviting us to be a part of it. Though she receives applause, there is far less of it. She doesn’t leave pauses to be filled, but rather moves her words with the subtle strength of a master, and only afterward do we stand and give our response, every word absorbed."
-Chris Matthias

A good article written by a good friend:

http://www.domlife.org/2006Stories/SOA_TidalWave.htm