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Free and Open to the PublicSister Peggy O'Neill, SC
Peggy O'Neill is a Sister of Charity teaching at the University of Central America in El Salvador (the Jesuit university in San Salvador). The long-time peace activist has been living in El Salvador since 1986. She accompanied fellow Salvadoran people through 6 of the 12 year civil war and now through 15 years of healing.
Her current peace making efforts include founding Centro Arte Para la Paz, a center focused on peace through art. "Center for Peace Through the Arts" works with traumatized and displaced persons in El Salvador. Many people who use the center narrowly survived massacres during the earlier civil war in El Salvador. She organizes activities for children and helps women form groups for solidarity. The center promotes peace through dance, art, and theological reflection.
Sister O'Neill holds a doctoral degree in theology from New York University. She has worked in El Salvador for the past 20 years and is much loved by her students.
