Dorothy Stang
Dorothy Stang
Sister Dorothy Mae Stang, S.N.D.,was an American-born, Brazilian member of the Congregation of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. She was murdered in Anapu, a city in the state of Pará, in the Amazon Basin of Brazil. Stang had been outspoken in her efforts on behalf of the poor and the environment, and had previously received death threats from loggers and land owners. Her cause for canonization as a martyr and model of sanctity is underway within the Congregation...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth7 July 1931
CountryUnited States of America
The death of the forest is the end of our life.
There are things you do because they feel right and they make no sense and they make no money and it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other(and to eat each others cooking) and to say it was good!