Abstract
This article examines how the identity and experiences of Maryknoll Sister Ita Ford, one of the four U.S. churchwomen murdered by the El Salvadoran military in December 1980, shaped her relationships with host communities as she engaged in the work of Catholic foreign mission. In contrast to prevailing views of Western missionary history, which emphasize patterns of domination and difference, Ford's story provides an alternate perspective on the dynamics of transnational encounter, one that casts her pastoral endeavors as a form of international solidarity. Through her mission work in Chile and El Salvador, Ford often stood apart from the people she served, even as she engaged in grassroots community‐building efforts. Although this community organizing was central to her work as a pastoral agent, it was Ford's willingness to take risks and assume the suffering of those around her that ultimately allowed her to forge the most enduring relations of solidarity.
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