St. Romero! Canonized Oct 14th 2018

COAR ~ the Community of Oscar A. Romero Celebrates St. Romero’s canonization October 14th 2018 COAR is the oldest extant organization to bear his name ~ more: Celebrated in Rome!  COAR’s Executive Director, Mary, and the Director of the Children’s Village, Marta, were in Rome with 60,000 (yikes!) other St. Romero (and Pope St. Paul […]

September 2018 Newsletter – print version

Best Evidence That COAR Is Respected: Growing Salvadoran Collaboration

Given the long history of distrust & struggle in El Salvador, the historic lack of transparency, the limited income tax system and frankly the war – El Salvador does not have a very rich tradition of domestic charitable cash giving.  The country simply never developed a habit of major and widespread (cash) philanthropy.  People simply […]