December 2016 Newsletter Support of the Church and Culture
Support of the Church and Culture ^ October 12th ~ Celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of the Pilar of Zaragoza, Spain, in our little, beautiful, town and parish of Zaragoza, El Salvador. ^ Padre Octavio visits the Sr. Dorothy Kazel archive at the Ursuline Sisters of Cleveland November 7th ~ Padre Octavio […]
December 2016 Newsletter Executive Director and News from El Salvador
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson Faith and Work It is the job of Padre Octavio Cruz, Director of the Vicariate for Human DevelopmentCARITAS for the Archdiocese of San Salvador, along with our Director, Marta Calderon, to determine how COAR can best work with the government child care laws […]
December 2016 Newsletter Honorary and Memorial
Memorial Gifts Bl. Oscar A. Romero
September 2016 Newsletter Seeing Through the Eyes of A Child
Seeing Through the Eyes Of A Child Milagro’s Sponsorship Letters Dear Mr Schnell, Hi! How are you? I hope that you and your loved ones, and friends, are well. I have to thank you for that letter and the birthday card that you sent. It arrived 2 days before my birthday. I […]
September 2016 Newsletter Seeing Through the Eyes of A Child Pt. 2
Seeing Through the Eyes Of A Child Milagro’s Sponsorship Letters Dear Coarsey Family, It was just so wonderful to get your letter – Thank you so much. It was great. Thanks to God, things are going well for me this year in the Tourism program at school. This year, we are focusing […]
September 2016 Newsletter Executive Director and News from El Salvador pg.6
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson Annual cost per child: $8,000 without apology I always wanted to apologize for the cost per child, even when the cost was $3,000/child/year (which we were able to maintain for many years.) But then a friend said, “Never apologize for helping these children, […]
September 2016 Newsletter Honorary and Memorial
Special Gifts The Historical Memory Project from our thank you note to Pastor Don Seiple & Caroline Sheaffer: When your gift came I was on my way to El Salvador with a group of high school students – seeing El Salvador, its beautiful landscape, wonderful people, and heart-breaking poverty, for the first time. […]
June 2016 Newsletter Solidarity and Spiders pg. 1
Solidarity and Spiders (big ones) By Adam Nestor In June 2015, I was blessed to spend five days at COAR with three other seminarians as we experienced the work the Cleveland Mission is doing in El Salvador. Our first night staying in the guest house we found a tiny, yet still frightening, tarantula […]
June 2016 Newsletter Romero Days pg. 2-3
2016 Romero Days, March 31-April 1, featured presentations of the legacy of Sr. Dorothy Kazel, OSU, one of the four North American Churchwomen ~ COAR is one of her lasting legacies The Romero Lecture Series is an annual event that gathers scholars, social justice workers, creative artists, and others who honor and promote the legacy of Blessed Romero in […]
June 2016 Newsletter Mother’s Day ~ Father’s Day ~ Day of the Family pg. 4-5
Mothers’ Day From left to right; Julie Haverland (Missy’s mom), Judy Doppes (RIP), Missy Terrill (RIP), and Jane Tillar Excerpt from newsletter of June 2009 (pictured, right) Gamaliel: “Do you know Ms. Doppes?” I said, “Yes I do know them. They love you very much.” He answered, “I know, look!” From Missy’s e-mails of January […]