March 2025 – Memorial & Honorary Gifts
December 2024 Newsletter – And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour . . . Monica has bloomed, thanks to you The young woman at the podium is Monica. She came to COAR in early 2022. She arrived […]
December 2024 Newsletter – Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
To see a World in a Grain of SandAnd a Heaven in a Wild FlowerHold Infinity in the palm of your handAnd Eternity in an hour . . . Auguries of Innocence by William Blake Every student (well, their parents) who attends the COAR school is issued a coupon booklet for 10 monthly payments, ranging […]
December 2024 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
Executive Director’s Reflections by Mary Stevenson To See the Pain in Their Faces Susan (our Programs Director) and I travel to El Salvador at least twice a year. Usually in February and November. It’s part of our job to work with the Archdiocese, the parish, the school, and the residences to go over budgets, […]
December 2024 Memorials & Honoraries
September 2024 Newsletter – New Scholarships!
Education, the Foundation of Every Child’s Hope Our School is Thriving, So . . . We are dramatically expanding our scholarship program – thanks to you Our new sponsorship coordinator, Reina. Fun fact: she studied at COAR from 5th-9th grade. COAR did not have a high school until 1996, so after 9th grade, she left […]
September 2024 Newsletter – Back to School!
Supporting the School and Community — Celebrating St. Romero on August 15th Standing at the entrance to our town of Zaragoza, L-R: A popular image of Our Lady of the Pillar; Parish Pastor, Padre Vladimir Rosales; Archbishop of San Salvador, Jose Luis Escobar Alas; Far right, School Director, Jorge Renderos Standing in front of our […]
September 2024 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
Executive Director’s Reflections Guest essay: Susan Dinehart [nee: Barnish], Programs Director A scholarship program affords students many opportunities. Of course, the basis of that is education. But at a school like COAR, which represents a cross-section of children from different backgrounds and different villages, students can learn so much more. One of the most important […]
September 2024 Memorials & Honoraries
Cleveland Bishop Malesic and companions :) visit COAR
September: Several of the COAR kids (those not in school that afternoon) and our visitors. Bishop Malesic, seated in the center, wearing a large cross on a chain . . . Bishop Malesic shares his cross with Carlos Alberto, who is delighted (and momentarily speechless (that won’t last ) No visit to COAR is complete […]