June 2021 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
I DESERVE A PATH FREE OF VIOLENCE COAR Children designed this movie poster on emigration: “YOUR LIFE IS WORTH MORE THAN AN UNCERTAIN DESTINATION / I DESERVE A PATH FREE OF VIOLENCE” The film school opportunity (featured in our news this month) started as a remote‑learning, creative outlet during the pandemic. But the first project […]
March 2021 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
Romero, Romero, Romero! He lived in horribly divided times amidst unspeakable violence. Yet, he preached peace constantly. His words, quoted on the Prayer Service page were spoken in reference to the Feast of the Epiphany, January 6th, 43 years ago . . .
December 2020 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
It Is Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better ~ There is no way to soften this: we need $150,000 to replace the loss of $150,000 that we will NOT receive from our annual mission appeals. As most of you know, COAR participates in the Mission Co-operative Plan of the Catholic Church . . .
September 2020 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
It Is Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better ~ There is no way to soften this: we need $150,000 to replace the loss of $150,000 that we will NOT receive from our annual mission appeals. As most of you know, COAR participates in the Mission Co-operative Plan of the Catholic Church . . .
March 2020 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
Catholics will be familiar with the term, “Ordinary Time”. It refers to times within the Church’s annual liturgical cycle when there is no focus on a particular feast (such as Christmas). Rather, it is a celebration of our life with God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and each other in the Church, in its fullness. This has not been ordinary time.
COAR and COVID-19
At COAR: Wash your hands! Well, social distancing was a challenge for kindergarteners. El Salvador Given the current global situation surrounding the novel coronavirus, we felt it was important to post a short update on what is happening in El Salvador and specifically at COAR. As of April 16th there were 164 diagnosed cases with […]
September 2019 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson The idea is NOT the Hard Part, so Here’s to You, Dear Donor Dear Donor to COAR – Let me tell you how much you mean to me – to the children too, of course – but to them, by way of me. Bill Gates […]
June 2019 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson Preventing Faces of Fear In June I begin my regular summer of travel to parishes throughout North America to raise awareness and funds for COAR through the Mission Co-operative Plan of the Catholic Church. I will visit parishes that range from inner-city Miami, to rural […]
December 2018 – Executive Director’s Reflections & News from El Salvador
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson My Trail of Tears Monday, October 29th, on my way to see friends of COAR in SE Tennessee, I, literally, drove on the Trail of Tears. That is the path the Cherokee marched when President Andrew Jackson forced them off their land and out to western […]
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 […]