June 2015 Newsletter page 3
June 2015 Newsletter page 4-5
First Communions at COAR It couldn’t happen without the Village…. ….It Takes a Village Schools & Parishes Recognize COAR’s Importance Lenten Gifts from Schools and Parishes: St. Mary of the Falls School, Olmsted Falls, OH Incarnate Word Academy, Parma Hts., OH St. Francis of Assisi PSR & The Tuesday Club, Gates Mills, OH St. Michael […]
June 2015 Newsletter page 6
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson You are helping . . . COAR is clearly part of the solution to the crisis of children at the US border-–a problem that continues despite being off the front pages. As the Alliance for Prosperity plan proposes, fix the problems: build skills in the […]
March 2015 Newsletter page 1
Four Internos Moving On . . . Then and Now # 1 – Veronica – Transition to Adulthood with Real Job Skills and Experience Veronica was one of several COAR internos selected by the Hotel Intercontinental Real, San Salvador, for a prestigious hotel internship program in 2014. While attending the regular high school, participants in […]
March 2015 Newsletter page 2 and 3
Four Internos Moving On . . . Then and Now # 2 & 3 Cristina and Marta Alicia, Sisters – Ready for a New Home Marta Alicia turned 18 last month and the Child Protection Agency, ISNA, decided she should live with a relative. Cristina, 16, was allowed to leave with her. They have grown […]
March Newsletter 2015 pages 4 and 5
Archbishop Romero ~ Beatified May 23rd COAR is the oldest extant organization to carry Msgr. Romero’s name with the blessing of the Archdiocese of San Salvador Above, Sr. Dorothy Kazel, OSU, (murdered Dec. 2, 1980) took these pictures of Msgr. Romero when he visited the town next to where COAR stands today. Below are The […]
March Newsletter 2015 pages 6 and 7
From the Peace Mission’s Executive Director By Mary K. Stevenson If you will indulge me, the memorial gifts below are for my father, John D. Stevenson, who died on October 30th. What I wrote to those who gave in his memory seems equally suited to all the COAR children’s supporters: “COAR may seem an odd […]
December 2014 Newsletter page 1
COAR’s roots: 50th Anniversary of the Cleveland Latin American Mission (CLAM) Team In El Salvador since 1964 In July, San Salvador Archbishop Escobar welcomed Cleveland’s Bishop Lennon to a mass and week-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the “CLAM” Team. Bishop Lennon is joined by CLAM Team priests, past and current, Fr. Joe Callahan, Fr. […]
December 2014 Newsletter page 2 – Benefit Thanks
COAR Peace Mission Annual Benefit Celebrating 34 years of protecting, educating, and healing impoverished children in El Salvador. On Oct. 3rd, at the Center for Pastoral Leadership… 250+ wined and dined and Raised $81,000+ Thanks! Benefactors Musca Family Charitable Fund Mary Ann & John Mastrantoni Peg & Mike Cachat Anonymous Friend […]
December 2014 Newsletter page 3 – Benefit Thanks
Thanks!! Raffle Prize Donors Hilton Garden Inn, Twinsburg Blue Canyon Kitchen & Tavern Revy Fair Trade Products Ridge Top Golf Course Jesuit Retreat House Sr. Sheila Marie Tobbe, OSU Buehler’s Fresh Foods Terry & Martin Tusim Anna Richards Fiona Hudec Art N Flowers Castle Noel Arline Nosse Atlee Horner Eileen Biehl Diane Kubera Kathy Yoakum […]