December 2018 – An Orphanage That Doesn’t Seem Like An Orphanage
This article was excerpted from NPR’s Goats and Soda ~ it shows that COAR has the ideal structure, and culture, for this kind of foster-care facility [excerpt:] Orphanages are falling out of favor. . . The big question is: Would he fare any better if he were living with his biological parents? Duke University professor […]
December 2018 – Celebrating St. Romero’s Canonization at COAR
Ignacio won the school-wide St. Romero Poem Contest: The Salvadoran Traveler By Ignacio Cruz From one corner to another, then to all parts, an announcement to the world was proclaimed; the clamor of thousands of mouths and bells rang out from my tiny, scandalized country. So small is my land but yet so invincible, […]
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 […]
December 2018 – Memorial & Honorary Gifts
Wishing peace and comfort to all who have lost a loved one this holiday season & joy to us all Feliz Navidad!
September 2018 – meet 21 children, new since 2017
A photo gallery of adjusting to life at COAR To learn more about where these children are from, scroll down ⇓ Where are these new children from? Since we have many new supporters from this summer’s mission appeals, (welcome!!), let me recap how children come to COAR: The government of El Salvador, through its agency, ISNA, […]
September 2018 – say good-bye and good luck to 6 graduates in 2018
As We Welcome New Children, Six Will Graduate in November – with DIGNITY,A Former Interna Returns to Celebrate the Baptism of Her Baby Enjoy these first sponsorship photos of the grads. Some have been with COAR most of their lives, some are fairly new. Like Maria Cristina, below the slideshow, all will have a chance to […]
More About Cardinal Rosa Chavez
COAR, the Community of Oscar A. Romero, is the oldest extant organization in the world to carry the name of Oscar Romero with the approval of the Archdiocese of San Salvador. Oscar Romero will be canonized in the fall of 2018. Note from COAR’s Executive Director: On April 28th, COAR honored Romero’s long-time friend and […]
June 2017 Newsletter May 13th ~ COAR Honors Anthony Pilla
May 13th ~ COAR Honored Anthony Pilla Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Cleveland We have also lost so many wonderful people who walked with us like Monseñor Romero and many priests. Back in those days, in the time of conflict, just surviving was the goal every day. So you can’t imagine how much […]
June 2017 Newsletter Benefit Highlights
COAR Peace Mission Annual Benefit Celebrating 37 years of protecting, educating, and healing impoverished children in El Salvador. Fr. Ken, COAR’s founder, pictured with Bishop Pilla in 1981, right, died in his sleep, in El Salvador, in 2002. Fr. Ken’s Brother, Ron, presented Bishop Pilla with the Fr. Ken Myers Service Award. Among […]
June 2017 Newsletter Benefit Stars
Benefactors $5,000+ Tony & Molly Musca and the Cathedral Latin High School class of ‘51 Bill & Judy Head * Bruce & Debbie Jarosz Anonymous – OH * John & Pat Shields Kevin O’Neill On May 13th 250+ celebrated with food and drink and mass . . . Underwriters $3,000-$4,999 Chuck & Debbie Richter […]