At COAR’s Annual Benefit, May 13, 2017 ~ Raul’s Grace Raul’s Grace will be the grace before our meal on May 13th. You will join us in spirit by watching this grace, as we honor Bishop Emeritus Pilla. His years of support created and protected this place where a child like Raul could spontaneously offer a […]
COAR had a simple beginning. War was raging in the countryside and displaced families, women and children were fleeing to the outskirts of San Salvador for safety. A Cleveland priest working in the parish of Zaragoza in El Salvador noticed the growth in child war refugees and decided to do something about it. Through the […]
Are your childhood Christmas memories some of your fondest memories? As adults, do you remember those traditions with such an air of nostalgia? Well, COAR Children’s Village is keeping one 400 year old Latin American tradition alive: The Christmas Posadas. The term Posada is one of many Spanish words for “inn” and it […]
In May of 2015, there were more than 600 murders in El Salvador – a country with a population of approximately 6 million. The Salvadoran Civil War ended almost 20 years ago, but, the wonderful people of El Salvador have not seen the ‘peace’ promised by the Peace Accords! To be honest, the old left-right […]
On May 22nd, 2015, COAR’s 900+ students celebrated the life and sacrifice of Oscar Romero. The following day, in San Salvador, 250,000 stood in the baking hot sun – happily – awaiting the message from Pope Francis that Oscar Romero was finally Beato Romero! Back at COAR, there was a lovely Holy Mass. Friday was […]
May 23rd, 2015, over 250,000 Salvadorans flooded the streets surrounding the Divino Salvador del Mundo monument in the capital city to celebrate the beatification of slain Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero. The Archdiocese had constructed a temporary stage in front of the monument. Throngs of people lined the streets emanating outward like roots of hope from […]
In the late fall of 2014, the Community Sant’Egidio in El Salvador reached out to COAR for the first time. They came to COAR to be in solidarity with our children and to share their message of Peace in a society that is being ripped apart by youth violence. There is probably no place on […]
At 1230pm on Wednesday, April 8th, 2015, former Salvadoran General Carlos Vides Casanova, walked onto the tarmac at the Comalapa International airport in El Salvador, a deported man – a man with an uncertain future. After 25 years in Florida, his deportation back to El Salvador was now a reality. Vides Casanova had been head […]
Each year, COAR’s school works with the local Parish (Our Lady of the Pillar) to lead the Stations of the Cross (Via Crucis). It is truly a community event drawing upon students, COAR residents, parents, parishoners and even our wonderful nuns who come from Spain and Peru originally. In the US, our culture […]
On June 8th, 2014, six COAR children celebrated their confirmation at COAR’s parish church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar. It was an especially memorable event for everyone as the Papal Nuncio joined the local parish priest for the Sacrament of Confirmation. COAR’s director, Administrative Staff, Housemothers were joined by children, relatives, God Parents and […]