COAR in the Community
Bendición de Dios ~ Blessing of God COAR’s parish pastor, Fr. Vladimir, says mass at the big parish in town (see our town’s fiesta, click here), of course, and at the COAR chapel of St. Joseph, on our campus. But as with most parish priests in El Salvador he also has a circuit of small […]
Remembering Fr. Ken Myers
Every March 2nd, the COAR school holds a memorial Mass to honor our founder Fr. Vladimir says the memorial Mass for Fr. Ken in the chapel that Fr. Ken built in 1983The high school students around Fr. Ken’s photo shout, “Gracias Padre Ken y su familia” (Thank you Fr. Ken and family)High school students at […]
More from Susan
Introducing Susan, here Fresh Chicken The first time I heard about El Salvador, a friend of mine in grad school was telling me about a mission trip he’d taken with the Newman Center at our university. I’m sure he’s told me a hundred different things about his trip over the years, but what I remember […]
Kind of New! Programs Director Susan Barnish
Susan joined COAR in January 2020 and we’ve been meaning to officially introduce her ever since. For some reason (perhaps a global pandemic?), we didn’t quite get to it when she first came. But our inside story, about COAR’s transitional program, had us thinking about transition in other areas, so we decided this was a […]
Sept. News – Teaching English, Soccer, the Party! – Solidarity 2 of 3
During a week-long visit in June (the first visitors we’ve had since 2019) the men of St. Edward High School, Lakewood, OH, spent quality time with the students of the COAR high school (teaching English, our standard, and most valuable service!) and quality time with some of our residents. This included a nice sit-down dinner […]
Sept. News – Martyrs and the Beauty – and the Poverty – of the Countryside – Solidarity 3 of 3
Solidarity among the martyrs and the charming town of Teotepeque The St. Edward High School visitors (June 2022) learned of El Salvador past at Park Cuscatlan, which has a wall of names (like that in the US for the Vietnam war) of those who died in the war. Then, at the Chapel of the Four […]
Some Business for this Year
Our Programs Director, Susan Barnish, and Executive Director, Mary Stevenson, finally got down to COAR from November 14-18th (first time for Susan in 12 months and 19 months for Mary – a record!) to catch up on some business: #1 – Met with Padre Edwin Alexander Henríquez Márquez (right) the new Director of the Archdiocese […]
Bishop Pilla’s Legacy
Remembering Bishop Emeritus of Cleveland Anthony M. Pilla November 12, 1932 – September 21, 2021 Bishop Pilla’s Legacy with COAR: “Come with me on a pilgrimage of hope” Watch Bishop’s Pilla’s full speech at our 2017 Annual Benefit here (10 minutes) COAR joins in mourning the death and celebrating the life of Bishop Emeritus of […]
Solidarity in these divided times
Whenever we have visitors at COAR, the students (in the school) and the residents (living at COAR in foster care) thrill, delight, and overwhelm us with their generosity of spirit and their creativity in signs, decorations, hand-crafted gifts, and culinary confections. Really, it is a wonderful experience to be enveloped by their youth, exuberance, and […]
Looking Toward the Future . . .
. . . empowered by examples from the past Pictured above is Brother Mick Joyce, OFM Cap., visiting COAR on June 9th. Karla gave him a card on behalf of all the children and staff memorializing Brother Saul Soriano, OFM Cap., our dear friend, taken too soon, May 7, 2018, read our tribute to him […]