COAR Newsletter - September 2013

Privacy and dignity – these are the two words thatguide much of what we publish about individual COARchildren. These are also the ideas behind restrictionsplaced on us by El Salvador’s child care laws, LEPINA.The children see this newsletter as do their friends andfamily, and we respect that.

Over the past two years El Salvador’s child care agency,ISNA, has removed several sibling groups from COAR.In accordance with the new laws, they placed them witha family member. The COAR CV (Children’s Village) Team:our Director, social worker, psychologist, and nurse –thanks to your help – have been able to track thesechildren.

COAR NewsPublished by the COAR Peace Mission * 28700 Euclid Ave. * Wickliffe, OH 44092-2585 * (440) 943-7615

September 2013, No. 3 Sheltering, educating, and healing childrenfor El Salvador’s future since 1980

COAR Peace Mission28700 Euclid AveWickliffe, OH 44092-2585

voice: (440) 943-7615e-mail: [email protected]

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What difference does COAR make?What if there were no COAR?

The Unintended Experiment

^Archbishop Escobar (center) and Fr. Hector Pinto (far left)meeting with COAR Board members in May. The Archbishopdiscussed the country’s bishops’ efforts to document problemswith removing children from facilities like COAR.

^Evelin, left, on the cover of the 2012 COARcalendar, died this past March after beingremoved from COAR. More on pages 4-5.

The conditions that most are living in areterrible: no regular school or medical care,malnutrition, neglect, and sometimes,abuse. One of the removed children, Evelin,died when she could not get neededmedical care.

We cannot give their names or publishpictures of their new living conditions. Itwould be dangerous for the children. Butwe can tell you this: your gifts matter tothe children still at COAR. We have runthe unthinkable experiment and we knowthat their lives are better at COAR.

Thank you for the support that allows theArchdiocese to protect the lives ofvulnerable children.

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Sheltering, educating, and healing childrenfor El Salvador’s future since 1980

COAR NewsSeptember 2013

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Cecelia Napierskibeloved mother

by John and Kei NapierskiJoanna Chappell

by Donna VillarealDr. Marilyn F. Reagan

beloved wifeby Willard Reagan

Fr. Paul Hrizby Brian and Patricia Daw

Carol Didion CampDick GatesJohn & Eunice GoosetreeEdward & Charlotte Hammersmith

by Martin and Jean MyersRuth Sourdif

by Ann AllardThomas O. Mason

by Lavon MasonDr. Pascal SpinoDouglas HendersonGrace PintoLeon St. MarieCora Flemming

by anonymousThose who have passed on

by James and Gaylene Colon

Memorial GiftsTony Joe Costello

beloved son by Anthony and Tony CostelloDoris and Arthur Hanrahan

beloved mother and father of Philipby Philip and Mildred Hanrahan

Laura and Bill Barndtfriends of Columbus Sister CityCopapayo, El Salvador

by Donna Villareal and Steve GrillEleanor Felderhoff

by Kayla M. HessJosephine DeLuca Gombert and Peter DeLuca

beloved childrenby Joseph and Rosemarie DeLuca

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Tomaykoby David J. and Ann Tomayko

The Rev. Roger Knightby Darrell and Ann Holland

Charles and Phyllis Greenby Mark and Carol Rowland

Msgr. Oscar Romeroby Roger and Roberta Horton

Joseph Ferembeloved father by Daniel Ferem

Robert Littenbeloved husband of Josephine

by Brian and Patricia Daw

Sarah Repasy –Volunteer Extraordinaire!!!!!!!!

COAR takes your privacy seriously. We have adocument security and retention policy – and –a records destruction policy. Sarah is shownhere with just a few of the many bags ofshredded documents (from many days of work!)culled from our regular annual records purge.All of them went into a paper recycling facilitybecause we take our responsibility to theenvironment seriously, too.


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5:00pmVigil Mass (optional)Resurrection Chapel

6:30—9:00pmReceptionHeavy hors d’oeuvres & CocktailsFounder’s Room7:30 pmBrief Program

Saturday,October 5, 2013

Center forPastoral Leadership

28700 Euclid Ave.Wickliffe, OH 44092

RSVP by Sept. 30:

(440)[email protected]$60 per Person** $35 per ticket is tax-deductible

(Tickets held at the door)

Thank you for your support!

All the usual fun:Salvadoran Craft Sale

Fabulous Raffle

COAR Peace MissionAnnual Benefit

Honoring . . .Mr. ChristopherB. Janezic, &Esq. Mrs. Pat Shields

for their many years ofdedicated service.

Please consider, foryourself or your business:

Benefactor ~ $5,000Underwriter ~ $3,000

Patron ~ $1,000Sponsor ~ $500

Benefactors:John and Pat Shields

Musca Family Charitable FundMike and Peg Cachat

Bill and Judy Head

Underwriters:John and Mary Ann Mastrantoni

Patrons:John and Dolores Jazwa

Bruce and Deborah JaroszFr. Bob Sanson

Mike and Eileen BiehlCharles and Deborah Richter

Sherri Moyer and Craig ShubertMartin and Theresa Tusim

Joseph HaasQuent and Dawna Meng

Tony and Rita Costello

Sponsors:Jim Hennessy

Ursuline Sisters of ClevelandJack Horner, In Memoriam

Priority One Solutions





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What difference does COAR make?

<< Continued from Pg. 1 What if there were no COAR?

Juan Carlos, 1999 - !, keep studyingEvelin, 2003-2013, RIP

Juan Carlos is familiar to COAR supporters. He is, possibly,the most photographed child in history :) He came toCOAR when he was two years old, in 2001. A few monthsago he was removed from COAR to live with familymembers in a remote mountain village. But he is 13 yearsold. He has had 11 years of good food, good medical care,education, and stability. He has had the love and supportof many sponsors. He has the personal resources to adaptto his new life. On an unannounced visit recently, theCOAR CV team found him at his new home – studying!Because of COAR, he looks like he will make it. What adifference COAR makes. Thanks.

2013

2011200920072005

2003

Sponsorship photos through the years

2006 2008 20102012

2004

Evelin’s cherubic face is also familiarto COAR supporters. She was notcamera shy. She came to COAR in 2004,one year old, still in diapers. She andher siblings were removed from COARin the summer of 2012, when Evelinwas eight. On a visit to her new housein April the COAR CV team saw thatcircumstances were difficult. They alsolearned that Evelin had died in March.The details are still uncertain and aninquiry is underway. But it seems thatshe could not get the medical care sheneeded. This is what happens whenthere is no place like COAR. Thanksfor supporting the children who remainat COAR.





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What difference does COAR make?

<< Continued from Pg. 1 What if there were no COAR?

Juan Carlos, 1999 - !, keep studyingEvelin, 2003-2013, RIP

Juan Carlos is familiar to COAR supporters. He is, possibly,the most photographed child in history :) He came toCOAR when he was two years old, in 2001. A few monthsago he was removed from COAR to live with familymembers in a remote mountain village. But he is 13 yearsold. He has had 11 years of good food, good medical care,education, and stability. He has had the love and supportof many sponsors. He has the personal resources to adaptto his new life. On an unannounced visit recently, theCOAR CV team found him at his new home – studying!Because of COAR, he looks like he will make it. What adifference COAR makes. Thanks.

2013

2011200920072005

2003

Sponsorship photos through the years

2006 2008 20102012

2004

Evelin’s cherubic face is also familiarto COAR supporters. She was notcamera shy. She came to COAR in 2004,one year old, still in diapers. She andher siblings were removed from COARin the summer of 2012, when Evelinwas eight. On a visit to her new housein April the COAR CV team saw thatcircumstances were difficult. They alsolearned that Evelin had died in March.The details are still uncertain and aninquiry is underway. But it seems thatshe could not get the medical care sheneeded. This is what happens whenthere is no place like COAR. Thanksfor supporting the children who remainat COAR.


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News from El SalvadorFrom the Peace Mission'sExecutive Director

By Mary K. Stevenson

Ken & Sonja Ball50th Wedding Anniversary of Ken & Sonja Ball

by Martin and Jean MyersRev. Frank Kehres

in honor of Rev. Frank Kehres retirementby Martin and Jean Myers

St. Josephby Angela Tucci

Mary StevensonRecipient of Distinguished Alumna Award,Beaumont School, embodies a Christian life ofleadership and service to society

by Therese Osborne

HonoraryGifts

Memorial Gifts Sister Elaine Eggert, OP, Sr. Martha Fox, OP, and Sr. Elizabeth Ann, OP

supporters of the COAR children and theCleveland Latin American Mission Team

as well as so many ministries oftheir own, RIP,friends of El Salvador,by Nilda Ramos, OPAby the Dominican Sisters of Peace

Incarnate Word Nunsby Joseph and RosemarieDeLuca

(The poet and humanitarian of France, 1802–1885, hasin this passage set forth the purpose of one of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world)

“SO long as there shall exist, by reason oflaw and custom, a social condemnation, which,in the face of civilization, artificially createshells on earth, and complicates a destinythat is divine, with human fatality; so longas the three problems of the age—thedegradation of man by poverty, the ruin ofwomen by starvation, and the dwarfing ofchildhood by physical and spiritual night*—are not solved; so long as, in certain regions,social asphyxia shall be possible; in otherwords, and from a yet more extended pointof view, so long as ignorance and miseryremain on earth, books like this cannot beuseless.”

The Prefaceto

“Les Miserables”

byVictor Hugo

“the dwarfing of childhoodby physical and spiritual night” *

August 6thThe National Feast ofSalvador del Mundo

The feast of Jesus, Savior of the Worldis the big, mid-year holiday break in

El Salvador. This is a picture of just oneof the many public festivals

centering on a statue ofJesus atop a globe.

In their fall letters sponsors will likely hear from theirchildren about a visit back home to family for the week-long Feast of Salvador Del Mundo (right.) It is crucialthat the children stay connected to whatever familythey have. Often there is love in their families, but it iscrippled by poverty. The children must be prepared toreturn to a typical Salvadoran community, equippedemotionally and practically to live full lives. But it takestraining and compassion for the COAR CV staff to helpthe children reconcile their families’ limitations when

they return to COAR. The plight ofthe children who have beenpermanently removed from COARis among the most difficultsituations we have had to deal with,as described on pages 1, 4-5. Itpoints out, tragically, how importantCOAR’s mission is. Thank you formaking it possible.

Gift Amount $_____________ In Honor of, or, $15/month ($180/year) – Give a Child a Chance

In Memory of: _____________________________________ $25/month ($300/year) – Give a Child a Home

Send card to: _______________________________________ Charge my card every month?

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Name: ___________________________________ Card # ________________________ Exp date: _______

Address**: _______________________________________________________________________________

City, ST/Prov., Zip/Post, Country: ______________________________________________________________

E-mail: ________________________________________________ Phone: __________________________

Order: COAR's History: Quantity: ______ Total $_______ Unit Price (US dollars, includes shipping): US: $5 ~ Canada & Mexico: $7.50 ~ Other: $12 ~ $2 is tax-deductible ~ Bulk shipping available

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Matching companies:Progressive Insurance, Pepsi Bottling Group,

Bank of America, Stone Energy, ChubbInsurance, Aetna Insurance, Home Depot,Prudential Insurance, Lubrizol,Sara Lee

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New Addresses!! e-mail * street * phone * fax ¡¡New Addresses

Honorary Gifts Memorial Gift

Fr. Chris at COAR asa seminarian in 2006

Rev. Christopher Trentaby Austin and Diana Talmon

by Morris and Cecelia Van Vooren

Estate Gift ofRev. Victor Cimperman,

beloved uncle by Anette Perhay,RIP friend of Fr. Ken

and the COAR children

Saul Sorianowho received his robeas a Capuchin novice

by the childrenand staff of COAR

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COAR Peace Mission is a 501(c)(3)corporation established in the U.S. tofacilitate outreach, fundraising, fundstransfer, and other business for theCOAR Children’s Village. All donationsare gratefully received, payable to:COAR, andsent to the address, above.

COAR Children’s Village is theCommunity Oscar Arnulfo Romero, inZaragoza, El Salvador. Founded in1980 it provides: foster care for 120children, schooling for 800 children,and a clinic, pharmacy, and otherservices for the entire community.

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