COAR

Therese Osborn with husband Don

Cummunidad of Oscar Arnulfo Romeo

In 1980 a cousin of my husband, a catholic priest from the Diocese of Cleveland Ohio, developed an orphanage in Zaragoza during the era of a civil war torn country of San Salvador. Fr. Ken went to the refugee camps and saw many children orphaned by this war and not enough adults to care for them. He took them in under the care of some Maryknoll sisters. Eventually an orphanage was built to house the large number. Today the orphanage serves children who come from extreme poverty or abuse in the region. The school developed at the orphanage serves the children of the community as well as the orphanage. Fr. Ken said, "to break the cycle of poverty, the children need an education".

Tuesday we attended the annual benefit luncheon for the orphanage at COAR. Pictured is Therese Osborn who is one of the most dedicated lay missionaries who has done so much assisting the San Salvadorian people establishing aids to improve their quality of life. God Bless such wonderful people who sacrifice so much sharing their talents to improve the quality of life for the most sacrificing and hard working people.