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Fiesta Latina: Good Food, Friends and Fun!!!
More than 200 friends and supporters of Casa de Paz came together to celebrate Fiesta Latina on August 5, 2023 at St. Susanna’s Meyer Center in Mason. Guests dined on a delicious meal of chicken fajitas, homemade tamales, beans, rice and cake. They danced to the sounds of our DJ and the amazing entertainment of […]
CASA DE PAZ WELCOMES NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Hannah Lembright has the experience and professional qualifications that uniquely qualify her as the new executive director of Casa de Paz: several years of working with mothers of young children, fluency in Spanish honed in Costa Rica, Mexico and Spain, a college double major in Spanish and social justice, and an internship working for Kentucky […]
Bellarmine Parish Cares for Casa de Paz Families
The 2022 fall and winter seasons were similar to others for mothers and children who are displaced from their homes. Mothers have little to no money of their own to provide a special meal, activities or gifts for their children. Amid trying times and trauma, Bellarmine Parish stepped in to assist in multiple ways for […]
A Movie Theatre Experience
How many of us with children or grandchildren plan weekend outings around the city? The Cincinnati Zoo, Krohn Conservation and hikes at the Cincinnati Nature Center are just a few of my favorites. Yet, when I reflect on our women at Casa de Paz, they don’t often have the funds, the transportation, the awareness or […]
How Do You Measure a Year?
“It’s been one year since I first came to the United States from Honduras,” Teresa* tells me, eyes wistful. Then: “And I’ve accomplished absolutely nothing since then!” Those pensive eyes fill up with tears, and her face melts into forceful sobs that shake her whole body. Her son, little Sergio*, looks up at her from […]
STORYTIME TAKES ON NEW MEANING
Have you ever gone to story hour at your local bookstore or library? If so, you probably took a little one along with you. Jennifer Linares, our Family Support Worker, created a story hour especially for the moms and their daughters at Casa de Paz. Jennifer selected bilingual story books with colorful illustrations, like Frida […]
Salsa Verde
½ lb.Tomatillos 4 chiles serranos 3 garlic cloves 1/2 bunch of cilantro salt 1/4 white onion Crush garlic and onion in a mortar and pestle. or in a food processor on a light dice with no water. Fill a saucepan with enough water to cover tomatillos and chiles. Boil the chiles for one minute on […]
Pozole Recipe
2 lbs. pork shank (Chamorro) 2 lbs. pork backbone (espinazo) 1 tbsp. salt 2 lb. can of hominy Puree: 4 oz. dry guajillo pack (red) chiles or to taste 1/2 white onion 2-4 peppercorns 3-4 cloves of garlic 1 tsp dry oregano Place the pork and the salt in large pot with enough water to cover it. Boil for […]
MATCHING FUND DRIVE
Near the end of November, most of you will be receiving in the mail an appeal from us. This concerns Panes y Peces (Loaves and Fishes), our primary fundraiser for 2022. We are trying to raise $200,000 to fund our operations for parts of 2022 and 2023. We also ask for contributions to our […]
BONDING THROUGH FOOD
The women who live at Casa de Paz are comforted to be able to speak their native Spanish in their new home, and there are other sources of comfort, chief among them food. They are, by and large, far from the foods of their homelands, and eating the food of another culture is a constant […]