Newsletter Articles

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 […]

Fiesta Latina took place on August 8, with over 200 people in attendance.  It was a major hit!  The program included a testimonial from one of our residents.  We followed with a delicious Mexican dinner, a silent auction and the performance of Cincinnati Baila dancers. Special thanks go out to the MC, Diana Lara and […]

  By Daniel Aerni Vice-President, Board of Directors   Casa de Paz was founded in 2014 by three women with a dream.  They dreamed of a day when Greater Cincinnati would have a residential facility where Latina women and children who had been scarred by domestic abuse could live temporarily, away from their abusers, and […]

On December 6, 2021, Father Eric Sundrup, Pastor of Bellarmine Parish, performed a Catholic house blessing in response to a request by Casa de Paz residents. Father Eric involved all residents, through scripture readings, prayers and the sprinkling of holy water in each room. As families proudly guided Father Eric through their temporary home and […]

On a cold February day, Karla sat in the dining room at Casa de Paz talking with Jennifer Linares, the Family Support Coordinator. She described the cascading emotions she felt washing over her on this, her final day as a Casa de Paz resident. Karla had come to Casa de Paz five months earlier with […]

Diane’s Corner   Have you ever heard of conviviencia? The translation is ‘coexist,’ like those bumper stickers you may have seen on a car in front of you at a traffic light. The word convivencia comes from a Spanish historian, Américo Castro, who wrote in the 1940’s about a time in medieval Spain when Jews, […]

FROM OUR FIRST 20 MONTHS Opened Doors, January 20, 2020 Renovated Living Space for 5 Families Obtained Necessary Furnishing, Clothing and Food Housed and/or Served 24 Women Housed and/or Served 41 Children “Graduated” 11 Families to Safer, Saner Independent Lives Provided Help to 12 Women on Protective Orders and Other Legal Issues Hired Our First […]

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When Alejandra Best and I invited Margaret Singer to an interview, we knew she would have many stories to tell. Margaret is a respected member of the Casa de Paz community, having served as a social worker to Latinx immigrants for over 30 years. Driven always by a love of family and faith, her journey […]