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Our Sexton Family ... From left: Kevin Quach, Maria Quach, Raul Barrera November is National Gratitude Month, and it’s a perfect time for COS to pause and give thanks for all the people who make our community thrive. Our clergy, LEMs, ushers, readers, musicians, altar guild, office staff, sound crew, finance and property teams, parishioners who volunteer their precious time, and many more offer their gifts with care and dedication. And behind the scenes, our sexton team shoul

This year, Our Saviour Center’s annual Thanksgiving meal distribution will take place on November 25th. Last year, we were able to give out 350 turkeys and 418 hams in addition to the usual distribution of food. This year’s sharing out comes at a crucial time, as Our Saviour Center’s Food Pantry has seen an influx of clients seeking food assistance since the end of October, seeing close to 1,000 individuals each week. Any contribution will greatly benefit these households and

A man was sitting in a restaurant having dinner with his wife. From two tables over, another man walks over, points and exclaims, “You’re Captain Plumb!” “Yessir,” the seated man replies, hesitantly. “You’re a fighter pilot, flew jet fighters in Vietnam, got shot down off USS Kitty Hawk, parachuted into enemy hands, and spent 6 years as a P.O.W.!” he continued, excitedly. “How do you know all this?” Captain Plumb asked. The man smiled and said, “Because I packed your parachut

“There’s only one proper way for a professional soldier to die: the last bullet of the last battle of the last war.” These haunting words, attributed to local son General George S. Patton, open the door to deeper questions about what it means to live in a world where war does, in fact, happen. Men and women serve on our collective behalf in areas of conflict. Whether or not we agree with the decision to (ever) go to war, we cannot escape the impact military service has on v

One of the most beloved quotes attributed to St. Teresa of Avila begins with these beautiful words: Christ has no body but yours, No hands, no feet on earth but yours, Yours are the eyes with which he looks Compassion on this world, Yours are the feet with which he walks to do good, Yours are the hands, with which he blesses all the world. Yours are the hands, yours are the feet, Yours are the eyes, you are his body. -St. Teresa of Avila It is a quote that lands deeply