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News Archive
Congratulations, Fr. Sjaak!
Best wishes on the 36th Anniversary of your priesthood! You’ve touched so many hearts and inspired so many lives. We pray that God will continue to bless you and strengthen you to continue the ministry entrusted in your care; May His goodness and kindness be with...
Bollywood Indian Evening
Come and enjoy authentic Indian food and entertainment on Saturday 12 November in the Atrium of our Pastoral Centre! Tickets will be sold starting this Sunday, 30 October at the Welcome Desk at the back of the Church after the Masses. Ticket prices: 20 Euros for...
The Letter
“The Letter” is a video released by the Vatican on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi (4 October) telling the story of the Pope’s encyclical, Laudato Si’. In the first 3 weeks of it's release, the YouTube video has already been viewed over 7.6 million times. The...
Contemplative Christian Spirituality
In 2007 Ian Stackhouse wrote his book, ‘The day is Yours’; a protest against the culture of speed both in the culture at large, but also in the church itself. Rooted in the monastic liturgy of the hours, the book argues that it is important for Christians to recover a...
Kids helping kids
On Sunday, 9 October, a group of First Holy Communion children with their families sorted, folded, and repacked winter coats, hats, scarves and gloves donated by COS families as part of their community service project. By the end of the day the children had over...
A hymnal of your own?
Now that we have the large TV screens in the church to project the lyrics of the hymns, the old hymn books we previously used in the pews are surplus to requirements. If you prefer using a hymn book and would like your own personal copy that you can take home with...
October is “Socktober” at the Church of Our Saviour! Warm socks are the number one requested item by the homeless and COS is helping by making October “Socktober." Preparations are underway to fill over 300 pairs of warm winter socks with snacks and non perishable...
Meet the Parish 2022 big success!
Thank you so much for making the Meet the Parish Event on Sunday September 11th, such a grand success. At both masses, there was a lot of interest in the various groups and events that make our parish such a vibrant community, and we can report that many groups...
Prinsjesdag 2022
Prinsjesdag (3rd Tuesday in September every year) is the day on which the reigning monarch of The Netherlands addresses a joint session of the States-General of the Netherlands (consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives) from the throne. This year,...
COS Parish Board
After 8 years of professional and solid support to the Parish Board and the parish, Marcel van Adrichem, our Parish Treasurer is handing over charge to Patrick Lemmens. We thank Marcel (standing at the back, 2nd on the left) for his unstinting support and for ensuring...