Philadelphia Gathering

Philadelphia carried a weight all its own this May. Standing at the Liberty Bell and walking the floor of Independence Hall, weeks ahead of America's 250th anniversary, reminded us why we serve those who serve.

Valor and Faith joined the annual meeting of the Royal Brotherhood of Saint Michael and the Archdiocese for the Military Services, a centuries-old chivalric order whose mission of faith, service, and care for those in uniform runs alongside our own. Sitting with esteemed clergy and members, trading stories with old friends and new, we spoke about the men and women we serve across the military and first-responder community. In that room we found ourselves within a tradition far older than the nation we celebrated that weekend.

Out of those conversations came something new: a partnership with Brochin Expeditions that opens a chapter for Valor and Faith we have only begun to write. Brochin brings 3,000 acres of South Texas ranch country and saltwater days off the Florida coast, a deep love of the outdoors, and a belief that time spent under open sky restores something words alone cannot.