A beacon of hope to veterans and service men and women.
It’s all about hope. Our vision is to be a beacon of hope to our veterans and service men and women who are suicidal and in need of emotional support.
A Problem Worth Solving
Active duty and prior service military are seeing record breaking suicides due to a vast array of reasons, including: hopelessness, lack of belonging, and loss of purpose.
At Operation Watch Over, we believe that suicide is an enemy that can be dealt with and defeated with the proper weapons.
Our Solution:
Spiritual Healing and Restoring Hope
While there are various issues that could lead a person to taking their own life, the basic need is to find HOPE again. Hope allows those that are suffering to realize that their life is valuable and that they can live free of the tormenting thoughts that would drive them to want to end their life.
We believe that the key to restoring this hope is faith.
There is positive data accumulating that verifies that faith based solutions are having greater success at preventing suicide than traditional approaches – and, we believe there’s a reason for that.
Most suicide prevention programs are lacking the spiritual aspect in their “solution”. Implementing spiritual healing through the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Truth of God’s Word is critical in healing the whole person; spirit, soul and body. When a person is spiritually dead or broken in their soul, our solution leads them to hope, life and wholeness.
Our 4-Stage Process
We believe the best approach to combating this epidemic of military suicide is a battle tested 4-Stage Process.
Meet Our Founder and Fellow Veteran
Mark Cattelona served in the United States Armed Forces from the 1970’s to the 1980’s at Edwards AFB. While Mark enjoyed much of his lifetime in the military, there were also dark, overwhelming times that he experienced both before and after his service. During his time of service, he struggled with drugs, depression, and eventually decided to attempt to take his own life. Thankfully his wife showed up in time and his attempt at suicide was unsuccessful.
Mark decided to create a faith based suicide prevention organization to pray with and disciple veterans and active service members dealing with thoughts of suicide, depression and the effects of PTSD. Our ultimate goal is for these amazing people of service to experience complete healing and freedom and to enjoy the life they were created to have.