New kitchen key to ‘breaking bread’ at Springfield church

Saint Alice Catholic Church Father Mark Bentz cuts the ribbon celebrating the new kitchen successfully on the first chop, with Todd Salnas, chief executive for Oregon Network (left) and Patrick Sawyer, PA-C medical provider for RiverBend (right). EMMA ROUTLEY/THE CHRONICLE

SPRINGFIELD — St. Alice Catholic Church Father Mark Bentz believes that food can bring people together. “Food breaks down barriers,” Bentz said at the ribbon cutting ceremony for the church’s new kitchen on May 19. “You…