Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 6:30 p.m.
Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
400 Michigan Avenue NE
Washington, D.C
The annual Memorial Mass for Father Vincent R. Capodanno, MM, took place at 6:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue, Northeast, Washington, D.C. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, will be the principal celebrant and homilist.
The annual Mass is celebrated for the repose of Father Capodanno, killed in Vietnam on September 4, 1967, as he ministered to embattled Marines in South Vietnam’s Quế Sơn Valley. Father Capodanno posthumously received the Medal of Honor, and in May 2006 the Catholic Church officially proclaimed him a Servant of God thus formally initiating his Cause for Canonization.
