On Sunday, March 9, 17 U.S. Military-affiliated catechumens participated in the Rite of Election, the penultimate milestone of OCIA, the process of coming into communion with the Church through the sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and the Eucharist at Easter.
Nearly 150 U.S. Military personnel, patients, hospital staff, and others gathered for Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, which took place soon after Archbishop Broglio brought ashes and Holy Communion to bedridden patients in their rooms.
Pope Francis has authorized the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints to promulgate a decree that Father Kapaun “offered his life” prematurely out of Christian charity. The decree opens the path forward for Father Kapaun’s Beatification.
The pontifical appointment of Father Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch Col USAF, a nearly 30-year veteran of the United States Air Force, brings to five the total number of auxiliary bishops serving under Archbishop Broglio.
Bishop Muhm welcomed 58 active-duty personnel, contractors, and sons to the annual AMS European Men’s Retreat for those who serve at the Schoenstatt Retreat Center February 7-9.
Archbishop Broglio issued a following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to end taxpayer funding for abortion travel in the U.S. Military.
Archbishop Broglio issued a statement today on the multi-fatal mid-air collision last night between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Eagle Flight 5342.
Dozens of future U.S. Army and Navy officers braved freezing temperatures, ice, wind, and snow in the Nation’s Capital on Friday, January 24, walking in the 52nd annual March for Life, to unite in prayer and reaffirm the dignity of the human person.
This year the SEEK Conference was held in two locations. More than seventeen-thousand students and parishioners attended in Salt Lake City, UT, while over 3,000 participated in Washington.
Father Paul-Anthony Halladay, CH (MAJ), USA (Ret.), a retired, decorated 20-year veteran U.S. Army chaplain, succeeds interim Vocations director Father Marcel Taillon, who recently completed a successful eight-month run in the position pending search for a permanent successor.
The Reverend Mr. Paul Collins, LT, USNR, a candidate for Catholic priesthood and United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a transitional deacon on Saturday, Nov. 23.
AMS set new records Saturday evening for both attendance and giving at its 16th Annual Benefit. Archbishop Broglio hosted a record 383 guests at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Northeast Washington, raising $513,000 for the Archdiocese.
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