2024

Celebration in Detroit – U.S. Army Chaplain Candidate Ordained a Catholic Priest

DETROIT — Father Matthew D. Kurt, (1LT), USAR, a candidate for United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a Catholic priest on Saturday, May 18, in his home Archdiocese of Detroit, MI. The new priest plans to go on active duty as a Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Army, providing pastoral care to soldiers and their families with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).  Father Kurt will be eligible for accession once he completes three years of pastoral service in Detroit under his co-sponsored seminarian agreement with the two archdioceses.

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Archbishop Broglio will celebrate 30th Annual Memorial Mass on Saturday, May 18, at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception

WASHINGTON, DC — His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, will celebrate the 30th Annual Memorial Mass at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 18, 2024, in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue, Northeast, in Washington, D.C.

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Father Daniel L. Mode, CHC, CAPT, USN, Reassigned from U.S. Coast Guard to Navy Chief of Chaplains Office

WASHINGTON, DC – Last week Father Daniel L. Mode, CHC, CAPT, USN, an accomplished and highly respected Catholic U.S. Navy chaplain, who remains in good standing with both the Navy and the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), received notice from the U.S. Coast Guard that he has been permanently removed from his duties as Chaplain of the Coast Guard. Some media outlets have reported that Father Mode failed to act on knowledge of another’s past sexual misconduct. 

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Church Joyfully Welcomes U.S. Navy Chaplain Candidate as Newly Ordained Transitional Deacon

BOCA RATON, FL – The Reverend Mr. Jacob Christian Gwynn, LTJG, USNR, a candidate for the Catholic priesthood and United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a transitional deacon on Saturday, April 13, for the Diocese of Venice, FL. The new deacon is on track to be ordained a priest next year and hopes eventually to serve as a Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Navy, providing pastoral care to Catholics in the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard, and their families with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).

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