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2024

Two Prospective Catholic U.S. Military Chaplains Ordained Transitional Deacons in Arlington, VA

ASHBURN, VA – The Reverend Mr. Raymond E. Goins and the Rev. Mr. Michael C. Sampson were among 12 men ordained transitional deacons in the Diocese of Arlington on Saturday, April 6, before an overflow congregation at Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Ashburn, VA. Both are on track to become Catholic priests and U.S. Military chaplains—Mr. Goins in the Army, Mr. Sampson in the Navy—with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).

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April 11, 2024 No Comments

Twenty-Seven Men Gather for Discernment Retreat on Possible Vocations as U.S. Military Chaplains

MENLO PARK, CA – A Catholic military chaplain serves God and Country, but how to know if you are called to wear both collar and colors? That’s the question for 27 young men gathered here this weekend to explore the “vocation within a vocation.” Those who discern a call may soon enter seminary to become priests and eventually, officers in the U.S. Armed Forces, Serving Those Who Serve, helping ease a shortage of Catholic chaplains on active duty.

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March 25, 2024 No Comments

Spring Discernment Retreat

Twenty-seven men gathered in Menlo Park, CA, March 21-24 for a retreat aimed at helping them discern if they are called by the Holy Spirit to be Catholic priests and U.S. Military chaplains.  Please continue to pray for these men.

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March 25, 2024 No Comments

Archbishop Broglio Consecrates and Blesses Sacramental Oils at Chrism Mass

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Monday evening, March 18, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), blessed and consecrated sacred oils for sacramental use over the coming year in Catholic communities on U.S. Military sites worldwide, and in the nation’s VA Medical Centers. The rite of blessing took place at the annual Chrism Mass of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).

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March 19, 2024 No Comments

Registration Open for Saint John XXIII Foundation 2024 Patrons Reception

WASHINGTON, DC — Registration is now open for the 2024 Patrons Reception for the Saint John XXIII Foundation.  Proceeds will support the Foundation’s General Endowed Fund. Endowed gifts help underwrite the various ministries of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), including the education and formation of seminarians who will serve as Catholic military chaplains.

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March 14, 2024 No Comments

Easter 2025

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March 13, 2024 No Comments

Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio to be Recognized as “Founding Patron” of the Saint John XXIII Foundation

WASHINGTON, DC — Mr. Joseph Starshak, CAPT, USNR (Ret.), Chair of the Board of Directors of the Saint John XXIII Foundation, is honored to announce that the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, will be recognized as the “Founding Patron” of the Saint John XXIII Foundation during the Foundation’s upcoming 2024 Patrons Reception. The honor recognizes Archbishop Broglio’s immeasurable impact on the lives of the faithful of the Archdiocese, as well as his work in the creation and formation of the Saint John XXIII Foundation.

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February 27, 2024 No Comments

Rite of Election

Thirteen men and women celebrated the Rite of Election on Sunday, February 18, in the main chapel of the Edwin Cardinal O’Brien Pastoral Center.

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February 19, 2024 No Comments

Rite of Election Celebrated for 13 Adults Affiliated with U.S. Military

WASHINGTON, DC — Thirteen aspiring Catholics affiliated with the United States Military celebrated the Rite of Election in the Nation’s Capital on Feb. 18, 2024, the first Sunday of Lent.  The 3:00 p.m. celebration, which took place in the main chapel of the Edwin Cardinal O’Brien Pastoral Center, global headquarters of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), is the penultimate milestone in a year-long process known as the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA). In the OCIA, candidates study the faith, prayerfully discern their calling to Catholicism, and upon completing the process, come into communion with the Church through the Easter sacraments of baptism, confirmation, and Holy Communion.

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February 18, 2024 No Comments

National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Begins with Invocation from AMS Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia

WASHINGTON, DC – “Come to our assistance, Lord our God!” Today, with those words of supplication, the Reverend Monsignor Anthony R. Frontiero, S.T.D., Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), prayed the invocation opening the annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in the Nation’s Capital.

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February 8, 2024 No Comments

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