WASHINGTON, DC — EWTN will broadcast the 31st Annual Memorial Mass on Memorial Day—Monday, May 26, 2025—at 11:00 a.m. ET. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, is the principal celebrant and homilist.
LANCASTER, NY – The Reverend Mr. Christopher J. Wild, LTJG, USN, a candidate for the Catholic priesthood and United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a transitional deacon on Saturday, May 17, in his home Diocese of Buffalo, NY. The new deacon, 27, 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 Catholic sailors and their families with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
MONONA, WI – The Reverend Mr. Mark Wagner, 2d Lt, USAF, a candidate for the Catholic
priesthood and United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a transitional deacon on Friday,
May 16, in his home Diocese of Madison, WI. The new deacon hopes eventually to serve as a
Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Air Force providing pastoral care to Catholic airmen and their
families with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
(AMS).
WASHINGTON, DC — A Military District of Washington Armed Forces Color Guard will herald opening of the 31st Annual Memorial Mass at 4:30 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue, Northeast, in Washington, D.C.
The Most Reverend Gregg M. Caggianelli was ordained in Boynton Beach, FL, at Saint Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary, where the new bishop—an active reservist and colonel in the United States Air Force—has served for years as a priest, professor and administrator.
Archbishop Broglio has issued the following statement on the election of Pope Leo XIV:
On Friday, May 9, Bishop-elect Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch, Col, USAF, will be ordained as an Auxiliary Bishop for the AMS.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Joseph Starshak, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Saint John XXIII Foundation, is honored to announce that Patrick E. Kelly (Captain, United States Navy, Retired), Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been named an Honorary Patron of the Saint John XXIII Foundation. Supreme Knight Kelly will be recognized formally during the Foundation’s upcoming 2025 Annual Patrons Reception to be held in Charleston, SC, on Oct. 23, 2025.
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Guadalupe Radio Network recently honored His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, with its ‘Fishers of Men Award.’ The award presentation took place on April 26 at the Catholic network’s annual dinner, preceded by a Divine Mercy Vigil Mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph L. Coffey of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
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