2025

Discernment Retreat for U.S. Military Chaplain Prospects Draws Record Attendance

MENLO PARK, CA – A record-high thirty-seven prospective Catholic U.S. Military chaplains gathered at St. Patrick’s Seminary this past weekend for the annual spring discernment retreat for young men discerning a possible “vocation within a vocation” as both Catholic priests and military chaplain officers on active duty. The Vocations Office of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), holds two of these retreats each year—one in the spring on the West Coast and another in the fall on the East Coast—as part of its ongoing strategy to relieve a shortage of Catholic priests on active duty.

April 14, 2025 No Comments

Archbishop Broglio Consecrates and Blesses Sacramental Oils at Chrism Mass

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday evening, April 8, 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 rites took place at the annual Chrism Mass of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), where dozens of bishops, priests, and chaplains serving the U.S. Military and the VA also renewed their ministerial commitment to Jesus Christ and His Church.

April 10, 2025 No Comments

31st Annual Memorial Mass

The 31st Annual Memorial Mass took place on Sunday, May 18, 2025, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC.

April 3, 2025 No Comments

Auxiliary Bishop-Elect Gregg M. Caggianelli to be Ordained in Florida on May 9

WASHINGTON, DC — Father Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch, Col, USAF, will be ordained an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), on Friday, May 9, in the main chapel of Saint Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach where he has served for many years. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, will celebrate the 2:00 p.m. (ET) ordination Mass.

March 24, 2025 No Comments

Annual Chrism Mass

At the annual Chrism Mass on Tuesday, 8 April, at 6:00 p.m., Archbishop Broglio will bless and consecrate sacred oils for sacramental use over the coming year. The Chrism Mass is open to the public, and the faithful of the Archdiocese are encouraged to participate.

March 17, 2025 No Comments

U.S. Military Catholics Participate in Rite of Election to Catholic Church

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.

March 11, 2025 No Comments

Archbishop Broglio Visits the Sick, Celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed

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.

March 6, 2025 No Comments

Holy See Decrees the “Offering of Life” of Korean War Hero Father Emil J. Kapaun

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.

February 25, 2025 No Comments

Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishop for the AMS

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.

February 21, 2025 No Comments

U.S. Servicemen Reflect on Influence of St. Joseph at Catholic Men’s Retreat in Europe

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.

February 11, 2025 No Comments

U.S. Military Catholics Embark on Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome

ROME – By decree of Pope Francis, 2025 is a Jubilee year, a time for forgiveness and reconciliation. U.S. Military Catholics will celebrate the occasion this week with an extraordinary pilgrimage to the Eternal City. At the peaks of their spiritual journey, Sunday Mass with the Holy Father and the opportunity to pass through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica will beckon pilgrims. The five-day pilgrimage overlaps the Holy See’s Jubilee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Security Personnel for Catholic first-responders worldwide, set in Rome this weekend.

February 5, 2025 No Comments

Archbishop Broglio Welcomes Termination of Tax-Funded Abortion Travel for Service Members

Archbishop Broglio issued a following statement on the Trump Administration’s decision to end taxpayer funding for abortion travel in the U.S. Military.

January 31, 2025 No Comments

Discernment Retreat for U.S. Military Chaplain Prospects Draws Record Attendance

Archbishop Broglio Consecrates and Blesses Sacramental Oils at Chrism Mass

31st Annual Memorial Mass

Auxiliary Bishop-Elect Gregg M. Caggianelli to be Ordained in Florida on May 9

Annual Chrism Mass

U.S. Military Catholics Participate in Rite of Election to Catholic Church

Archbishop Broglio Visits the Sick, Celebrates Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed

Holy See Decrees the “Offering of Life” of Korean War Hero Father Emil J. Kapaun

Pope Francis Names New Auxiliary Bishop for the AMS

U.S. Servicemen Reflect on Influence of St. Joseph at Catholic Men’s Retreat in Europe

U.S. Military Catholics Embark on Jubilee Year Pilgrimage to Rome

Archbishop Broglio Welcomes Termination of Tax-Funded Abortion Travel for Service Members

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