Dozens of future U.S. Military leaders were among a record gathering of more than 26,000 Catholic young adults to encounter Christ at SEEK 2026.
The Army’s only award for Chaplain Corps civilians recognizes Sister Michael’s nearly 40 years of continuous service on post.
Archbishop Broglio commissioned three new members of Team Saint Paul, an AMS apostolate for civilian young adults to accompany peers in the U.S. armed forces on their journeys of faith.
The AMS Marriage Enrichment Retreat in Gangneug, South Korea, drew a record attendance with 39 couples participating. The well-attended weekend was a precious respite for couples living out their marital commitments under the stress, pressures, and mobility of military life.
WALDFISCHBACH-BURGALBEN, GERMANY — The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), welcomed a record thirty-one U.S. Air Force couples to Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, this past weekend for an AMS Marriage Enrichment Retreat. The couples, from the Holy Family Catholic Community at Ramstein Air Base, about 20 miles away, all participated in the April 11-12 retreat at the Maria Rosenberg Pilgrimage Site and Spiritual Center — a site run by the Diocese of Speyer in southwest Germany. Fathers Emeka C. Okwuosa, Ch, Capt, USAF, and Joseph Deichert, Ch, Col, USAF (Ret.), worked with the planning committee and the facilitator, AMS Vice-Chancellor for Evangelization Mark Moitoza, Th.D., D.Min., to organize the retreat.
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.
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.
AMS welcomed more than one dozen military couples to Nemi, Italy, this past weekend for the AMS Catholic Marriage Enrichment Retreat. Archbishop Broglio took part in the Oct. 18-20 retreat.
Team Saint Paul is now gaining traction on two U.S. Military installations: Fort Campbell in Kentucky and Travis Air Force Base in California. On Sept. 13, Archbishop Broglio commissioned the newest three members.
More than 100 U.S. Military-affiliated Catholics joined the celebration of faith at the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium and the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis.
WASHINGTON, DC – On Tuesday, Oct. 19, the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), will host a virtual convocation of catechists in service to the U.S. Military. The purpose is to catalyze catechetical leaders in their commitment to help others live and preach the Gospel. It will also offer them the possibility of making a contribution to the Synod 2021-2023, a process of discernment, initiated by the Bishop of Rome, in which the people of God are called to pray and reflect on the will of the Holy Spirit for the Church.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Time to take the Challenge! The AMS “Disciple Challenge,” that is. The Office of Faith Formation of the AMS (Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA) has opened a two-month window from April 1 through May 31 for students in families on active duty to test and develop their knowledge of the Catholic Faith, free of charge, by answering Challenge questions ranging in complexity by grade level.
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