News and Events

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.

Father Marcel Taillon succeeds Father S. Matthew Gray, Ch, Capt, USAF, who was recently called back to his home Diocese of Charleston, SC, following two years as AMS Vocations Director.

Future U.S. Military leaders are among those seeking to “be the light” in a world of confusion, sin, and darkness at the SEEK24 Catholic Faith conference.

Archbishop Broglio greets Catholic military personnel, veterans, and their families worldwide with his video Christmas message, asking the faithful to pray for peace and urging men and women of good will to be catalysts of that peace.

“They risk their lives, sacrifice time with family and friends, set aside jobs, and often suffer the effects of their service into old age.  Today we pause to thank them, to say a prayer for them, and to recognize their commitment to our freedom.”

Please pray for the 26 men who attended the Fall Discernment Retreat as they continue to discern if they are called by the Holy Spirit to be Catholic priests and military chaplains

On Labor Day weekend, AMS co-sponsored seminarians gathered together in fraternity and prayer. Please pray for these men as they embark on another year of priestly formation.

At World Youth Day, Archbishop Broglio implored the faithful to “delve more deeply into the mystery of divine love” to animate that same love in their daily lives.

Archbishop Broglio commented: “I call on the appropriate elected officials of the U.S. Government to assert control over the bureaucracy that is permitted to deny the First Amendment rights of the men and women in uniform and their families.”

The AMS Vocations Office hosted a “Welcome Aboard” gathering for four incoming co-sponsored seminarians planning to serve as active-duty U.S. Military chaplains after ordination.