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Meet Father Paul-Anthony Halladay, Vocation Director of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA

WASHINGTON, DC – November 2-8, 2025, is National Vocation Awareness Week in the U.S. Catholic Church, an annual celebration dedicated to promoting vocations to the priesthood, diaconate, and consecrated life through prayer and education, and to renew prayers and support for those who are considering one of these particular vocations.

Any eligible young man sensing the call to serve as a Catholic U.S. Military chaplain is encouraged to speak with Father Paul-Anthony Halladay, CH (MAJ), USA (Ret.). The Vocation Director for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS)—to borrow the iconic phrase of Uncle Sam—“WANTS YOU”! The Military needs more Catholic priests to serve in all branches. “So my efforts in the Vocation Office are to encourage and accompany young men who may be interested in both military service and priesthood,” he says, “and to assist them on this path, according to God’s will.”

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November 6, 2025 No Comments

Fall Discernment Retreat Draws Record Attendance

BALTIMORE, MD – A record-high 38 prospective Catholic U.S. Military chaplains gathered at St. Mary’s Seminary this past weekend for the annual fall discernment retreat for young men discerning the “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.

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November 6, 2025 No Comments

Auxiliary Bishop Gregg M. Caggianelli Celebrates Holy Mass at Pilgrimage for the Sea Services

EMMITSBURG, MD – The Sisters and Daughters of Charity welcomed more than 400 visitors to the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton on Sunday, Oct. 5, for its annual Pilgrimage for the Sea Services. The Most Reverend Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch, Col, USAF, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), was the principal celebrant and homilist for the 3:30 p.m. Mass, which was broadcast Sunday night on EWTN. The pilgrimage is celebrated each year on the first Sunday in October to seek Mother Seton’s intercession for the safety of those serving at sea, including the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines, and Public Health Services.

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October 9, 2025 No Comments

Archbishop Timothy Broglio Preaches Red Mass Homily in Diocese of Wilmington, DE

WILMINGTON, DE — 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), preached the homily Sunday at the annual Red Mass in the Diocese of Wilmington, DE, calling on members of the legal profession to practice the virtues of wisdom, courage, and compassion as they go about serving “the common good” with “justice and charity.”

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October 6, 2025 No Comments

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