
Sister Michael Bochnowski Receives Order of Joseph Award for Life of Ministry at Fort Belvoir
The Army’s only award for Chaplain Corps civilians recognizes Sister Michael’s nearly 40 years of continuous service on post.

The Army’s only award for Chaplain Corps civilians recognizes Sister Michael’s nearly 40 years of continuous service on post.

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.”

Archbishop Broglio is directing all priests in service to the U.S. Military to continue exercising their religious liberty and offer Mass at military installations during the ongoing government shutdown.

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.

Archbishop Broglio was the principal celebrant at the live-televised annual Memorial Mass for Father Vincent Capodanno.

Seminarians preparing to become Catholic priests and U.S. Military chaplains assembled in the Nation’s Capital for the annual Labor Day Weekend Gathering for Co-Sponsored Seminarians.

SAN DIEGO, CA – More than five dozen active-duty Catholic military chaplains and other priests in service to the United States Military gathered in San Diego this past week for the first of four biennial convocations being held across the nation and in Rome over the next three months under the direction of His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA (AMS).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Registration is now open for the 2025 Patrons Reception for the Saint John XXIII Foundation. The reception will be held on Oct. 23 in Charleston, SC. The Foundation will honor Mr. Patrick E. Kelly, Esq., CAPT, USN (Ret.), Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, as an Honorary Patron.

Archbishop Broglio has issued a statement on Friday’s decision by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to revoke a 2022 rule that allowed access to abortions:

Donors surpassed the $80,000 goal in this year’s annual Day of Giving for the Archdiocese. The AMS gratefully accepted more than $95,000 from 337 donors on July 21, its 40th birthday.

VENICE, FL — Father Jacob Christian Gwynn, LT, USNR, a U.S. Navy chaplain candidate, was ordained a priest on Saturday, July 12, for the Diocese of Venice, FL. The new priest is on track to go on active duty, providing pastoral care to Catholic Sailors, Marines, Coast Guard members, and their families with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
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