Archbishop Broglio issued a statement today on the multi-fatal mid-air collision last night between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Eagle Flight 5342.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dozens of future U.S. Army and Navy officers braved 35-degree (F) temperatures and snow-lined streets in the Nation’s Capital on Friday to walk in the 52nd annual March for Life—the third in a post-Roe America—along Constitution Avenue. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), led the group of more than 80 prospective U.S. Military officers including cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., and midshipmen from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, among others.
WASHINGTON, DC – In response to this week’s Executive Orders signed by President Trump, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA (AMS), and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), offered the following statement:
OWENSBORO, KY – The Reverend Mr. Conrad T. Jaconette, 2d Lt USAF, a candidate for Catholic priesthood and United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a transitional deacon on Saturday, Jan. 4, in his home Diocese of Owensboro, KY. The new deacon is on track to be ordained a priest later this year and hopes eventually to serve as a Catholic chaplain in the United States Air Force, providing pastoral care to Catholic airmen, space guardians, and their families, with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
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.
Father Paul-Anthony Halladay, CH (MAJ), USA (Ret.), a retired, decorated 20-year veteran U.S. Army chaplain, succeeds interim Vocations director Father Marcel Taillon, who recently completed a successful eight-month run in the position pending search for a permanent successor.
Father Marcel Taillon has completed his brief but consequential term as interim Vocations Director.
WASHINGTON, DC — Since “Giving Tuesday”—Dec. 3—the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), has raised more than $80,000 through the 501(c)(3) organization, #iGiveCatholic. The funds, donated by hundreds of generous benefactors, will support AMS ministry to Catholics in all branches of the United States Military.
The Reverend Mr. Paul Collins, LT, USNR, a candidate for Catholic priesthood and United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a transitional deacon on Saturday, Nov. 23.
AMS set new records Saturday evening for both attendance and giving at its 16th Annual Benefit. Archbishop Broglio hosted a record 383 guests at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Northeast Washington, raising $513,000 for the Archdiocese.
Archbishop Broglio hosted a record 30 prospective chaplains for the annual AMS Fall Discernment Retreat at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore.
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.
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