Twenty-nine prospective Catholic U.S. Military chaplains from seminaries throughout the United States gathered in the Nation’s Capital over the weekend for the annual Labor Day weekend gathering for Co-Sponsored Seminarians. The retreat, hosted each year by the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), is a three-day celebration of prayer, fraternity, and face-to-face dialogue between the chaplain candidates, AMS clergy and staff, and Archbishop Broglio.
This year’s Labor Day weekend gathering is the last to be led by AMS Vocations Director Father S. Matthew Gray. A major in the South Carolina Air National Guard, Father Gray will soon be deployed to the Middle East after which time he has been called back to his home Diocese of Charleston. Former AMS Vocations Director Father Aidan Logan will temporarily fill the role pending the search for a successor. Vocations remains a top priority for Archbishop Broglio as the U.S. Military strives to overcome a chronic shortage of Catholic priests on active duty.
Please pray for these men as they prepare to embark on another year of priestly formation in preparation to become military chaplains.
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