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 Marcel Taillon has completed his brief but consequential term as interim Vocations Director.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC — Father Robert R. Cannon is now “the Reverend Monsignor” Robert R. Cannon. The Holy See recently bestowed the honorary ecclesiastical title on the retired U.S. Air Force chaplain and former chancellor of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), for exceptional service to the Catholic Church. Msgr. Cannon stepped down as AMS chancellor last month after eight years of service to pursue a doctorate in canon law. He has been succeeded as chancellor by retired U.S. Army Colonel Anita Raines.
EMMITSBURG, MD — The Sisters and Daughters of Charity welcomed more than 300 visitors to the National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton on Sunday for its annual Pilgrimage for the Sea Services. The Most Reverend Paul S. Loverde, Bishop-emeritus of Arlington, VA, was the principal celebrant and homilist for the 3:30 p.m. Mass, which was broadcast that night on EWTN.
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