PHOENIX, AZ – The Catholic Media Association (CMA) has named milarch.org, the official website of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), the best diocesan website in all of the United States and Canada.
CORPUS CHRISTI, TX — Father James W. Craig, (1LT), USAR, a candidate for United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a Catholic priest on Saturday, June 14, in his home Diocese of Corpus Christi, TX. The new priest hopes eventually to serve as a U.S. Army chaplain, providing pastoral care to Catholic soldiers and their families with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
LEWISTON, ME — Father Erin M. Donlon, LT, USNR, a prospective future U.S. Navy chaplain, was ordained a priest on Saturday, May 31, in his home Diocese of Portland, ME. The new priest is on track to go on active duty in three years with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), giving pastoral care to Catholic Sailors, Marines, Coast Guardsmen, and their families.
WASHINGTON, DC — EWTN will broadcast the 31st Annual Memorial Mass on Memorial Day—Monday, May 26, 2025—at 11:00 a.m. ET. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, is the principal celebrant and homilist.
WASHINGTON, DC — A Military District of Washington Armed Forces Color Guard will herald opening of the 31st Annual Memorial Mass at 4:30 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, May 18, 2025, in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue, Northeast, in Washington, D.C.
The Most Reverend Gregg M. Caggianelli was ordained in Boynton Beach, FL, at Saint Vincent De Paul Regional Seminary, where the new bishop—an active reservist and colonel in the United States Air Force—has served for years as a priest, professor and administrator.
Archbishop Broglio has issued the following statement on the election of Pope Leo XIV:
On Friday, May 9, Bishop-elect Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch, Col, USAF, will be ordained as an Auxiliary Bishop for the AMS.
WASHINGTON, D.C.– Joseph Starshak, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Saint John XXIII Foundation, is honored to announce that Patrick E. Kelly (Captain, United States Navy, Retired), Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus, has been named an Honorary Patron of the Saint John XXIII Foundation. Supreme Knight Kelly will be recognized formally during the Foundation’s upcoming 2025 Annual Patrons Reception to be held in Charleston, SC, on Oct. 23, 2025.
ALEXANDRIA, VA – Guadalupe Radio Network recently honored His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, with its ‘Fishers of Men Award.’ The award presentation took place on April 26 at the Catholic network’s annual dinner, preceded by a Divine Mercy Vigil Mass celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Joseph L. Coffey of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
Upon the news from the Holy See announcing the passing of Pope Francis on April 21, Archbishop Broglio has issued a statement in remembrance.
MENLO PARK, CA – A record-high thirty-seven prospective Catholic U.S. Military chaplains gathered at St. Patrick’s Seminary this past weekend for the annual spring discernment retreat for young men discerning a possible “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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