WASHINGTON, DC — Joseph Starshak, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Saint John XXIII Foundation, is happy to announce the addition of seven new Directors. Four Directors were elected during a Special Meeting of the Board held in March of 2023, and the remaining three were elected during the Spring Meeting of the Board held in Chicago on 8 June.
WASHINGTON, DC — This past weekend the Vocations Office of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), hosted a “Welcome Aboard” gathering for incoming co-sponsored seminarians planning to serve as active-duty U.S. Military chaplains after ordination. The chaplain candidates’ seminary tuition and related expenses will be funded jointly by the AMS and their home dioceses, hence their designation as “co-sponsored.” Four men took part in the June 22-25 retreat, sharing time in fellowship, Morning and Evening Prayer, the celebration of Mass, conversation with Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, and briefings from AMS staff.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – CatholicMom.com will offer Joyful Momentum: Growing and Sustaining Vibrant Women’s Groups (Ave Maria Press) by Elizabeth A. Tomlin, Esq., as the featured book for its summer book club. Ms. Tomlin, a U.S. Army wife and mother of three, is a past president of the Military Council of Catholic Women (MCCW) and General Counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
BETHESDA, MD – The Franciscan priests and friars of Holy Name College Friary of Silver Spring, MD, are back on the job ministering to patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after a two-month interruption in pastoral service due to a now-resolved contract issue.
BALTIMORE – The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), has been honored with 10 Catholic Press Awards for excellence in journalism, editing, publishing, and podcasting. The Catholic Media Association presented the awards Friday night, June 9, in its annual conference at the Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor Hotel at Camden Yards. Competing with Catholic publications throughout the United States and Canada, the AMS received awards in nine categories for its published writings, magazine editing, layout and typography, podcast interviews, and website.
GAINESVILLE, VA — Fathers Michael T. Nugent and Charles C. Wilton were ordained Catholic priests on Saturday, June 3, in a solemn Mass and an overflowing congregation at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Gainesville, VA. Both are on track to become U.S. Navy chaplains with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
GUAM – Twenty-six Catholic couples based at U.S. Military installations on Guam spent part of last weekend on Tumon Bay for a Marriage Enrichment Retreat sponsored by the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS). The May 19-20 retreat took place at the Hilton Guam Resort and Spa, about a five-minute drive from Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport. The time of reflection was facilitated by Mark Moitoza, Th.D., D. Min., AMS Vice-Chancellor for Evangelization. Fathers Guy Kagere, Ch, Capt, USAF, and Daniel J. Swartz, CHC (LT), USN, were on hand and led the couples in prayer.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of more than 250 pilgrims composed largely of U.S. Military personnel—including the ill, wounded, and injured, along with their companions and caretakers—headed home from France this week after a week-long journey of healing to the Marian grotto and bath springs in Lourdes. The Warriors to Lourdes went to the Pyrenees Mountain village last week to take part in the 63rd annual Pèlerinage Militaire International (PMI)—or International Military Pilgrimage—staged annually since 1958 at one of the world’s holiest Catholic pilgrimage sites where the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Saint Bernadette Soubirous in a series of apparitions exactly 100 years prior.
WASHINGTON, DC –– His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, issued a pastoral letter on Friday condemning recent actions by the U.S. Senate and the Biden Administration easing access to abortion in VA medical centers and among the active-duty U.S. Military.
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, April 19, the U.S. Senate voted 51 to 48 to reject a Congressional Review Act resolution that would overturn an interim final rule from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) which added abortion to veterans’ and dependents’ health benefits packages. In response, Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), and president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Arlington, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Pro-Life Activities, issued the following joint statement:
WASHINGTON, DC – As a sign of continual pastoral concern for those entrusted to the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio announced today that Monsignor Jeffrey Laible, the current Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, has agreed to serve the faithful at Maxwell Air Force Base. The role is crucial for the pastoral care of those serving at the installation, those at the base for training or additional studies, and those with a long association to the chapel. He hopes to take the reins from Father Linn Harbour, the current GS (General Schedule) priest who is about to begin a well-deserved and long-awaited retirement from those responsibilities. To serve as the new Vicar General and Moderator of the Curia, Archbishop Broglio has appointed the Rev. Msgr. Anthony Frontiero, S.T.D. (see curriculum vitae), currently the Pastor of St. Matthew Parish in Windham, New Hampshire. The new Vicar General will assume his responsibilities on July 1, 2023.
WASHINGTON, DC – Walter Reed National Military Medical Center has issued a “cease and desist order” to Holy Name College, a community of Franciscan Catholic priests and brothers, who have provided pastoral care to service members and veterans at Walter Reed for nearly two decades.
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