New Catholic Deacon Aims High for U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps
The Reverend Mr. Joshua A. Johnson, 2d Lt, USAFR, was ordained a transitional deacon on Thursday, June 6, in Albuquerque, NM.
June 24, 2024
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The Reverend Mr. Joshua A. Johnson, 2d Lt, USAFR, was ordained a transitional deacon on Thursday, June 6, in Albuquerque, NM.
Fathers Joseph Heisey and Christopher Feist were ordained Catholic priests on Saturday, June 15, in a solemn Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
The Reverend Mr. James W. Craig, (1LT), USAR was ordained a transitional deacon on Saturday, June 8.
Father Patrick G. DiLoreto, (1 Lt), USAR, a candidate for United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a priest on Saturday, June 8.
Father Joshua G. Miller, (CPT), USAR, a candidate for U.S. Military chaplaincy, was ordained a Catholic priest on Saturday, June 8.
Father Zachary Glick, 2d Lt, USAFR, a candidate for United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a Catholic priest on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in his home Diocese of Gary, IN.
The Reverend Mr. Erin M. Donlon, LT, USNR, a candidate for the Catholic priesthood and United States Military chaplaincy, was ordained a transitional deacon on Saturday, May 25.
ASHBURN, VA – The Reverend Mr. Raymond E. Goins and the Rev. Mr. Michael C. Sampson were among 12 men ordained transitional deacons in the Diocese of Arlington on Saturday, April 6, before an overflow congregation at Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Ashburn, VA. Both are on track to become Catholic priests and U.S. Military chaplains—Mr. Goins in the Army, Mr. Sampson in the Navy—with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
MENLO PARK, CA – A Catholic military chaplain serves God and Country, but how to know if you are called to wear both collar and colors? That’s the question for 27 young men gathered here this weekend to explore the “vocation within a vocation.” Those who discern a call may soon enter seminary to become priests and eventually, officers in the U.S. Armed Forces, Serving Those Who Serve, helping ease a shortage of Catholic chaplains on active duty.
WASHINGTON, DC — Registration is now open for the 2024 Patrons Reception for the Saint John XXIII Foundation. Proceeds will support the Foundation’s General Endowed Fund. Endowed gifts help underwrite the various ministries of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), including the education and formation of seminarians who will serve as Catholic military chaplains.
WASECA, MN – The Reverend Mr. Joshua G. Miller, (CPT) USAR, a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, and candidate for the Catholic priesthood and U.S. Military chaplaincy, was ordained a transitional deacon on Friday, Sept. 8, the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, in his home Diocese of Winona-Rochester, MN. The new deacon is on track to be ordained a priest next year and hopes eventually to serve as a Catholic chaplain in the U.S. Army providing pastoral care to Catholic soldiers and their families with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
WASHINGTON, DC – …. On Tuesday, Sept. 5, as the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, was commemorating the anniversary of the death in combat of the Servant of God, Father Vincent Capodanno, word was received that the contracting office at Maxwell AFB would not fill the General Schedule (GS) position until late September or mid-October.
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