On March 24, Arcbishop Broglio—who this year is celebrating the 25th anniversary of his episcopal ordination—blessed and consecrated the holy oils for sacramental use over the coming year in Catholic communities on U.S. Military sites worldwide, and in the nation’s VA Medical Centers.
Bishop Muhm and several brother priests welcomed 54 servicemen, defense contractors, and others in Vallendar, Germany, this past weekend for a men’s retreat sponsored by the AMS.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Supporters of the free exercise of Catholic faith in the U.S. Military will have an opportunity on Tuesday to show their support. The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), will participate in #iGiveCatholic. Now in its eleventh year, #iGiveCatholic is a 24-hour online giving event for the faithful in multiple archdioceses and dioceses worldwide to unite and raise as many charitable dollars as possible in a single day, known as “Giving Tuesday.”
Archbishop Broglio is directing all priests in service to the U.S. Military to continue exercising their religious liberty and offer Mass at military installations during the ongoing government shutdown.
Archbishop Broglio commissioned three new members of Team Saint Paul, an AMS apostolate for civilian young adults to accompany peers in the U.S. armed forces on their journeys of faith.
PHOENIX, AZ – Father Joshua A. Johnson, 2d Lt, USAFR, a prospective U.S. Air Force chaplain, was ordained a Catholic priest on Thursday, June 12, at Saint Stephen’s Cathedral of the Byzantine Eparchy of Phoenix, AZ. The new priest plans to go on active duty three years from now, providing pastoral care to Catholic airmen, space guardians, and their families, with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS). In preparation for military chaplaincy he will spend the next three years honing his ministerial skills in the Eparchy of Phoenix as provided under the terms of his co-sponsored seminarian agreement with the AMS and the Eparchy.
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.
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.
WASHINGTON, DC — Father Gregg M. Caggianelli, Ch, Col, USAF, will be ordained an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), on Friday, May 9, in the main chapel of Saint Vincent de Paul Seminary in Boynton Beach where he has served for many years. His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, will celebrate the 2:00 p.m. (ET) ordination Mass.
Nearly 150 U.S. Military personnel, patients, hospital staff, and others gathered for Ash Wednesday Mass at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, which took place soon after Archbishop Broglio brought ashes and Holy Communion to bedridden patients in their rooms.
Bishop Muhm welcomed 58 active-duty personnel, contractors, and sons to the annual AMS European Men’s Retreat for those who serve at the Schoenstatt Retreat Center February 7-9.
ROME – By decree of Pope Francis, 2025 is a Jubilee year, a time for forgiveness and reconciliation. U.S. Military Catholics will celebrate the occasion this week with an extraordinary pilgrimage to the Eternal City. At the peaks of their spiritual journey, Sunday Mass with the Holy Father and the opportunity to pass through the Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica will beckon pilgrims. The five-day pilgrimage overlaps the Holy See’s Jubilee of the Armed Forces, Police, and Security Personnel for Catholic first-responders worldwide, set in Rome this weekend.
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