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.”
WASHINGTON, DC – The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), set new records Saturday evening for both attendance and giving at its 17th Annual Benefit. His Excellency, the Most Rev. Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, hosted a record 430 guests at the Saint John Paul II National Shrine in Northeast Washington, calling on them “to seek the Kingdom of God” and “to tell the truth about Jesus Christ and inspire hope in Him.” The guests, including active-duty and retired senior U.S. Military officers and their spouses, raised $530,000 for the Archdiocese, the largest amount ever collected in the history of the Annual Benefit. The funds will support the AMS mission and ministry, Serving Those Who Serve.
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.
VENICE, FL — Father Jacob Christian Gwynn, LT, USNR, a U.S. Navy chaplain candidate, was ordained a priest on Saturday, July 12, for the Diocese of Venice, FL. The new priest is on track to go on active duty, providing pastoral care to Catholic Sailors, Marines, Coast Guard members, and their families with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
LOS ANGELES, CA – Father Paul Collins, LT, USNR, a prospective Catholic U.S. Navy chaplain, was ordained a priest on Saturday, May 31, in his home Archdiocese of Los Angeles, CA. The new priest expects to go on active duty three years from now, providing pastoral care to Catholic sailors, Marines, Coast Guard members, and their families, with endorsement and faculties from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS).
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.
WALDFISCHBACH-BURGALBEN, GERMANY — The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), welcomed a record thirty-one U.S. Air Force couples to Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Germany, this past weekend for an AMS Marriage Enrichment Retreat. The couples, from the Holy Family Catholic Community at Ramstein Air Base, about 20 miles away, all participated in the April 11-12 retreat at the Maria Rosenberg Pilgrimage Site and Spiritual Center — a site run by the Diocese of Speyer in southwest Germany. Fathers Emeka C. Okwuosa, Ch, Capt, USAF, and Joseph Deichert, Ch, Col, USAF (Ret.), worked with the planning committee and the facilitator, AMS Vice-Chancellor for Evangelization Mark Moitoza, Th.D., D.Min., to organize the retreat.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday evening, April 8, His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, USA, and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), blessed and consecrated sacred 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. The rites took place at the annual Chrism Mass of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), where dozens of bishops, priests, and chaplains serving the U.S. Military and the VA also renewed their ministerial commitment to Jesus Christ and His Church.
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.
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