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Archbishop Broglio to Celebrate 32nd Annual Memorial Mass

WASHINGTON, DC — As the Nation prepares to celebrate its 250th Anniversary, a U.S. Armed Forces Color Guard from the Military District of Washington will herald the opening of the 32nd Annual Memorial Mass at 4:30 p.m. (ET) on Sunday, May 17, 2026. The Mass will take place in the Great Upper Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue, Northeast, in Washington, DC. 

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May 13, 2026 No Comments

Support the Free Exercise of Catholic Faith in the U.S. Military and VA Medical Centers on #GivingTuesday, Dec. 2

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.”

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December 2, 2025 No Comments

Annual Benefit Draws Huge Record Turnout and Unprecedented Prayerful Giving

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.

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November 19, 2025 No Comments

Future U.S. Navy Chaplain Ordained a Priest in Florida

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).

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July 24, 2025 No Comments

New Priest Ordained in Los Angeles Charts Course to U.S. Navy Chaplain Service

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).

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June 4, 2025 No Comments

Marriage Enrichment Retreat Draws Record Turnout in Germany

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.

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April 15, 2025 No Comments

Archbishop Broglio Consecrates and Blesses Sacramental Oils at Chrism Mass

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.

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April 10, 2025 No Comments

Auxiliary Bishop-Elect Gregg M. Caggianelli to be Ordained in Florida on May 9

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.

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March 24, 2025 No Comments

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