Navy chaplain remembered on 55th anniversary of death in Vietnam
On the 55th anniversary of his death in Vietnam, Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno was remembered at a Mass celebrated in his hometown in a chapel that bears his name.
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by bcadmin | Sep 7, 2022 | Archdiocese of New York, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Maryknolls, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, US Archdiocese for the Military Services, Vietnam War | 0 |
On the 55th anniversary of his death in Vietnam, Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno was remembered at a Mass celebrated in his hometown in a chapel that bears his name.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 30, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Marine Corps, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, U.S. Navy | 0 |
Members of the Father Capodanno Guild were recently startled by a recommendation from theological consultants for a “suspension” of the chaplain’s cause for sainthood.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 3, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Military chaplains, News, U.S. Navy | 0 |
Striding down the halls of the U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in Washington, Father Daniel L. Mode doesn’t stand out as a priest.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 30, 2022 | Associated Press, Biden Administration, Church in the US, COVID-19 vaccine, News, Religious exemptions, U.S. Navy | 0 |
A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who have objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 31, 2021 | Archdiocese of New York, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Eucharist, News, U.S. Navy | 0 |
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan told a Catholic audience at the U.S. Naval Academy that he is apprehensive about “the lack of gratitude festering in our culture of entitlement” and there’s an urgency for us to “rediscover a sense of gratitude.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Military chaplains, News, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, US Archdiocese for the Military Services | 0 |
A prohibition by some U.S. Navy commands against active service members participating in off-base indoor religious services over coronavirus fears has now been revised, allowing attendance at places of worship where congregants can maintain social distance and wear face coverings.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 10, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Military chaplains, News, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, US Archdiocese for the Military Services | 0 |
A prohibition by some U.S. Navy commands against active service members participating in off-base indoor religious services over coronavirus fears has now been revised, allowing attendance at places of worship where congregants can maintain social distance and wear face coverings.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 6, 2020 | Catholic Church, Church in the US, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Military chaplains, News, second, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, US Archdiocese for the Military Services | 0 |
A prohibition on U.S. Navy personnel attending indoor religious services off base is “particularly odious to Catholics,” according the Archbishop for the Military Services.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 4, 2020 | Associated Press, Books, Church in the US, Faith, Grief, News, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy | 0 |
Char Fontan Westfall of northern St. Johns County, whose Navy SEAL husband was killed in a scene depicted in the movie “Lone Survivor,” has written a book, “A Beautiful Tragedy,” about his death 15 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 13, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Oceania, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Guam, News, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy | 0 |
People in Guam are used to a constant U.S. military presence on the strategic Pacific island, but some are nervous as hundreds of sailors from a coronavirus-stricken Navy aircraft carrier flood into hotels for quarantine. Officials insist they have enforced strict safety measures.
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