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by bcadmin | Oct 2, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, US Army | 0 |
When serving troops in the U.S. Army, Father Ned Blick asked himself a simple question, “What would Father Kapaun do?” A Catholic chaplain from 2008 to 2012, Blick spent a year deployed in Iraq and a year in Afghanistan.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 22, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the US, Diocese of Wichita, Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, US Army | 0 |
The remains of a Catholic priest from Kansas who is being considered for sainthood were returned to his family during a ceremony Tuesday in Hawaii.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 16, 2021 | Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of Wichita, Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, Korean War, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, US Army | 0 |
The flag-draped casket was empty during a memorial Mass in Wichita for Father Emil J. Kapaun July 29, 1953. The casket at Kapaun’s funeral Mass Sept. 29, won’t be vacant. He is coming home.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 28, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Asia, Diocese of Wichita, Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, Korean War, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, South Korea, US Army | 0 |
Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Wichita Diocese who laid down his life as a military chaplain during the Korean War, received South Korea’s highest military decoration posthumously in Seoul July 27.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 12, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Wichita, Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, Kansas, Korean War, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, U.S. Military, US Army | 0 |
The remains of Father Emil Kapaun, a Catholic priest who died in a prison camp during the Korean War, will be returned to his native Kansas, the Catholic Diocese of Wichita announced Monday.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 5, 2021 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Diocese of Wichita, Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, Kansas, Korean War, Military chaplains, News, saints and martyrs, U.S. Military, US Army | 0 |
The remains of a Kansas priest who is being considered for sainthood by the Catholic Church for his ministry during the Korean War have been identified, U.S. military officials said.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 25, 2020 | Archdiocese of Newark, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Military, Military chaplains, News, U.S. Military, US Army | 0 |
Father Andrew De Silva, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves God and country, and he says one ministry influences the other.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 15, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Houston, Murder, News, US Army, violence against women | 0 |
Vanessa Guillen, who was last seen on April 22, was memorialized nearly four months after she is said to have been killed by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, a U.S. Army base in Texas. Mourners gathered at Cesar Chavez High School in Houston, where Guillen grew up playing soccer and dreaming of joining the military.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 12, 2020 | Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in the US, Houston, Memorial, Murder, News, US Army | 0 |
A memorial for a slain Texas soldier has been scheduled more than three months after she was killed by a fellow soldier at Fort Hood, an attorney for the family announced Tuesday.
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