The following comes from a November 19 Catholic News Agency article:
Archbishop Timothy Broglio is begging for more priests for the Archdiocese of Military Services, saying that he soon may be “unable to provide Catholic priests for the military.”
During his address at the U.S. bishops’ general assembly in Baltimore, Archbishop Broglio of the Archdiocese of Military Services, which serves United States military personnel and their families all over the world, said that even though many dioceses across the country are stretched, military service members and their families must not be forgotten.
While one fourth of military personnel and their families – roughly 1 million people — are Catholic, there are only 217 priests in the Military Archdiocese to serve them, he said.
This poses a serious problem not only in regards to providing access to the sacraments, but also leaving young service men and women and their families vulnerable to proselytization by other religions.
“Some very well-organized groups eagerly present programs for youth ministry. They offer them as ecumenical, but they are generally based on a very Protestant or even a fundamentalist approach to faith,” he said.
Ironically, the Armed Forces is actually “the largest single source of vocations in this country” according to a 2015 CARA study. It found that six percent of newly ordained priests surveyed had prior military service, and 16 percent were children of active duty parents.
More than anyone else, the presence and service of Catholic Priests on the Battlefields of our Nation and it Allies, helped increase the prestige and respect for the Church and Faith across a wide spectrum of the population.
The proud tradition of Catholic Priests going to where the Danger was, served to inspired many young Men and Women to join the Faith – who could relate to someone who believed enough in Salvation to risk their lives to bring the Holy Spirit and Communion to them in the front lines.
We need to support this – and the Right to Remain Catholic for Serving People,, even if POTUS Barry ‘on the down low’ Soetoro (whoever the guy really is) wants to destroy the military in service of his Anti-Catholic Pander or Perish…
Fr. Emil Kaupan, pray for us and our military.
upon speaking to the secretary of saint peter catholic church in washington dc, i was told the young asiistant priest has joined the navy and is now serving on board a usa ship, cardinal weurl of dc gave his permission good for hm
We must pray weekly during Mass that more men will choose to become priests. I have read that boys who are altar servers are more likely to enter the priesthood. Let’s have many more boy altar servers. Vatican II gave us girl altar servers, in the name of equality, and see what that gave us. We have fewer men entering the priesthood, and God forbid, more women wanting to become priests.
Another ‘benefit’ of the Fundamental Transformation of the AbomiNation and the purges replacing Leaders with Stooges in the US Military, the better to turn it in to a bastion of ‘tolerance’ – if not National Defense:
SEE
Victims of sex assaults in military are mostly men – Washington Times
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/victims-of-sex-assaults-in-military-are-mostly-sil/?page=all
Did i miss something? How does a post regarding victims of sexual assult in the military relate to a story discussing the shortage of Roman Catholic priests in the US military?
When you consider how the supposedly current demander in chief has pushed to expel God out of our society and especially our military where the Christian chaplins are under orders/restrictions and fearful of reprise from speaking our Lord’s name (not in vain) so as not to offend the minority of atheists and the muslims, then is it any wonder that young religious would decline from entering the US military?
Obamanation has done incredible, immense destruction to our military. When they go off to fight and die, where are the clergy to give them absolution and the last sacraments? Twasn’t this way in WW1, WW2, Korea, and Vietnam wars!
Obamanation has done incredible, immense destruction to our military. When they go off to fight and die, where are the clergy to give them absolution and the last sacraments? Twasn’t this way in WW1, WW2, Korea, and Vietnam wars!
One has wondered how the ObamAcorn Promoted and Produced Homosex Assault on the Military and Male Soldiers could possibly influence the decision of a Male to Join – even as a Chaplain.
The Military is being Purged of all politically un-good elements, and anyone who stands up for Catholic Teaching is a particularly target for the ‘big happy’ Gaystapo Thought Police that ole POTUS Barry ‘on the down low’ Soetoro (whoever the guy really is) has turned lose.
The Old Soviet Army had “Political Kommisars” to enforce ideology – the AbomiNation wants the same for US.
Victims of sex assaults in military are mostly men
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/20/victims-of-sex-assaults-in-military-are-mostly-sil/?page=all