231230-N-VM650-1045 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Dec. 30, 2023) Lt. Bradley Lawrence, a chaplain assigned to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), right, greets Cmdr. Jason Garfield, commanding officer of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) after a Catholic Mass
The Canadian Joint Task Force Impact chaplain leads prayer during a Catholic mass service at Ali Al Salem Air Base, July 23, 2023. The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing chapel hosted a service with Italian and Canadian coalition partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Breanna Diaz)
Chaplain (Cpt.) Sojan Parappilly, deputy garrison chaplain, Area Support Group - Kuwait, conducts a Catholic Mass at the Al-Salmiya Catholic Church in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Jul. 14, 2023. The near-200 attendees are a cosmopolitan mix of Kuwaiti residents and two dozen American service members.
180331-N-JC445-0007 ATLANTIC OCEAN (March 31, 2018) Electronics Technician 3rd Class Phyllis Davis, from Slaton, Texas, leads Sailors in a hymn during Catholic Holy Saturday Easter Mass aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). The ship is underway conducting sustainment exercises t
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SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 3, 2022) Lt. Luke Dundon, from Chantilly, Va., leads Catholic Mass in the forecastle aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperab
U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (March 13, 2025) A U.S. Navy Chaplain conducts a Catholic Mass for Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S. Navy photo)
Chaplain Capt. Sean Magnuson, a priest assigned to U.S. Forces-Iraq, conducts Catholic Mass with parishioners at Contingency Operating Site Marez, Feb. 6. Magnuson visited COS Marez to conduct Mass for the first time since deploying to U.S. Division-North in January. Magnuson, from the St. Paul-Minn
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio receives wine for communion at MacDill Chapel Jan. 19, 2019.
Father John Heffernan distributes Holy Communion to a staff member during an Ash Wednesday Catholic Mass at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Feb. 18, 2026. Walter Reed provides comprehensive health care and advanced medical services to active-duty service members, veter
Team Osan members gather for Mass with Archbishop Timothy Broglio, Archbishop of the Military Services, in the chapel on Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 28, 2015. The Archdiocese for the Military Services is responsible for more than 1.8 million men, women, and children world-wide, including
The Archbishop of Military Services, Archbishop Timothy Broglio celebrates Holy Thursday Mass at Liberty Chapel on Forward Operating Base Diamondback in Mosul, Iraq.
Soldiers participate in Catholic Mass with Bishop Bill Muhm, Auxiliary bishop for the Arch Dioecies of Military Services Europe and Asia and Father Anthony Sabastian a priest with the Bucharest and Constanza Arch Dioecies during DEFENDER 23, Slobozia, Romania, May 29, 2023. A traditional Catholic Ma
The Rev. Oscar Alarado, a Catholic priest, celebrates Easter Mass for U.S. and Salvadoran service members at Military District 6 in Sonsonate, El Salvador, March 31, 2013. U.S. Service members participated in Beyond the Horizon, a chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, U.S. Southern Command
Chaplain (Maj.) Victorio Lanuevo, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, and Capt. Edward Gale listen to the first Bible reading during Christmas Eve Mass at the Camp Virginia chapel, Kuwait. Chaplain Lanuevo is the Catholic priest stationed at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Lanuevo is responsible for providing Cathol
Members of Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 17 share in a Catholic mass at Mission San Antonio De Padua. The mission is the third founded in California, and has remained virtually unchanged since 1771. (U.S. Navy photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth W. Robinson)
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, Catholic Archdiocese for Military Affairs, says a prayer during a Catholic Mass service on Christmas day Dec. 25, 2022, in Poznan, Poland. The service gave service members deployed to support V Corps an opportunity to fellowship and celebrate the holiday. V Corps is pr
A Marine with Regional Command (Southwest) carries a candle into an Easter Vigil Mass aboard Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 19, 2014. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Joshua Young)
The Most Rev. Timothy Broglio, archbishop of the U.S. Military Services, center, Fr. James Danner and Fr. Frank Foley celebrate Catholic Mass aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz. The Nimitz Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.
Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, gives a sermon during a Catholic mass at Naval Support Activity Naples Support Site Chapel. Cardinal Tagle's visit marks the first time an active Cardinal visited NSA Naples. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Luis R. Chavez
Taken at Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Daniel Fullerton, chaplain of the USS America, places ashes on a sailor's forehead during a Roman Catholic Ash Wednesday service aboard the USS Green Bay in the Philippine Sea on February 14, 2024. Chaplain Fullerton came aboard from the USS America to give Marines of the 31st Marine
Cadets from 9th Regiment, Advanced Camp were given the opportunity to attend religious field services between phases of their Field Training Exercise at Fort Knox, Kentucky, on August 4, 2023. This service was led by retired Col. Richard Spencer, a bishop of the Military Archdiocese, which supports
Luis Antonio Gokim Cardinal Tagle, Archbishop of Manila, speaks to family and friends during Mass at the Airman-Marine Memorial Chapel on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, on June 4, 2019. The eminent Archbishop of Manila visited MCAS Miramar to spread wisdom and to hold Mass for all to
