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Faith and Culture

New campaign invites millennials to ‘come home’ to Catholic faith

Catholics Come Home, an organization dedicated to inviting those back to the Catholic faith, has launched a new campaign meant to reach out to the millennial generation.
Faith and Culture

‘Papal Ninja’ brings message of faith to TV audience during competition

In what has become a staple of summer television, scores of athletic folks run an obstacle course that looks like a cross between a playground on steroids and the inner workings of a pinball machine.
Faith and Culture

For God and country – Military chaplains serve

Special eight-part series on Catholic military chaplains
Faith and Culture

Military archdiocese gets creative in recruiting Catholic chaplains

Father Mikolaj L. Scibior had a curious journey to the U.S. Army chaplain training school at Fort Jackson in Columbia.
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Catholic military chaplains sometimes find peace in a war zone

It may sound like an oxymoron, but Father Michael A. Mikstay says some of the most peaceful moments of his military chaplaincy have been spent in a war zone.
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Catholic peace activists see conflict in priests serving in military

The military chaplaincy is overwhelmingly popular within the ranks of the U.S. armed forces, but some Catholic peace advocates see a theological conflict with regard to priests serving as commissioned officers.
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Military families depend on chaplains for more than spiritual guidance

As U.S. Air Force Maj. Justin Secrest organizes moving boxes in the family garage, his wife, Jennifer, surveys the kitchen to see what she can do without before the movers come in a few weeks to take their belongings to their new home near Kansas City, Missouri.
Faith and Culture

Military chaplaincy has long history in U.S. armed forces

When Father Adam Muda arrived at the U.S. Army Chaplain Center and School at Fort Jackson earlier this year, he noticed prominent signs for a museum that showcased the history of what he was about to become.
Faith and Culture

Priests see difference between parish ministry and military chaplaincy

There is something distinctive about the chapel where Father William J. Brunner now celebrates Mass. It floats.
Faith and Culture

Priests navigate U.S. armed forces as chaplains

At first glance, it's difficult to distinguish Father Lukasz J. Willenberg as a Catholic priest as he gathers with U.S. Army paratroopers preparing for a training jump at Pope Field near Fayetteville, North Carolina.
Faith and Culture

Bishops struggle to balance needs of their diocese and country

Father Lukasz J. Willenberg was seen as an extraordinary priest by parishioners at St. Luke's Catholic Church in Barrington, Rhode Island, and his future looked bright within the Diocese of Providence.
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Young organists pave way as professional liturgical musicians

“Becoming an organist in a church position was what brought me back to my faith in a really deep way,” Joel Kumro said. “Thanks to Catholic young adult ministry in Buffalo, I found that there were a lot of us around that are interested in more traditional forms of liturgy in music.”
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