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1 posted on 07/19/2011 8:00:02 AM PDT by Pyro7480
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Catholic ping!


2 posted on 07/19/2011 8:01:45 AM PDT by Pyro7480 ("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
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To: Pyro7480

Sent it to my Rector, a former Naval Chaplain. Thanks.


3 posted on 07/19/2011 8:47:42 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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During the war in Vietnam Father Vincent Robert Capodanno, a U.S. Navy Chaplain, ministered to U.S. troops and was killed while trying to rescue a wounded corpsman. Father Capodanno was into his second year after he volunteered to extend past a year in order to continue to administer to U.S. troops. This action would lead to the award of the Medal of Honor for Father Capodanno. Father Capodanno was named a Servant of God in 2002 and may likely become a saint. Grunt Padre by Father Daniel L. Mode is a great book on Father Capodanno.

My father was a classmate of the Servant of God, Fr. Vincent Capodanno. The title "Servant of God" is given to those whose cause for canonization has been officially opened. Perhaps one day Fr. Capodanno will be called St. Vincent Capodanno. In any case, he is a true hero. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. It would be a great thing if one day a Medal of Honor winner was also declared a saint! If you read his biography, you will be convinced of his sanctity, even before he laid his life down for his marines. In fact, his final act was simply the culmination of a life of sacrifice for others. It was the most natural thing in the world for him to do what he did.

You can find out more about him at http://www.vincentcapodanno.org.

4 posted on 07/19/2011 9:52:55 AM PDT by StonyMan451 (I posted this tagline in response to your question.)
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My hs Latin teacher. Fr. Robert Brett, an American hero.

http://www.virtualwall.org/db/BrettRR01a.htm


6 posted on 07/19/2011 11:38:19 AM PDT by nascarnation
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Some prison and stateside chaplains in here too!

Catholic Military Chaplains: America's Forgotten Heroes (Ecumenical)
Fr. Emil Kapaun Beatification Cause Heads to Rome [US Army Chaplain]
Two US Soldier Priests
Chaplain Groups Ask Military to Create Religious Liberty Protections

Australian Padre helps deployed soldiers tackle life challenges (Former SAS soldier turns chaplain)
Army says chaplain is first killed in action since 1970
Army Chaplain Dies in Afghanastan
With God in Iraq: A Day in the Life of a Military Chaplain
Soldier's Death Led Catholic Priest to Become Chaplain
Mass at National Shrine to honor Servant of God and heroic Navy chaplain
Prison chaplain remembers ("Behind the Walls with the Man Behind the Stole")
"Thanks God... and Thanks Mom" (Senate chaplain recalls his mom's amazing last day on earth)
Priest a wartime legend (Most decorated chaplain in Canadian army history dies at 106)
Catholic Navy chaplain shares story of Iraqi conversion (from 12/04/07)

7 posted on 07/19/2011 3:35:09 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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