Catholic Military Life

Priests endorsed by the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS), to serve as military chaplains are ""on loan," both to the Military Archdiocese and to the military itself. They come from home dioceses all over the country, and many of them undergo formation and are ordained through the "Co-Sponsored Seminarian Program," a vocations partnership between the AMS and their home dioceses or religious order. Before and after their military service, they serve as priests in their home dioceses. In this edition of Catholic Military Life, Father Gary Studniewski of the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., shares his vocational journey, starting out as an officer in the U.S. Army through his priestly discernment, experience as a seminarian, and return to the Army as a chaplain. Father Studniewski, who recently retired from the Army, is now Administrator at St. Peter's Catholic Church on Capitol Hill in Washington.