Canadian Anglican Chaplaincy in the Great War: The Road to Ypres, 1915
The excellent Great War blog reminded me that 8 May was the 100th anniversary of Frezenberg Ridge, a defensive action during the German offensives in the Ypres Salient when the […]
Remembering The Four Chaplains
A friend of mine reminded me that yesterday, Feb 3rd, was the anniversary of the sinking of the US troopship Dorchester during World War Two in 1943. This incident made […]
Incarnational Ministry In A “Suicide Wagon”: A British Army Padre’s Story Of Afghanistan
During my time working with the staff of British Army Training Unit Suffield, I was fortunate to get to know many fine padres from the UK’s Royal Army Chaplain’s […]
A Canadian Christmas On Salisbury Plain, 1914
This post is taken from the Advent/Christmas edition of the newsletter of the Anglican Military Ordinariate, for those of the Royal Canadian Chaplain Service of the Canadian Armed […]
A Chaplain Honour Roll
Kudos to Mad Padre’s Man In Norwich for telling me about this website dedicated to UK war memorials. Very much a work in progress at the moment, but the author […]
“He Transformed The Hut Into A Cathedral”: A Chaplain Hero Of The Korean War
My brother the Mad Colonel passed on this video about Chaplain Emil Kapaun, a Roman Catholic priest and US Army chaplain who gave his life to serve and inspire his […]
Remembering Two Canadian Chaplains Who Fell On D-Day
Honourary Captain / Rev. George Alexander Harris. Originally from Solihull, Warwickshire, England, Harris was the Padre to the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, and died on D-Day at the […]
A Chaplain’s Christmas in Italy, 1943
A very merry Christmas to all of you. Not a lot to say of late, as graduate school has taken up much of my attention and time this fall, and […]
Emil Kapaun: A Chaplain Saint To Be?
A big tip of the beret to Mad Padre’s man in CFB Gagetown for putting me on to this story about an army chaplain I had never heard of. Father […]
TocH: A Story Of The Great War
My friend Phil, a British Army padre, recently sent me a postcard bearing the photo of a chap I didn’t recognize. At first I thought it was a picture of […]