More Religions To Be Recognized In US Military
This piece in the Religion News Service received some modest attention among the US national security (NatSec) people I follow on Twitter. The US Department of Defence has “announced a […]
Remembering Canada’s Army Chaplains at Vimy Ridge
This week, starting on Sunday, marks the centenary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, when the Canadian Corps, fighting together, achieved a significant victory on the Western Front during World […]
British Para Padre’s Thought For Today
Sunday Chaplain’s Corner: Reverend David Barrett, 16 Air Asslt Bde Senior Chaplain, offers a #ThoughtForTheDay pic.twitter.com/Q3AdRav5k3 — 16AirAssaultBrigade (@16AirAssltBde) March 26, 2017
Preparing Chaplains For The Next War
As my current duties include directing a course designed to prepare new Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) chaplains for their first operational deployment, I try to keep an eye on the professional literature. As […]
Turning Chaplains Into Military Ethicists
The Canadian Forces Chaplain School and Centre (CFChSC) at Canadian Forces Base Borden, where I work, started its annual Intermediate Ethics Course this week. The course is a career course […]
Royal Canadian Navy Chaplain Recognized for Meritorious Service
On February 27, 2014, a major fire broke out in the engine compartment of the Royal Canadian Navy supply ship, HMCS Protecteur. For the next eleven hours, the crew worked […]
Spiritual House Keeping
Military chaplains, like pastors, are often called on to write short and pithy inspirational messages for local newspapers. In my case, my boss and the base newspaper (The Borden Citizen) […]
Easter 1916 In The Trenches – Remembering Anglican Chaplaincy In The Great War
This article is part of a series I am contributing to the newsletter of the Anglican Military Ordinariate, the clergy of the Anglican Church of Canada serving in the Canadian […]
Easter 2016 Anglican Military Ordinariate Newsletter
Here is a link to the Easter 2016 edition of the newsletter I edit for my diocese, the Anglican Military Ordinariate of the Canadian Armed Forces. It includes several articles […]
ACC Primate’s Charge to Anglican Military Ordinariate Electoral College
This Saturday, March 5th, an Electoral College, representing the fifty Anglican chaplains serving in the Canadian Armed Forces, will select the first Bishop Ordinary to be elected by members of […]