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Fort Campbell chaplains go far beyond ceremonies, services

By 19 January 2012. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Fort Campbell chaplains go far beyond ceremonies, services | The Leaf Chronicle – Clarksville, Tenn., and Fort Campbell | theleafchronicle.com

Fort Campbell chaplains go far beyond ceremonies, services | The Leaf Chronicle – Clarksville, Tenn., and Fort Campbell | theleafchronicle.comhttp://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20120115/NEWS08/201150333The Division Chaplain for the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne falls back on a story to explain what a chaplain is all about, and he uses it not only on curious visitors, but on other chaplains as well.

It is written on a plaque displayed prominently in his office. It is the story of “The Four Chaplains” and Chaplain Lt. Col. Paul Hurley knows it by heart. As he starts to tell it before a gathering of other chaplains, it sounds like the beginning of every “a minister, a priest and a rabbi” joke ever told, but the image is dispelled quickly as the message sinks in.

On Feb. 3, 1943, at 12:55 a.m. the U.S. Army Transport (U.S.A.T.) Dorchester was torpedoed by a German U-Boat off Newfoundland with 900 soldiers aboard. One torpedo in a spread of three blew a huge hole below the water line, dooming the ship instantly.

Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space

By 20 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

Fort Campbell soldiers eager for new worship space | The Tennessean | tennessean.comhttp://www.tennessean.com/article/20111219/NEWS06/312030086/Fort-Campbell-soldiers-eager-for-new-worship-spaceThere’s no cross on the steeple of the new 39,800-square-foot chapel under construction at Fort Campbell. No stained glass windows. No crescent or Star of David or symbol of any other religion.

But there will be comfortable seats and a state- of-the-art sound and projection system. And people of all faiths — from Wiccans to Christians — are welcome.

“You try to accommodate as many faith groups as possible,” said Col. Roger Heath, the installation chaplain at Fort Campbell. “That’s what these chapels are designed for, to be multifaith and multiuse.”

Rabbi-Chaplains of the Civil War

By 12 December 2011. Filed in History.

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Rabbi-Chaplains of the Civil War - NYTimes.com

Rabbi-Chaplains of the Civil War – NYTimes.comhttp://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/rabbi-chaplains-of-the-civil-war/Rabbi Dr. Arnold Fischel arrived at the White House on the morning of Dec. 11, 1861, prepared to act as a one-man lobby for the constitutional rights of Jews. He had traveled alone from New York, on his own dime, bringing several letters of recommendation from prominent Republicans and one from the Board of Delegates of American Israelites, then just three years old and the country’s only national Jewish organization.

One of Abraham Lincoln’s private secretaries told Fischel that there was little chance of a meeting. But the rabbi was persistent, taking his place among hundreds of people hoping to see the president, some of whom had been waiting for three days. To Fischel’s surprise, Lincoln immediately received him with “marked courtesy.” The rabbi stated the reason for his visit: On behalf of the American Jewish community, including several thousand soldiers fighting for the Union, he hoped the president might reconsider a discriminatory law forbidding his people to serve as chaplains.

It was a controversial proposition, and one that had its roots in the very onset of the war. Five months earlier, Lincoln had called a special session of Congress and requested a $400,000,000 budget to fight the Confederacy, a portion of which provided for the inclusion of chaplains in the Volunteer Army. The ink had barely dried on the proposed draft when Representative Clement Vallandigham, a non-Jew, objected to its wording — that a chaplain be a “regularly ordained clergyman of some Christian denomination.”

Chaplains Wanted For Atheists In Foxholes

By 6 December 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Chaplains Wanted For Atheists In Foxholes : NPR

Chaplains Wanted For Atheists In Foxholes : NPRhttp://www.npr.org/2011/12/04/143057431/chaplains-wanted-for-atheists-in-foxholesRetired Army captain and Iraqi war veteran Jason Torpy says the chaplains employed by the U.S. military can’t relate to people like him. He’s an atheist.

New chapel takes shape at large Army post

By 11 November 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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New chapel takes shape at large Army post - San Jose Mercury News

New chapel takes shape at large Army post – San Jose Mercury Newshttp://www.mercurynews.com/faith/ci_19298866NASHVILLE, Tenn.—A new chapel is taking shape at the U.S. Army’s Fort Campbell to accommodate a wide range of religious congregations that is outgrowing the existing chapels built in the World War II and Korean War eras.There are more than 20 different religious services held at the installation on the Tennessee-Kentucky state line that draw between 2,000 and 2,500 people weekly. The post’s seven chapels are getting too small for the needs of the soldiers and their families, said Chaplain (Col.) Roger Heath, the installation chaplain at Fort Campbell.

New memorial honors valor of Jewish chaplains

By 21 October 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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New memorial honors valor of Jewish chaplains - Washington Times

New memorial honors valor of Jewish chaplains – Washington Timeshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/20/new-memorial-honors-valor-of-jewish-chaplains/On a bitter winter night in 1943, four Army chaplains stood on the deck of the torpedoed and foundering USAT Dorchester while hundreds of American soldiers around them prepared to slip into the icy depths of the North Atlantic.

After they removed their life jackets and gave them to others, sealing their fates aboard the doomed Army transport vessel, the men – one Catholic, two Protestant and one Jewish – were last seen with their heads bowed in prayer, offering spiritual comfort to the terrified soldiers.

The story of the four chaplains’ sacrifice is not a new one for military history buffs, but the men represent a segment of combat veterans whose sacrifices, some say, have been underrecognized.

Profiles in Courage: Military Chaplains

By 1 October 2011. Filed in Chaplain Candidates, Deployment, History, News & Commentary.

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Profiles in Courage: Military Chaplains | Daily News | NCRegister.com

Profiles in Courage: Military Chaplains | Daily News | NCRegister.comhttp://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/profiles-in-courage/WASHINGTON — The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA reported a sharp jump this year in the number of seminarians interested in serving as military chaplains. As the 2011-2012 academic year begins, there are 31 military-affiliated seminarians nationwide, up from three just three years ago.

The seminarians are participating in the Chaplain Candidacy Program for one of the branches of the armed forces and must be co-sponsored by a diocesan bishop. Once ordained, the priest must serve three years in a civilian parish and return to his diocese of sponsorship when he retires from active military service.

Conventual Father Kerry Abbott, director for vocations for the archdiocese, remarked, “This is one of the untold stories of the blessings of the Holy Spirit upon the Church and those faithful fervently seeking to respond to the voice of God.”

Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/profiles-in-courage/#ixzz1ZWVTvhKK

The Great Harvest: Revival in the Confederate Army during the Civil War

By 29 September 2011. Filed in History.

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The Great Harvest: Revival in the Confederate Army during the Civil War | Acton Institute

The Great Harvest: Revival in the Confederate Army during the Civil War | Acton Institutehttp://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-21-number-3/great-harvest-revival-confederate-army-during-civi“Oh for a revival throughout the Confederacy!” exclaimed the editor of the Macon (GA) Daily Telegraph in 1862. The paper was commenting on an outpouring of the Gospel throughout the town, while reporting on food shortages, ordinances, and the latest news from the front lines of the American Civil War. The war’s second season was a reality check for many Southerners as the Federal blockade, inefficiencies of the Confederate government, and devastating casualties of Shiloh and Antietam dimmed the glow of many sunshine secessionists. Austerity fell upon Dixie, and fell hard, and in such times as in other places and in other conflicts, people turned to faith. Indeed revival would soon spread throughout the region; not in the plantations, parlors, or the pews but in the ranks of the Confederate Army. The great revival of 1863 would be a homespun harvest.

York First Baptist preacher was chaplain of the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry

By 5 August 2011. Filed in History.

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York First Baptist preacher was chaplain of the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry - Cannonball

York First Baptist preacher was chaplain of the 130th Pennsylvania Infantry – Cannonballhttp://www.yorkblog.com/cannonball/2011/08/york-preacher-was-chaplain-of.htmlChaplains became quite common during the Civil War serving in the field with the armies. Many regiments had their own designated chaplains, and often there were brigade chaplains as well as or instead of regimental clergy. Most were licensed ministers from churches in the region where the regiment was raised or organized. The chaplains offered spiritual comfort and admonition, and at times stayed behind to minister to the wounded.

The 130th Pennsylvania was primarily raised in Cumberland and York counties (companies B, C, I, and K came from York County) in August 1862 under the command of Col. Henry I. Zinn of Cumberland County, with York’s Levi Maish as lieutenant colonel. Brigaded with the 108th New York and 14th Connecticut (equally raw recruits).

With nearly 1,000 men in the ranks initially, the chaplain of the 130th had his work cut out as he ministered to the young men, many of which were going away from home for the first time. Some would never return.

Air Force suspends ethics course that used Bible passages to train missile launch officers

By 4 August 2011. Filed in News & Commentary.

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Air Force suspends ethics course that used Bible passages to train missile launch officers - Checkpoint Washington - The Washington Post

Air Force suspends ethics course that used Bible passages to train missile launch officers – Checkpoint Washington – The Washington Posthttp://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/air-force-suspends-ethics-course-that-used-bible-passages-to-train-missile-launch-officers/2011/08/02/gIQAv6V2pI_blog.htmlThe Air Force has suspended a training course for nuclear missile launch officers that used Bible passages and religious imagery to teach them about the ethics of war.

The course had apparently been taught by chaplains at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California for more than 20 years, but officials pulled the plug after an article from the liberal Web site Truthout.org appeared online last week.

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