Military Council of Catholic Women Donates $20,300.63 for U.S. Military Chaplain Vocations

WASHINGTON, DC — On Friday, Sept. 20, the Military Council of Catholic Women (MCCW) presented a check for $20,300.63 to His Excellency, the Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services. MCCW-Worldwide President Amanda Fox gave the check to Archbishop Broglio immediately after the daily noon Mass in the main chapel of the Edwin Cardinal O’Brien Pastoral Center, home base of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA (AMS). Mrs. Fox said the purpose of the gift, raised by MCCW members over the past two years, is to support the Co-Sponsored Seminarian Program, a vocations partnership between the AMS and cooperating dioceses and religious communities to encourage and support military service commitments from future priests in formation.

Mrs. Fox, who lives in Wiesbaden, Germany, where she and her husband, Lieutenant Colonel Daniel J. Fox, are nearing the end of a U.S. Army assignment, was in Washington on Friday for the MCCW’S annual board meeting. After participating in the noon Mass with sister board members and presenting Archbishop Broglio their donation, Mrs. Fox said, “More important than the money, our community is praying for vocations. It's very important that we have active-duty priests who know the mission, who know the struggles and the hardships that are unique to our military members and their families, and to walk alongside us and encourage our faith formation.” Upon accepting the check, Archbishop Broglio remarked, “This will go a long way toward supporting our vocations program. I am very grateful.”

The MCCW, founded in 1955 and counting among its membership thousands of Catholic women around the world, strives to connect, unite, and inspire U.S. Military-affiliated women to grow in faith. According its website at mccw.org, the organization reflects a visible presence of Christ in military communities across the globe and at nearly 220 U.S. Military installations. As a non-profit subsidiary of the AMS, MCCW-Worldwide is recognized and endorsed as the official AMS women’s ministry and works with military chapels to form women in spirituality, leadership, and service.