Fr. Rian Adams being sworn in — currently stationed at Ft. Hood, TX
If you are enrolled in an accredited seminary or graduate school in a program leading to a Master of Divinity degree, you may qualify for the military’s Chaplain Candidate Program. The benefits of this program allows you to experience life as a military chaplain without a long term commitment while making extra money to assist you with your school or family expenses. The following web sites give helpful information about these programs: www.goarmy.com/chaplain/chaplain_candidate_prog.jsp www.navy.com/careers/officer/chaplain/
www.afrc.af.mil/library/chaplain/howtojoin/candidate/index.asp
If you are interested in the possibility of enrolling in the Chaplain Candidate Program, please contact Abp. Doug Woodall, the Endorser for the CEC and Archbishop for the Archdiocese of the Armed Forces and Federal Chaplaincies. His email address is douglas.woodall@comcast.net. Telephone: 904.471.4615.
If you have completed at least 72 graduate hours and are interested in exploring the vocation of military chaplaincy, get in touch with your Bishop for referral to Abp. Woodall. The opportunities for ministry are limitless and the benefits the best to be found.
