The Chairman of the Guild Board of Directors shares his experience meeting a future Navy chaplain whose time as an enlisted sailor spent in Italy where Father Capodanno’s family came from gave him an appreciation of the Grunt Padre and inspired him to discern his vocation. Continue reading
Read Archbishop Timothy Broglio’s homily and see pictures from the Annual Memorial Mass for Father Capodanno which took place September 4, 2018, in Washington DC. Continue reading
Armed with Faith: The Life of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, MM, by the Reverend Monsignor Stephen M. DiGiovanni, H.E.D., explores the life of the U.S. Navy chaplain from his upbringing on Staten Island to his heroic death on a Vietnam battlefield. Continue reading
The film Called and Chosen – Father Vincent R. Capodanno has been named winner of a 2018 Gabriel Award from the Catholic Press Association. Continue reading
Members of the Capodanno Guild will staff a booth in the exhibitors’ hall at the Mid-Atlantic Congress in Baltimore, MD. Continue reading
Watch the video of EWTN Live when James Kelty, George Philips, and Mary Preece introduced the documentary Called and Chosen, on EWTN Live. Continue reading
As part of the special 2017 Veteran’s Day activities planned to commemorate The Wall’s 35th Anniversary, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is hosting the Reading of the Names. Mary Preece will read the name of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, during the afternoon of Wednesday, November 8th. Continue reading
A miracle, obtained through the intercession of Father Capodanno, is required before he is declared “Blessed.” Continue reading
This year marked the 50th anniversary of Father Capodanno’s death, and an estimated crowd of 650 people gathered for his Memorial Mass. Continue reading
DVD’s of the recent documentary on the life and heroic death of Father Capodanno will be available to donors who support the Guild with a gift of $20 or more. Continue reading
The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, has dedicated one of its bi-weekly podcasts to feature Called and Chosen director Jim Kelty. Continue reading
The author of the Grunt Padre gave a presentation on the life and death of Father Capodanno at Theology on Tap for the Diocese of Arlington. Continue reading
The Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, has dedicated one of its bi-weekly podcasts to discussing the life and death of Father Capodanno. Continue reading
The combat recreation of Father Capodanno’s last day with his Marines in Vietnam was filmed in California during June 1 to 5, 2017. Continue reading
A special episode of EWTN Live on August 30 will discuss the new documentary. It will be followed by a showing of the documentary. Continue reading
An archdiocesan tribunal looking into whether the life of Father Capodanno merits consideration for sainthood by the Catholic Church has wrapped up its nearly four-year inquiry. Continue reading
Progress on the documentary is on schedule, thanks to our very generous donors. The film is scheduled to be completed in time for broadcast by EWTN on September 4, 2017, the 50th anniversary of Father Capodanno’s death. Continue reading
The Guild has recently welcomed two new members to the Board of Directors: Thomas V. Draude and Linda Capodanno Sargent, Father Capodanno’s niece by marriage Continue reading
Support the Documentary As you know the Capodanno Guild has partnered with the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) to develop a new documentary on the life of Father Vincent Capodanno, Servant of God. Our producer, James Kelty, is an award-winning … Continue reading 
The process of instructing the Cause for the Beatification and Canonization of the Servant of God, Father Vincent Capodanno, MM is once again moving forward. There were some disappointing administrative issues that slowed the process to a crawl, and prevented … Continue reading
Work continues on the film documentary of Father Capodanno’s life. The project is jointly underwritten by the Father Vincent Capodanno Guild and Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN), produced by award-winning filmmaker, James C. Kelty. Although provisions were made to travel … Continue reading
Unfortunately, due to the demands of assembling the materials for the Cause of beatification of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, MM, the Closing of the Diocesan Phase has been postponed to Spring 2017. However, there is some exciting news to share from … Continue reading
On September 6, 2016, Archbishop Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, was the principle celebrant and homilist at the annual Memorial Mass for Father Capodanno which took place in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the … Continue reading
Joseph Pronechen of the National Catholic Register writes, “Great news! A new film is underway about the Grunt Padre —Servant of God Father Vincent Capodanno, a Medal of Honor recipient, posthumously, for his heroism on Sept. 4, 1967.” “That day, … Continue reading
DVD’s of the documentary will be available to donors who support the Guild with a gift of $20 or more. These donations will help pay for Guild expenses associated both with the Cause for canonization, and to further spread the news about our priest hero. Continue reading
Father Capodanno’s biography, The Grunt Padre is now available as an audio book through Audible.com, Amazon, and iTunes. Continue reading
The Capodanno Guild has begun work with EWTN on a documentary on the life, death, and path to Canonization of Father Vincent Capodanno. Continue reading
With a Memorial Mass scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 4, for United States Navy Chaplain and Vietnam War hero Father Vincent R. Capodanno, MM, EWTN aired a one-hour documentary on the life and death of the Maryknoll missionary who died in … Continue reading
Archbishop Timothy Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA talks about the life of Vietnam War hero Father Capodanno in an interview with Bob Krebs on the radio program Catholic Forum which aired on WDEL in Wilmington, Del. and … Continue reading
