Catholic Military Life Podcast

In this episode retired Vice-Admiral P. Stephen Stanley, Chairman of the Father Vincent Capdanno Guild, provides an update on Father Capodanno’s Cause for Canonization and talks about the upcoming Memorial Mass for his repose.

With the annual Memorial Mass for Father Vincent R. Capodanno, MM, Servant of God, coming up on Sept. 5, Mr. Bob Pinkerton, a former U.S. Marine who served with Father Capodanno in Vietnam, recalls his experiences with the Vietnam War hero chaplain in this edition of Catholic Military Life.

In 1966 when U.S. Marine Private First Class Joseph Frank Simpson arrived in Vietnam at the age of 19, there to greet him at a grass-hut makeshift chapel was Father Vincent R. Capodanno, CH, LT, USN. Father Capodanno’s words of counsel and encouragement helped PFC Simpson orient himself to his new surroundings, just months before...

September 4, 1967–a day Mr. Kenneth L. Fields, USMC (Ret.), will never forget. It was the day the body of Vietnam War hero Father Vincent Capodanno was laid at his feet as he manned a machine gun, just hours after the U.S. Navy chaplain was fatally shot while dashing to the aid of wounded and...

On Sept. 7, 2021, at 6:30 p.m., Archbishop Timothy Broglio will celebrate the annual Memorial Mass for Father Vincent R. Capodanno, MM, in the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, 400 Michigan Avenue Northeast, in Washington, D.C. EWTN will televise the Mass live across North America. In this...

New York Times bestselling author Joe Drape is out with a new book called The Saint Makers. It explores how the Holy See’s Congregation for the Causes of Saints goes about deciding who gets to be a saint, focusing heavily on the current case of Korean War hero, U.S. Army Chaplain, and Medal of Honor...

“The Field Afar” is a new feature-length documentary film about Vietnam War hero Father Vincent R. Capodanno airing on ABC TV stations nationwide through the Christmas holidays. Check listings for showings in your area, or purchase a DVD, at thefieldafar.com. In this edition of Catholic Military Life, the only official podcast of the Archdiocese for...

Much is known about the life and death of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, M.M., Servant of God. How the United States Navy Chaplain Lieutenant was shot to death in Vietnam on Sept. 4, 1967, while rushing–unarmed–to the aid of U.S. Marines under enemy ambush. How he was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest military decoration, the...

Captain George Phillips, USMC (Ret.), was among U.S. Marines with Father Vincent Capodanno, MM, Servant of God, when the Navy Lieutenant chaplain was killed by enemy gunfire in Vietnam’s Quế Sơn Valley on Sept. 4, 1967. Capt. Phillips now serves as chairman for the Father Capodanno Guild, which is overseeing the Maryknoll priest’s Cause for...

California filmmaker Jim Kelty talks about his new film on Vietnam War hero and U.S. Navy Chaplain Father Vincent R. Capodanno, M.M., Servant of God, premiering Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 10:00 p.m. (EDST)on EWTN with repeat showings on Sept. 2 & 4 at 3:00 p.m.

Sept. 4 marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Vietnam War hero and U.S. Navy Chaplain Father Vincent R. Capodanno, MM, Servant of God. Ever faithful to his vocation, Father Capodanno, a Maryknoll priest from Staten Island, N.Y., died in 1967 at the age of 38 while rushing to administer the sacraments to Marines...