On Sept. 23, 40 seventh grade students shared breakfast with 14 veterans, during which the students learned about the veterans’ experiences, sacrifices, and service.
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Trump Administration Moves To Reinstate VA Health Policy Fully Excluding Abortion
The Trump administration said Aug. 1 it would revoke its predecessor’s policy rule that included abortion as a covered health benefit for veterans and their dependents, and return to a policy of fully excluding abortion and abortion-counseling.
Chaplains Aim to Help Vets With No Hope Amid Rise in Suicides
Preventing suicides among former service members is a top priority of the chaplains working with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Sharing that mission are Father Ivan Tyhovych (left) and Father Andrew Sioleti, chief of chaplains, at the VA’s New York Harbor Health System in Manhattan.
St. Joseph’s College Ranks No. 2 in Latest ‘Best for Vets’ College Survey
St. Joseph’s College has been ranked second in the Northeast & Islands region on the Military Times’ “Best for Vets: Colleges” 2021 list — the Catholic college’s highest ranking to date.
Remembering Our Veterans and the Importance of Our Military
My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord,
Some of the most significant pictures I keep of my father are those where he is in his WWII uniform. The first is the wedding picture of my mother and my father. In 1943, he was deployed state-side, and he wore his uniform when they were married.
Father Ortiz, a Proud Latino Vet
BENSONHURST — The U.S. military is becoming more ethnically diverse, just like the country it serves. Case in point: Hispanics are the fastest-growing minority in the military, and the number of Latino veterans is projected to double within 10 years.
On Veterans Day, The Stories of Two Local Catholics
As the country celebrates Veterans Day this weekend, here are snapshots of two local Catholic veterans: one who died in February, and the other who is a deacon serving at a parish in Park Slope.
V.A. Tackles Issue of Veterans’ Health Care
As Veterans Day on Nov. 11 approaches, Aponte’s health struggles are reminders both of the sacrifice he and countless other veterans have made to keep the United States safe and free and of the sprawling V.A. medical system that treats them at home.
Franciscan Priest From Brooklyn, a WWII Hero, Remembered 75 Years Later
A 75th memorial Mass for Father Dominic Ternan, O.F.M., was celebrated on June 19 at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Manhattan, which is where he had his first pastoral assignment as a newly ordained priest in the late 1930s. St. Francis of Assisi was also the site of Father Ternan’s funeral Mass.
Unreasonable Gridironer
Dear Editor: I, for one, am more than just disappointed in Colin Kaepernick.