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AN IRISH MILITARY CHAPLAIN WHOSE CAUSE FOR CANONISATION HAS COMMENCED

Fr Willie's life and example has a powerful message for us today.

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Rear Admiral Anthony Lancaster Hunt AO Retd

He joined the Royal Australian Naval College in 1954 as a member of the intermediate entry. As a junior officer under training he served in RAN and RN ships.

Mark Sexton during the bushfires 2019-20

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THANK YOU – FR MARK SEXTON

As of the 20th of January and after 38 years, spanning over 6 decades, Chaplain Mark Sexton is officially retired from the Australia Army.

Military Chaplains in Rome for 2025 Jubilee

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Our Australian Defence Chaplains in Rome for the Armed Forces Jubilee

Nearly 30,000 soldiers and police officers flocked to Rome February 8-9 including our Australian Defence Chaplains.

Priest serving communion to a service member at the Vatican Jubilee Mass 9 February 2025

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Armed Forces Jubilee Mass

Over the Feb. 8-9 weekend, approximately 30,000 men and women from more than 100 countries participated in various festivities in Rome, including a pilgrimage to the Holy Door at St.

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Hope Does not Disappoint

2025 Jubilee Year: Pilgrims of Hope

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Monsignor Vince Redden at Rest

Former Australian Army Chaplain

Archbishop Christopher Prowse Official Image 2024

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Letter from Archbishop Christopher Prowse

Welcome letter to the Diocese.

Pope Francis visit to PNG in RAAF aircraft 2024

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UPDATED - Pope Francis boards a flight of the Royal Australian Air Force from Port Moresby

The Pope's visit to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia

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Vale - The Last Rat of Tobruk Dies

The Rats of Tobruk were soldiers of the Australian-led Allied garrison that held the Libyan port of Tobruk against the Afrika Corps, during the Siege of Tobruk in World War ll.

Shadow of soldier saluting at sunrise or sunset with part of the Australian flag in the background.

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Vale Fr Brendan Dillon

Our former ADF Chaplain, Father Brendan Michael Dillon PE, passed away on 6 June 2024 at Dame Nellie Melba Retirement Village, Wheelers Hill.

Archive black and white photo of solders holding rifles crammed into a boat

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Jesus Christ and the ANZAC Gallipoli campaign

George Wilson, a student at Aquinas College, a tertiary college in Adelaide

Fr Kene during the ADF support to Bushfires in Australia

Monsignor O'Keefe at an official event in Rome for the Jubilee 2025 during the Armed Forces Jubilee

Chaplains march to the Holy Door in St Peters Basilica

Palm Sunday in Broome Diocese will people standing outside the church with palm leaves held upright on a Sunny morning

Palm Sunday Mass at Lone Pine Chapel in Darwin

Archbishop Christopher Prowse visiting Military Bases in Townsville 2024

Archbishop Prowse and Chaplain Joseph Moloney Inside the chapel at Lavarack Barracks Townsville Queensland

Chaplain Martin Monaghan stand over the altar while saying mass on exercise out at sea

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Serving Faithfully newsletters

From 2018 to the end of 2023 Serving Faithfully was the newsletter of the Catholic Diocese of the Australian Military Services published quarterly.

From 2024 onwards Serving Faithfully has morphed into news items published regularly on this website to be a more contemporary means of sharing events and experiences from across the whole Diocese.

As the Catholic Military Diocese is comprised of members of the Australian Defence Force and their families scattered widely across Australia and overseas, wherever they are serving.

Please contact the Military Ordinariate if you wish to read past published newsletters of Serving Faithfully.