QUEEN OF FAMILIES AND QUEEN OF PEACE BY BISHOP BILL MUHM
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n the Litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we invoke her under many titles, including Queen of Families and Queen of Peace. Military life involves two significant hardships: family separation and armed conflict. Our Lady is the mother of those who endure family separation (Queen of Families) and those who go into danger to maintain the peace (Queen of Peace). In early August, AMS Catholics gathered for Vacation Bible School at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. The children and adult leaders were all under the motherly care of Our Lady Queen of Families and Queen of Peace. Chaplain Peter Fischer and Father Brendan Mbagwu led this big effort to pull together the largest gathering of the Kadena Catholic community
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