DEEP IN THE HEART OF BY BISHOP NEAL J. BUCKON
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t is an honor and a privilege for me to visit the Department of Defense Installations in the Lone Star State every year. The pastoral visitations to our Catholic communities are in ten chapels and three hospitals. Having already visited Fort Bliss and its Medical center right after Thanksgiving, my first stop was Sheppard AFB, which sits on Wichita Falls’ outskirts. It is the most important, largest, and most diversified site for Air Education and Training Command. Father Basil Eruo, the active-duty Catholic chaplain ministers to thousands of initial-entry Airmen as they attend various technical schools in preparation for their follow-on assignments. It is always a graced moment when the Airmen are also able to receive sacraments of initiation. I sealed three such Airmen with the gifts of the Holy Spirit at the rite of confirmation.
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