VAMC HEROES BY BISHOP JOSEPH L. COFFEY
BISHOP JOE COFFEY VISITED THE VAMC IN HIS HOME CITY OF PHILADELPHIA AND CELEBRATED MASS IN THE CHAPEL WITH HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN FATHER UKACHUKWU ONYEABOR ON 11 MARCH 2020
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ear Friends of the AMS, by the time you read this article I will have retired after almost 30 years in the U.S. Navy. First as a seminarian CCPO (Chaplain Candidate Program Officer), a Reservist, and then 19 years on active-duty. My retirement from the Navy on 31 May, which in itself is a big event, also marked the day I was born 60 years ago! As we often say in the Marines Corps, Uhrahhhh! I have been looking forward to my retirement so that I could dedicate myself full-time as the Vicar for Veterans Affairs for the Military Archdiocese. A journey which I began on 1 January 2020.
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