Priest Feels ‘Blessed’ to Serve in a Parish and as Chaplain in Army Reserves REPRINTED WITH PERMISSIONS FROM THE CATHOLIC ADVOCATE, CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE
FATHER ANDREW DE SILVA, A U.S. ARMY CHAPLAIN IN THE RESERVES, LEFT, MINISTERS TO SOLDIERS TRAINING IN THE FIELD AT FORT KNOX IN KENTUCKY, IN THIS UNDATED PHOTO. FATHER DE SILVA IS A PRIEST OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEWARK, N.J. (CNS PHOTO/THE CATHOLIC ADVOCATE)
NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) — Father Andrew De Silva, a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves God and country, and he says one ministry influences the other.
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He is parochial vicar at St. Agnes Parish in Clark, New Jersey, and is a captain in the U.S. Army Reserves, serving in the Chaplain Corps. For the Reserves, the priest is required
