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Finding God in War cont’d THIS MONTH NEXT MONTH ‘Crucible Moment’ Ambassador Program Catholic Lt. Doak, who earned a Bronze Star medal during his deployment to A special THANK YOU goes out to the men listed below for serving as a Faith & Ale Ambassador in George J. Phillips, Retired USMC Captain & Chairman, Father Capodanno Guild Afghanistan, had his own “crucible moment” there, as he described it, when he faced their parish. Their role has been to simply spread the the mortality of others. Mr. Phillips was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and has a bachelor’s degree in business from LaVerne University, good word about our Catholic Men’s Apostolate by and a Master of Science degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. His background In Afghanistan, Doak’s duty was the transportation and security of military supplies sharing one of our brochures, newsletters and/or includes over 30 years of service with the U.S. Marine Corps as an enlisted man, offi cer, and civil service, and is a retired on the road between outposts. Before every mission, he organized a group prayer our website www.faithandale.com We invite you to asking God’s protection. assist us in this endeavor. Please advise one of our Marine Corps offi cer. In his career, he became an expert in the DoD requirements, procurement and budget processes, Board members or your Parish Ambassador. as well as the business practices of the department related to the Life Cycle Management of DoD programs and “Though you like to pretend that you have control,” he continued, “and though we train and do as much as we can to mitigate a lot of factors, ultimately, whether somebody CHURCH OF THE ASCENSION products. Mr. Phillips has served on various joint boards and committees, including the Joint Ordnance Commander’s lives or dies is out of our hands, and that’s defi nitely a huge call to come back to that JIM OHLIGER Executive Committee and the U.S. Department of Defense Explosive Safety Board. side of the faith, to be able to just trust completely that things will work out.” At Mass CHURCH OF THE RESURRECTION His personal decorations and awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal, two Bronze Stars with and in counseling, Father Hesseling helps soldiers grappling with profound questions Combat V, two Purple Hearts, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal with one star and the Distinguished of faith like, ‘“Where is God in all this? How could God let this happen? Why does evil DAN DOUGHERTY, DICK O’CONNELL Civilian Service Award. Mr. Phillips and his wife Cathy have been married for 50 years and have 3 children, Christine, exist? Why did this happen to my buddy instead of me?’” NOTRE DAME CLUB OF SW FLORIDA Deirdre, and Matthew and 10 grandchildren. Father Hesseling said he talks about the diff erence between God’s positive will and his JIM STEVENS permissive will — that God does not will suff ering but he may allow it to occur when OUR LADY OF LIGHT good can result from it. WALT MCDONALD Prayer, discernment and support of friends and faith are crucial to a soldier’s fi nding SACRED HEART peace in the quandary, he said. PAUL KAISER, SACRED HEART Reverend Vincent Lampert, Exorcist, Archdiocese of Indianapolis Prepare for the Test ST. ANDREW Fr. Vince was born on 07 April 1963. He is a graduate of St. Meinrad College and the University of St. Mary of the Lake. To help soldiers stay focused, Father Hesseling often tells the story of 1st Lt. Brian TERRI CERULLO, JOHN COOK He was ordained a for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis on 01 June 1991. He currently serves as the Pastor of St. Bradshaw, a Catholic offi cer with the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment out of Ft. ST. CECILIA Michael and St. Peter Parishes in Brookville, Indiana. In 2005 he was appointed the Exorcist for the Archdiocese of Richardson. CARLOS LOYOLA Indianapolis. He received his training in and is a member of the International Association of . Two weeks before being killed by an improvised explosive device, Bradshaw ST. ISABEL asked Father Hesseling to hear his confession. And he went to Mass and received Communion. TOM KROEGER “When you wake up in the morning,” Father Hesseling said, “you never know what’s ST. JOHN XXIII STAY CONNECTED & INFORMED AT: WWW.FAITHANDALE.COM going to happen that day … always, you need to take care of these things.” “Use the JACK QUINLAN, JOHN COUNSELL graces, the strengths of those sacraments because you never know when they’re ST. KATHARINE DREXEL going to be put to the test.” TOM MAMOTT Reprinted with permission by Catholic News Agency. To read the full article and learn ST. RAPHAEL CONTACT US: [email protected] more about this website, visit: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/fi nding- JOE ALLISON god-in-war-soldiers-face-mortality-and-faith-in-combat WEBSITE: FaithAndAle.com INSTAGRAM: @faithandaleftmyers