Friday, March 19, 2010

Great Pictures of Catholic and Protestant Chaplains in Afghanistan

Canadian Air Force chaplain Jim McKay (L), and U.S. Army chaplain Carl Subler chat and smoke after holding a Catholic Mass on March 7 at the Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan. Military chaplains hold services on major bases as well as travel the battlefield throughout Afghanistan, providing a backbone of support for thousands of soldiers struggling with the difficulties of war and year-long deployments away from home. Getty Images / John Moore
Catholic Chaplain Cpt. Carl Subler reads a prayer book behind an upturned bed cot while waiting to hear soldiers' anonymous confessions on March 10 at Forward Operating Base Ramrod in Kandahar province, Afghanistan. He was using a chapel room where soldiers read stories to their children while taped on video, which is then sent to their families at home. As the only Catholic chaplain in his brigade, Cpt. Subler travels between far-flung bases, celebrating mass and counseling Catholic soldiers accross southern Afghanistan. Getty Images / John Moore

U.S. Army chaplain Carl Subler presents the Eucharist before distributing communion at a Catholic Mass for American soldiers on March 5 at a small U.S. combat outpost in Sha-Wali-Kot in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. Getty Images / John Moore



U.S. Army Chaplain Carl Subler (C) socializes with fellow soldiers after holding a Catholic Mass on March 3 at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan. Getty Images / John Moore



U.S. Army Chaplain Carl Subler opens a smoke grenade container he uses to carry communion wafers before conducting a Catholic Mass on March 3 at Forward Operating Base Frontenac in the Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan. Getty Images / John Moore




U.S. Army soldiers line up to drink from a cup of wine while celebrating communion with Catholic chaplain Cpt. Carl Subler on March 5 at a small U.S. combat outpost in Sha-Wali-Kot in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan. U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq are prohibited from drinking alcohol while on deployment; although exceptions are made for religious services such as Mass. Getty Images




THESE ARE GREAT. I just put a few up they have of the Catholic Priest. There are others of him.

There are compelling pictures of Protestant Chaplains too. I think they are good pics for St Joseph's Day.

2 comments:

Rick67 said...

*Sigh*. Good stuff. Many of my seminary buds are hospital or military chaplains. (I tried to become an Army chaplain a few years ago but did not get past the medical questions. Argh.)

James H said...

I had a discussion with a semnarian once as to Hospital Chaplains. He said that he was least favortie part of training because it was so political. I will have to try to find that post again