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The Call of Duty: Priests, Seminarians Respond to Dire Need for Military Chaplains

At a time of record need, young men like Father Madison Hayes, shown in foreground at Yokota Air Base in Japan on a pastoral assignment as a seminarian, are responding to the call to military chaplaincy.

Drawn by the desire to serve those who serve, candidates are answering ‘the call within a call’ to become active-duty priest chaplains in the U.S. armed forces at a time when the ranks are low.