Beyond The Beacon
Join Bishop Kevin Sweeney and Communications Director Jai Agnish of the Diocese of Paterson, N.J., as they discuss current events and topics relevant to the local Church in Paterson and the global Catholic Church. Bishop Sweeney answers questions from listeners, interviews guests, and shares reflections and insights helpful for all striving to live a life of faith, hope, and love.
Beyond The Beacon
55: Military chaplains explain the special significance of Memorial Day
Two priests join Bishop Kevin Sweeney and Jai Agnish to discuss what life is like as chaplains for the United States Armed Forces. Bishop Kevin also offers a special Memorial Day blessing.
Guests Father Michael Parisi and Father Matt Pawlikowski have over 50 years of combined military service. Father Parisi was commissioned in the Navy Chaplain Corps in 1988 where he served in various capacities, including his last assignment with the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in Connecticut. He is now pastor of St. Catherine Parish in Mountain Lakes, N.J., and is one of the two vicars general of the Diocese of Paterson.
Father Pawlikowski is a retired U.S. Army chaplain and veteran with 28 years of service and has spent time in Egypt, Haiti, Germany, and Afghanistan. He is a graduate of West Point where he currently works as a civilian chaplain with 9 other military chaplains. He is a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Newark.
God bless all servicemen and women.
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Produced by Jai Agnish, Cecile Pagliarulo, and Bishop Kevin Sweeney for the Diocese of Paterson.
Engineered, edited, and theme song by Jai Agnish.
Illustrations by Dennis Dalelio.
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