Sept. 11, 2001, started as an ordinary day for Charles Glesing, a firefighter in Indianapolis.
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‘Never forget,’ says foundation CEO who lost firefighter brother in 9/11
The foundation helps the spouses and children of firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty, and for many of these families pays off their remaining mortgage.
Father Thomas Gills, retired Air Force chaplain, recalls ‘powerful ministry’ to wounded and dying
“You’re face-to-face with 19- and 20-year olds who had lost an arm or both arms, a leg or both legs, and writhing in pain,” Father Gills said, “and you would just touch them through prayer and somehow God would work through those prayers to lift them up and give them renewed hope and an optimistic view of the future.”
Bishop Spencer honors veterans on Veterans Day
ELLICOTT CITY – In a Veterans Day homily at St. Paul in Ellicott City, Auxiliary Bishop F. Richard Spencer of the Archdiocese for U.S. Military Services challenged Catholics to never forget the needs of the nation’s veterans.
9/11 in Rome: Baltimore pastor was seminarian at Pontifical North American College
On the second day of the new semester at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, Father Michael DeAscanis and fellow seminarians were taking a mid-afternoon walk in the courtyard.
Baltimore priest who served in Iraq ready to become a bishop
On one of the bloodiest days of the Iraq War – April 9, 2004 – Father F. Richard Spencer became the link between this world and the next for many of the mortally wounded.