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Recent Examples of chaplain
The ceremony opened with an invocation and prayer by Alan Clark, chaplain of Laguna Woods American Legion Post 257, honoring the more than 1 million military fatalities since the Revolutionary War in 1775.
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Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
Their claims led federal prosecutors to indict eight former prison officials — including a former warden and a chaplain — on a slew of charges.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
He will be assigned to Holy Family Parish in LaPorte with Father Nate Edquist, pastor, and serve as a hospital chaplain in Michigan City.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
Members of Congress regularly invite guest chaplains to deliver prayers
Miller’s post sparked bipartisan condemnation.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 6 June 2025
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Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 1 June 2025
Their claims led federal prosecutors to indict eight former prison officials — including a former warden and a chaplain — on a slew of charges.
—Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
He will be assigned to Holy Family Parish in LaPorte with Father Nate Edquist, pastor, and serve as a hospital chaplain in Michigan City.
—Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2025
Members of Congress regularly invite guest chaplains to deliver prayers
Miller’s post sparked bipartisan condemnation.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaplain
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Advertisement Religion, government, and power The ambitious Pentecostal pastor and televangelist Malafaia—considered a kingmaker, is among those religious leaders in Brazil who have amassed wealth and celebrity through their sermons.—
Emi Eleode,
Time,
14 July 2025
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John MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church (GCC) in Sun Valley, California, has reportedly been hospitalized with pneumonia following years of health complications.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Forcing priests to divulge confessions, while exempting all manner of secular confessors, is rank religious discrimination.—
Dan McLaughlin,
National Review,
6 May 2025
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Specifically, the nuns pointed a finger at Urbain Grandier—a local priest and their confessor.—
Amelia Soth,
JSTOR Daily,
31 Oct. 2024
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The two were married on June 6 at the Old Chapel at Central Moravian Church in Bethlehem, Pa., by the Rev. Elizabeth Keeler, the rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Washington, Va.—
Jenny Block,
New York Times,
13 June 2025
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His daughter, Olivia, even married Cleveland Benedict, who at one point became the rector of Christ Church, according to the Glendale Heritage Preservation's website.—
Aaron Valdez,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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Seasons one to four of Grantchester featured James Norton (Happy Valley) as vicar Sidney Chambers.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
8 July 2025
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Members include a vicar with a lurid fantasy life, a clever and stifled housewife, a sorrowful retired accountant and a blowhard.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Among the beetle-collecting country parsons of his day, it was often assumed that the world had been created six thousand years ago and that many geological anomalies could be explained by Noah’s Flood.—
Lewis Hyde,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
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Sofa in collage by Peter Dunham Textiles; Hot pink laminate parsons tables by Two Worlds Arts; Soft edge chairs by Hay; Madeleine Castaing striped carpet by Codimat Collection.—
Michael Boodro,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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His grandparents were Christian missionaries in Jamaica, which led to his mother rebelling against religion when she was sent to boarding school.—
Alison Coleman,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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The story of tonic water starts in the 17th century, when Jesuit missionaries in the Andes discovered what local native healers already knew: the bark of the cinchona tree had healing properties.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 July 2025
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Verny, who is currently the bishop of Chambery, France, has been a member of the commission since 2022 and heads the child protection council of the bishops conference in France, where the church has been rocked by revelations of decades and abuse by priests and bishops.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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Leo’s old diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, meanwhile, is waiting for their bishop to come home, and then there’s Argentina, which never got a papal visit from the first-ever Argentine pope.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
5 July 2025
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Kelley Hudlow, missioner for clergy formation for the diocese, told NBC affiliate WVTM of Birmingham soon after the shooting that church leaders were trying to learn more.—
Phil Helsel,
NBC News,
17 June 2022
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Eby will continue to serve as outreach missioner at the Church of the Nativity and as priest-in-charge at St. Timothy’s Church in Athens.—
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1 Dec. 2020
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