TLM Offered at Fort Hood for First Time in 40 Years

[Dawn Marie]

I think the commentary below is written by the wife of a trad (in the military) named John Proctor)......I believe this is his and her story. DM

"Just a few shots from an assignment covering the All Souls Day Memorial Ceremony and Traditional Latin Requiem Mass on Fort Hood. (The Traditional Latin Mass began on Fort Hood in October and is the first time a Latin Mass has been offered to soldiers and their families here for more than 40 years! We now meet every Sunday in a Catholic-only chapel on post. This is a very big blessing!)

(For media inquiries, please contact me via [e-mail] or simply message me on FB). (c)Amy Proctor, Imago Dei Photography
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On November 2nd, approximately 65 Fort Hood Soldiers, civilians and Family members observed a solemn memorial tribute to the 1st Cavalry Division Soldiers who fell at the battle of Unsan, North Korea, 1-3 November, 1950. After attacking north to relieve South Korean Army elements along the Sino-Korean border, the 8th Cavalry Regiment found themselves surrounded by more than 40,000 Communist Chinese Forces and were ordered to retrograde to a more advantageous defensive position. The 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment was the last to withdraw, losing nearly 600 men while inflicting thousands of casualties upon the CCF. As the last Soldiers prepared to fall back, the unit chaplain, Captain Emil Kapaun decided to remain with the wounded, even though this meant certain capture.

Father Kapaun was indeed captured, and ministered to his fellow prisoners of war valiantly through the harsh Korean winter. He stole food for them, cared for their wounds, and offered prayers and encouragement from his Catholic faith. Many POWs died during this time, and Father Kapaun gave them provisional Christian burials. Emil Kapaun himself succumbed to the harsh conditions of imprisonment and died on May 23rd, 1951. On April 23rd, 2013, Chaplain Kapaun was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Immediately following the short military ceremony conducted on the grounds of the 1st Cavalry Division Museum, Chaplain (Captain) Lito Amande, US Army Garrison, Ft. Hood, offered a Roman Catholic Mass on the hood of a Korean War era Jeep just as Father Kapaun would have in 1950. Praying the Traditional Latin Mass on the feast of All Souls Day, Father Amande wore black vestments, and offered the Mass for the souls of the faithful departed, especially for those Soldiers who fell in battle.

The Traditional Latin Mass is the form of Roman Catholic worship used in the Latin Rite since the time of Pope Saint Gregory the Great (d. 604 A.D.) until the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) when Rome allowed a period of liturgical experimentation that resulted in the current form of Mass prayed in the vernacular. The Traditional Latin Mass prayed by Father Emil Kapaun is offered on Fort Hood at the Old Post Chapel (building number 53) each Sunday at 3 PM."

[Gloria]

Thank you for sharing this with us . What a glorious blessing  been given  to all who attend and for FT. Hood. Warms my heart to see these pictures.

Our Lady of Hope, Pray for us!

[Susan]

Wonderful!

[Dawn Marie]

Some good news for a change :)

Gloria said:

Thank you for sharing this with us . What a glorious blessing  been given  to all who attend and for FT. Hood. Warms my heart to see these pictures.

Our Lady of Hope, Pray for us!