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| This page is designed to honor and pray for all military personnel serving our nation in any capacity. We invite you to submit names of friends, relatives, and neighors, for inclusion in this prayer site. When you scroll down, you will see the names of 300+ members of the military whose names have seen sent to this site or added to the posted list in the perpetual adoration chapel at Saint Charles Church. TO ADD SOLDIERS, SEND NAMES TO: stchas@sover.net with "soldier" in subject line! NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF NAMES! We welcome names from everywhere!! Send names of friends - relatives - neighbors!! Send branch & state if you would like it included!! Please let us know when they are HOME and we will post that information also! |
| Prayer for The Troops "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful." -John 14:27 Father, we approach You as the Most High God. We declare that You are the Creator of all things. You set the boundaries of the sea, and stretched out the heavens above. When You act Lord, no one can reverse it, and there is no one who can deliver out of Your hand. We ask Lord that Your mighty hand of protection would be with our troops, that You would surround them with Your favor as a shield. Bless them in the land, and do not surrender them to the desire of their foes. I pray that Your hand of protection would guard them from chemical and biological agents. Give our soldiers wisdom in staying clear of these weapons, and thwart the plans of the enemy to use them. I ask for discernment in separating civilians from soldiers. Help our troops to protect the innocent, and to watch over the needy as they liberate the Iraqi people. Go before them Lord as they press into the battle and be their rear guard. Surround them with songs of deliverance, and keep them from the hands of the enemy. In Jesus name, Amen. |
| The following names have been submitted for inclusion on this page. Names have come from all over the country, from the west coast to
here on the east coast... even Alaska and Hawaii!! They have been provided by parents, grandparents, sibblings, spouses, friends, teachers, clergy, etc... of those listed. Names now listed alphabetically, to make viewing easier!! Please let us know when he/she arrives HOME - We will post that they are home! |
| A Abplanalp, Harry Jr. Adams, Ben Afghanistan Alan, A IRAQ Albright, Willy Afghanistan Alvarado, Alan IRAQ Aman, Brandon Michael Anderson, Col Edwin Anderson, Rustin (Rusty) B CO 146 ESB, =====Camp Delta ATO AE 09317 Annen, AE2 Alvin Aragones, George, Georgia National Guard =====Camp Phoenix Afghanistan Ares, LCO1 Mario Albert Arnold, Brandon B Bailey, Charles Bailey, Sgt Erik Bailey, Michael IRAQ Bailey, Pvt Stephen Baker, AIC Brian Barajas, Spc George Barbarow, Cpl David BF native ====VT Air Nat'l Guard (home!) Barbarow, Sgt. Patrick BF Native VT Army ====Nat'l Guard (home!) Bardsley, Jr., SPC David - Ohio - IRAQ Barton, SSgt Jason Beard, Spc Matt Bellanger, FCPO Jerome, Naval Reserve ====KUWAIT Beltran, PFC Victor Bennett, Sgt Bruce Daniel US Marines, ====IRAQ Biddick, B Bagdad IRAQ Biggs, Christopher R. US Marines, ====Afghanistan Biondo, Alicia M Civil Air Patrol Airman 1 Black, Spc Christopher D. Blair, Casey Boyles, Colonel J Durr Bradish, Pvt Paul USMC Brassard, John Brock, Arek - US Army - IRAQ Bucci, Spc George Kuwait Bush, Army Spc. Rueben Ray C Canini, Pfc Sophia A Co 2-3 BTB Carabrello, Pvt Franklin Carter, Varnetta Cathey, Sgt. Jacob Chouinard, Sgt. Devin - US Army - Iraq Church, Theodore Joseph IRAQ Clark, Adrian Clark, Kevin - Bellows Falls native! Cody, Todd Montpelier, VT Afghanistan Coffin, Sgt. Voranus (HOME!!) Cole, Sgt Amanda Constintino, A1C Morgan Andrews =====Air Force Base, Florida Cordaway, Jason AFGHANISTAN Cordaway, Joseph Cripe, Jr., Ron & 503rd Infantry Cusack, Cpt Colin US Army Cusack, Pfc Sean USMC Afghanistan Czegan, Matthew D Daly, David Nat'l Guard Daniels, Joshua Davenport, James W Davenport, Mike Decreamer, SSgt Kirt Deloria, PFC Ramos, Ft. Benning, Georgia DeRossi, Brian US Army Drayton, Jamal - Afghanistan Dresser, Curen US Army KOREA Dsouza, SPC Matthew, IRAQ Dunn, Aaron IRAQ E Eagen, Lt Daniel USMC Eagenm Lt Karin B (Wareing) USMC Early, Cpt. Jay Empey, Master Sgt Mark - Mike's brother Evans, Jason A. US Army Evans, Gabriel A. F Faber, Sgt Renae Hawaii NG Field, Chad Finch, Ssgt Shawn Fink, Cpt Danny US Navy IRAQ Fircus, PFC Daniel E Fleming, Steven US Army Florence, Dean - IRAQ Frame, Kevin Frankel, Michael USAF Frazier, Anthony US Army Fred, Sean US Army Freel, Brad - US Army - IRAQ Frodge, Sgt Ryan HQCO 4th Brigade 4-64 Fulton, Spc Spencer G Gagnon, PFC Matthew, Ft. Drum, NY-IRAQ Gaines, Pfc Kevin US Army Gallion, Justin A Afghanistan Gallo, Stephen NJ - Afghanistan-Home ======Safely Garcia, Melinda Tucson, Arizona Gast, Robert (Bobby) - Green Beret Medic - ======deploying to Afghanistan in Feb.2010 George, Carl Joseph IRAQ Gibbins, Andrew -US Marine No.Dakota =======Afghanistan Gillispie, Lt Chris Gomez, Homero D Goode, Lance 155th Gossweiler, Tommy - Army - IRAQ Gray, Paul US Marines, No.Carolina Gray, Spring - USAF, No.Carolina Griggin, T Sgt. Kim (Fogg) NH Air Nat'l ===== Guard Kurdistan (in September 09) Guildon, Charles M. US Army Gutiervez III, Pfc Louie H Harris III, Jeff Lee USMC, Iraq Harper, Cpl Kyle BF Native USMC Hannah, SFC Brenda IRAQ Harris, James IRAQ Harrison, Jr, Staff Sgt Clifton - US Army ======Ohio - KUWAIT Hayward, RCT Jamie - BF graduate, Paris ==== Island, SC Hebert, CPL Andrew D., United States ====Marines - NH Hernon, Michael Joseph IRAQ Herron, SSG Patrick - US Army IRAQ ====X3 HOME SAFELY-GOD BLESS! Hertler, Sgt Kyle Hertler, Spc Pierre Higgins III, Lt Daniel USMC Hodges, Melanie Hodsden, CJ MIDN 4/C BF Native, Troy, ==== New York, USN Holland, Sgt Hollenberger, Dale Hunt, Adam, Afghanistan I |
J Jefferies, Spc Caton Dane Jefferies, Spc Nicholas James Jameyson, Lt Andrew Texan NG ====Afghanistan Jennings, Robert US Navy Johnson, Pfc Aaron US Army Johnson, Pvt Christopher - IRAQ Johnson, Muchael US Navy - Norfolk. VA Johnson, Michael US Navy Overseas Jordan, Pfc Martin Judkins, Pfc Justin Justin, Luke Pilot IRAQ K Kas, Ssgt Darek A Kasper, Cpt Demere QATAR(Home for ====good on Easter Sunday!! Keith, Ssg. Jason Kenney, Spc Robert P BF Native ====VT Nat'l Guard IRAQ Home! Ketz, Cpt Ann K GERMANY Ketz, Major Brian J Army - IRAQ Ketz, Cpt Christopher E Iowa King, Aaron Kissell, Joshua BF Native IRAQ X2 Home! Kohl, Sgt Joshua Jacob Kolodziej, Ltc Michael BF/No Walpole ===native Home! Spoke at the Bellows Falls ===Memorial Day Program 05/26/2008 Kolodziej, Maj Pam US Army Kolp, Sfc Arthur Zolton Kopp, PFC Edward, Jr IRAQ Kraues, Jeffery Montpelier, VT IRAQ L LaBruna, Lt Ryan 101st Airborne IRAQ Lancaster, Spc. Scott Lang, Specialist Adam Lape, Brandon USAF Palm Bay, FL ===Patrick AFB, Florida Laskowski, Roger US Army Calif Lawler, Sgt. Joseph Lawler, Lt Ryan Leavens, Pfc John Paul LeBlanc, Vincent Texas, US Army Lopez, Sgt. Nick Washington NG M Marcus, Shaun - IRAQ Maria, LCP1 Alan John USMC Martinez, George Matte, Spc Pierre McConnell, Ssgt David C McCumber, Sgt James J McDonald, PFC Andrew ~ US Army ~ ----Afghanistan McKellar, Kenneth McLeary, Tim IRAQ Medina, Sgt Francisco, Texas ----Nat'l Guard Family: "I love you" Mendez Uriel Antonio IRAQ Meneses, Arturo Meneses, Jose Meneses, Tomas Meyer, Sgt Andrew Micklethwait, Drew Miers, Kiehl IRAQ Moore, Jeff IRAQ Morales, Luis Yasmany Mord, "Sonny" Murphy, Major David US Air Force, Wash- =======ington State, Deployed overseas N Nier, Devon - Arizona - Home from Iraq, de- ====== ploying to Honduras soon. Norton, SSG Craig, Durham, NC ====Afghanistan Novak, SFC. Peter - US Army, Bagdad, IRAQ Novak, LCpl Randy - US Marines - ====AFGHANISTAN O Oimeon, Pfc Eric, US Army IRAQ Oimoen, Pfc Ryan IRAQ O'Leary, Pvt James Ordaz, PFC Gio Afghanistan P Palmer, Ryan Windsor, VT AF Reserves ==== IRAQ - Home safely! Papagni, 2nd LT James Parez, Michael James Partain, Michael Shane, USMC, from ===== Georgia Peifer, Ssg Penman, Sgt.Christopher - US Army, Wash- ===== ington State Perez, Corporal David Eric - US Army Perdue, Warren Peyton, Army Sgt Nicholas Piccolo, Pvt. James US Army Polce, Sgt Nicholas Powell, Jason - Germany Powell, Sgt Todd Powers, SPC Justin IRAQ Q R Ramsey, Raymond Redding, SPC Katherine Ann (Rowe), Ft. ====Riley, KS - IRAQ Rempalski, Spc Mark C 1073rd ====Maintenance Unit Greenville MI/ IRAQ Reyes, Rumer Nobleza (and his group!) US ====Marines - Afghanistan (Sept.09) Rienks, Steven - Afghanistan Riley, Sgt Kenneth Rivera, Joshua US Army IRAQ Ross, Pfc Stephan Rufo, Stg Joseph Ruiz, Spc Jonathan Hugo Ruiz-Rodriguez, Michael S Sanders, Ryan Afghanistan Schneider, Cpt Eric L Middlesex ====VT / Wainwright AK IRAQ - Home ====safely 02-16-09 Schwartz, 2LT Daniel J. Sedylmer, Pfc Brandon See, Spec. Cody J. Afghanistan - Home ====safely 07/18/09 See, Airman Libby J. Afghanistan Seldvidge, Marty Shaughnessy, EOCN Robert J ====BF Native US Navy Shelly, Braun USAF Shelly, Kim USAF Sieber, Sgt Christopher Simmons, Justin Singh, Ssgt Brian USMC Skinner, Ssg Jose L HHC 29th Hawaii NG Slates, Stesha IRAQ |
S continued Simpson, PFC Tashenna - Ft. Benning, Georgia Slaughter, Spc Eric Smith, PFC Jeffery R. MA-ARNG Fort =====Leonard Wood, MO Smith, Pvt Robert 35th engineering ====battalion Ft Leonardwood MO Solomon, Joe Michael, US Marine Corps, =====Active duty, Gardez, Afghanistan Spears, PV2 Matthew Colin US Army, ====IRAQ Ft Polk, LA Spear, Pfc Daniel, US Army Stehle, Cpt Michael W Camp ====Pendleton IRAQ Suarez, Cpl Tomas Sullivan, Ssgt Brad R IRAQ Swarrow, Christopher Sweiger, GySgt William John - Out of Camp ==== Pendleton AFGHANISTAN T T, Eric US Army active duty Michigan Tabone. 2LT Sean NG US Army IRAQ Taylor, Pvt2 Craig, Texas NG Thomas, Breton Thomas, PFC Kiernan - Afghanistan Todd, Cpt Daniel - Home safely! Trares, Aleksander MO - US Army, Wardak ====Province, Afghanistan Trefil, Sgt Jason US Army Tyre, SPC Michael U V W W, Eli US Army active duty Ohio Walsh, AIC Byron Wareing, Cpt Sharon US Army Reserve Wareing, Virginia US Navy Waryas, Michael US Army Weltz, Marine Recruit Collin H., Paris =======Island,SC Weltz, Lt Richard BF native Whitten, PFC Christopher US Army Washington =======State Willsey, Army Specialist James M. Willsey, Spc Jordan AND Willsey, Spc Nelly Barajas Husband & =======Wife in IRAQ) Winnegan, David Wiltman. David K Wokeme, Randy - Japan Worrell, SPC Sean K. US Army, Hawaii X Y Young, Sandra Yustin, SPC Logan, Bridport, VT A Co., 3/172 ========INF (MIN) Z Zequeida, Jonathan Groups All members of the 503rd Infantry All members of the 3rd ID KUWAIT & ====Baghdad, esp in A Co. 2-3 BTB All members of the Vermont National Guard All at Camp Anaconda IRAQ All in the 155th Brigade All members of the 17th infantry out of =====Wainwright, Alaska All members of Echo Company, Ft. Stewart. =====GA. FOB Falcon, IRAQ All at Camp Delta, IRAQ Combat Logistics Battalion - 1 UNIT 42385 out ==== of Camp Pendleton Marine Division 1st LAR, Camp Pendleton ===== IRAQ 146th Expeditionary Signal Battalion =====IRAQ FOR THE NAVY SEALs WHO RESCUED CAPTAIN RICHARD PHILLIPS |
The following poem/prayer is quoted from the book "AN INLAND SEE - A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BURLINGTON", written by Howard Coffin, published in 2001 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington, page 84. It ended the Masses celebrated by Chaplain Rev. John P. Mahoney, chaplain for Vermont's 172nd Regiment (43rd Infantry Division) and was read at his funeral long after the end of the war. "OH GOD OF POWER AND LOVE, MAKE ME A SOLDIER WORTHY OF THE GREAT CAUSE IN WHICH I FIGHT. GIVE ME STRENGTH WHEN THE GOING IS HARD. GIVE ME COURAGE WHEN DANGER IS NEAR. LEAD ME THROUGH THE PERILS OF THIS WAR TO THE PEACE OF THAT BETTER WORLD TO WHICH WE HAVE DEDICATED OUR LIVES. BUT IF THIS SERVICE TO YOU AND TO MY COUNTRY CALLS FOR THE SACRIFICE OF MY LIFE, I ASK ONLY THAT YOU BE WITH ME IN THAT HOUR, CONFIDENT THAT YOUR PEACE AWAITS ME IN ETERNITY". |
