chaplain
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A chaplain read the names of Michiganders killed in the attacks.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
In the final moments of the Oryoku Maru, an American military chaplain saw the lifeless body of a Maj.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
The calls often open with a guest speaker and close with an evening prayer, offered by a chaplain in the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
After confiding in a padre - a military chaplain - the 56-year-old says she was reported to bosses and admitted to hospital, where she was held in isolation.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2026
“I think it was so splendid in Father to go as chaplain when he was too old to be drafted, and not strong enough for a soldier,” said Meg warmly.
From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott
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The Lincoln has five chaplains, as well as a counselor, psychologist, clinical social worker, three behavioral health technicians and one dog, Cao said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The Pentagon in recent decades has welcomed a diversity of faiths, with chaplains tasked more with offering personal comfort and guidance than on blessing leaders' decisions.
From Barron's ● Apr. 3, 2026
There he served as the site administrator for the Urban Interfaith Chaplaincy Program, where he helped train the next generation of chaplains.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2025
Rev. Elizabeth Diop, one of two Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplains who lost their jobs for speaking publicly about Soliman, waited outside the mosque to welcome her former colleague back.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2025
As though they had not a care in the world the British officers crowded into the Episcopal churches and army chaplains held services for the soldiers in the barracks.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
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