Catholic Military Life

For more than thirty years, retired U.S. Army officer Ed Wilson and his wife Dolly have been active in the American military Catholic community at Stuttgart, Germany. Among other volunteer activities, they have organized travel for military Catholics to the annual Pèlerinage Militaire International, or International Military Pilgrimage, in Lourdes, France, where the Americans join military members from other nations in prayer and fellowship. On Oct. 26, the Wilsons were invested in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, the successor of a Crusades-era military force now engaged primarily in charitable activities in the Holy Land. In this edition of Catholic Military Life, the only official podcast of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, the Wilsons reflect on their service to the Chruch and how their life in Germany has given them a front-row seat on the eventful history of the past three decades in Europe.