FOR GOD AND COUNTRY SINCE 1919
COCIO ~ ESTRADA POST 59
CHAPLAIN’S PAGE
With Post 59 Legion Rider Chaplain
Kurt Hinson
A brief history of the Chaplain service.
The modern chaplaincy's roots are essentially medieval Catholic in origin. The Council of Ratisbon (742 AD) first officially authorized the use of chaplains for armies, but prohibited "the servants of God" from bearing arms or fighting. The word chaplain itself also dates from this period. A fourth century legend held that a pagan Roman soldier called Martin of Tours encountered a beggar shivering from the cold and gave him part of his military cloak. That night he had a vision of Christ dressed in the cloak. As a result, Martin was converted to Christianity. He devoted his life to the church, and after his death was canonized. Martin of Tours later became the patron saint of France and his cloak, now a holy relic, was carried into battle by the Frankish kings. This cloak was called in Latin the "cappa". Its portable shrine was called the "capella" and its caretaker priest, the "cappellanus". Eventually, all clergy affiliated with military were called "capellani," or in French "chapelains", hence chaplains.
You may request a prayer from Legion Riders Chaplain Kurt Hinson by submitting it below.
The prayer you request is NOT saved. It is privately forwarded via email to our Chaplain. If you want it posted on the site please specify in your request.
What is a Veteran
A “Veteran” – active duty, discharged, retired, or reserve –
is someone who, at one point in their life, wrote a blank
check made payable to, “The United States of America,”
for an amount of up to and including their life.
That is honor. There are way too many people in this
country today who no longer understand that fact.
God Bless
In Memoriam;
Army Ranger Martin Lugo Jr.,
killed in Afghanistan
Click Martin’s image for his memoriam.
