Welcome Bishop Joe Coffey, Episcopal Moderator for Heroic Men & CMLA

My brothers in Christ, my name is Bishop Joe Coffey. I'm an auxiliary Bishop with the military Archdiocese, having served almost 20 years on active duty as a Navy chaplain with tours with the Navy, the Marines, and the Coast Guard.

I am honored that the Catholic Men's Leadership Alliance has asked me to be their Episcopal moderator. They were formed just a few years ago and their mission is very simple: strengthen the man, strengthen the family, strengthen the church, and strengthen the culture.

There's no doubt in anybody's mind that we are in trouble right now. Our world is in trouble, our church is in trouble, our country is in trouble, but God has always raised up men to be leaders.

Just think of the role he gave my patron saint, St Joseph, in Salvation history. His mission: protect the savior of the world and his blessed mother. Talk about a mission! And he did it with grace, and humility, and Faith. So men: in history, men have always loved their families, their wives, their kids, and their country, and will be willing to lay down their lives for them.

Men love the church, men love the Lord, and love to pray. So join other men from around our country with the Catholic Men's Leadership Alliance, and help them help you, and help other men to be the men God created all of us to be.

I look forward to meeting you God bless you!