Father Mark Bristol On COVID Outbreak Aboard USS Theordore Roosevelt

Father Mark Bristol, CHC LT, USN, is one of four U.S. Navy chaplains assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Theordore Roosevelt (CVN-71), and the only Catholic priest. Father Bristol was on board in late March when an outbreak of COVID-19 sidelined the Roosevelt at Guam for more than two months during a deployment to the Western Pacific. Ultimately, more than 1,200 sailors were infected--about 25% of the carrier's crew, and one died. For the first time Father Bristol gives a complete first-hand account in this, the Nov. 23 edition of Catholic Military Life, the only official podcast of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA.