A conversation with Father Tom Hoar, S.S.E., priest and minister to U.S. Navy submariners

In this latest edition of Catholic Military Life--a podcast of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA--Father Tom Hoar, S.S.E., talks about his vocation as a contract priest serving Catholic submariners at the U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Conn. Enduring long stretches underwater in close quarters without an active duty chaplain to celebrate MasS, Catholic submariners face a constant test of their Catholic faith in the absence of regular access to the sacraments. For some, the temptation to find comfort in spiritually unhealthy vices can be overwhelming at times. Father Hoar shares how, in his decade of ministry to sailors, he has worked on helping some conquor addictions to gambling, the internet, and pornography. Father Hoar also recounts his experience conducting a retreat aboard a guided missible cruiser in the Pacific and a stint at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay.