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Catholic Priest Ministry and Pastoral Services

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A Catholic priest will be engaged to deliver full-time pastoral ministry at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, providing Mass, sacraments, spiritual counseling, and outreach services to service members and their families in strict accordance with Catholic doctrine and Department of Defense regulations. The role requires adherence to both ecclesiastical standards and military protocol to ensure the spiritual needs of the Catholic community within the installation are consistently met. This subcontract is issued under a Total Small Business Set-Aside designation, classified under NAICS code 813110, and is open to small businesses as defined by the SBA. The solicitation was posted on July 22, 2026, with responses due by July 29, 2026, and performance will be centered exclusively at the Twentynine Palms installation with ZIP code 92278. While no specific contracting office address or point of contact is provided, the awarding authority is the Commanding General under the Department of Defense, and further details may be accessed through the official SAM.gov listing.

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Catholic priest provides full-time pastoral services at Twentynine Palms per doctrine and DoD regulations under small business set-aside.

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Department Of Defense → Commanding GeneralView Agency

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813110 - Religious OrganizationsView NAICS

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Twentynine Palms, CA, 92278, USA

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Provide full-time Catholic pastoral ministry including Mass, sacraments, counseling, and outreach to service members and families at MCAGCC, Twenty-Nine Palms, in alignment with Catholic doctrine and military regulations.

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