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New House chaplain keeps praying through the turmoil Chris Cioffi © Provided by Roll Call Margaret G. Kibben says her guiding philosophy is to “love people where they are, as they are.” House Chaplain Margaret G. Kibben begins many of her prayers in a familiar place — “Would you pray with me?” The new chaplain has invited people to pray with her often, on some of the most difficult days Congress has seen in many years. Since being sworn in on Jan. 3, Kibben has prayed after the death of a Capitol Police officer, during a bitter partisan debate on pandemic aid and ...

...Jesuit Father Patrick J. Conroy, retiring chaplain for the U.S. House of Representatives, is pictured in a May 8, 2017, photo. Retired Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben will replace him as next House chaplain and will be the first female chaplain for either chamber. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos) Help us expand our reach! Please share this article WASHINGTON (CNS) -- With the year-end announcement that Jesuit Father Pat Conroy would be retiring as chaplain of the House of Representatives, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that for the first time, a woman will take over the post. In a Dec. 3...

A Presbyterian is praying in the House January 6, 2021 The Rev. Margaret Grun Kibben, the new Chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, is the 16th Presbyterian and first woman to serve by Tammy Warren | Presbyterian News Service At the 40th anniversary of Women in Military Chaplaincy ceremony in 2013, Rear Adm. Margaret G. Kibben (left) enjoys a moment with the Rev. Dianna Pohlman-Bell, the first female chaplain of the Department of Defense and the Navy. Last month, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi named Kibben House Chaplain, the first woman to hold that office and the 16th Presbyterian. (U....

Pelosi said in a Thursday statement that Kibben brings “decades of decorated experience in the military and the ministry,” adding that “her integrity, experience and patriotism will serve the Congress and the Country well, as she ministers to the needs of Members.” Kibben entered active duty in 1986 through the U.S. Navy’s Theological Student Program, the statement says. She has served as the 18th chaplain of the Marine Corps, and later served as the U.S. Navy’s 26th chief chaplain in her final active-duty assignment. ADVERTISEMENT Pelosi thanked Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) and ...