Minnesota State Patrol’s first chaplain retires, reflects on ‘pinnacle of his pastoral experience’

Minnesota State Patrol’s first chaplain retires, reflects on ‘pinnacle of his pastoral experience’

Minnesota State Patrol Chaplain John Morris at the patrol's East Metro headquarters in Oakdale on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (John Autey / Pioneer Press) Chaplain John Morris led an Easter Sunday sunrise service in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004, for service members who knew they might not survive the day. He had two other tours of Army duty in the Middle East. He served at the Pentagon as an actions officer for the U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains. He volu…