Chapel in downtown San Diego serves as the worship facility for Naval Base San Diego on Eighth Avenue, hosting chaplain-led Catholic Mass and Protestant services for active-duty sailors and their families. The chaplain program maintains off-base worship referrals, connecting service members to First Presbyterian Church of San Diego in Bankers Hill for ongoing Protestant community involvement beyond the base. Pastoral counseling covers deployment stress, family separation, grief support, and transition assistance, all delivered under the chaplain's confidentiality protections separate from the military command structure. The on-base Catholic Mass runs a limited weekly rotation, making Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church in Little Italy a natural complement for Latin Mass, Italian-language liturgy, and extended sacramental preparation within the same diocese. Full sacramental coverage spans baptisms, weddings, memorial services, and pre-deployment spiritual readiness programs for units rotating through San Diego's largest Pacific Fleet homeport.