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June 25, 2015

Chaplaincy team ready for Pan Ams

The athletes’ village for the Pan Am Games, left, will be home to Fr. Eduardo Soto for the best part of the summer. The Venezuelan Jesuit will be part of the Archdiocese of Toronto’s chaplaincy team for the Pan Am and Parapan Games to be held in the city during July and August.

TORONTO - Growing up in Venezuela, Fr Eduardo Soto fell in love with the Pan Am Games when his home country hosted the quadrennial event in Caracas in 1983.

Published in Canada
May 16, 2015

Pope gives coaches game plan for building team spirit, ethical players

Pope Francis smiles as he plays with a basketball next to a members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team during his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 6.

VATICAN CITY - Coaches need to show integrity, fairness, patience, joy and kindness, especially toward those who are struggling, Pope Francis said.

Published in Vatican
December 12, 2014

Jock picks God over game

Br. Nathan Wayne chose a path to the priesthood over college basketball dreams.

Br. Nathan Wayne had an atypical road to the religious life.

A self-described “total jock” during his high school years in Syracuse, N.Y., he was a star player on the Christian Brothers Academy basketball team, a school renowned for its athletics, and also enjoyed football and skiing.  The now 26-year-old member of the Legion of Christ credits a few committed recruiters with leading him to where he is today, serving youth across Ontario.

Published in Youth Speak News
December 11, 2014

Beliveau's legacy

Montreal Canadiens hockey player Jean Beliveau died on Dec. 2, 2014. He lived until the age of 83.

Several years ago Jean Beliveau was asked to name the book he would select if he could own just one.

“The Bible,” he told the Montreal Gazette. “It’s a book I could read the rest of my life.”

Published in Editorial