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Triumph of Faith

Triumph of Faith

By Fr. Ernest Daly on September 17, 2008

“[God] blessed me and gave me a lot of strength to be faith­ful and more deter­mined with my life to over­come obsta­cles. He had a vision for me. He knew I would come to Amer­ica and have a fam­ily,” says Lopez Lomong.

Written by Fr. Ernest Daly on September 17, 2008 | Related Topics: All Lessons, Issues and Politics, Sports | Keywords: Darfur, olympics, Sports, Sudan, war | Leave a response

Gold Medal Faith

Gold Medal Faith

By Kris and Dennis Cortes on February 5, 2006

Rebecca Dus­sault is going for the gold, and yet she feels that she has already won. Few would sus­pect that one per­son could excel as a young wife, mother and world cham­pion cross-​​country ski racer.

Written by Kris and Dennis Cortes on February 5, 2006 | Related Topics: All Lessons, Sports | Keywords: champion, choice, courage, family, marriage, motherhood, olympics, race, ski, Sports | Leave a response

Going the Extra Mile: 2 Academic All-​​Stars

Going the Extra Mile: 2 Academic All-​​Stars

By Genevieve Yep-Pollack on March 7, 2005

Some­times it’s hard to see edu­ca­tion as a gift, until we get a chance to give that gift to oth­ers. Last month, 20 col­lege stu­dents were cho­sen by USA Today for the All-​​USA Col­lege Aca­d­e­mic team… we’ll take a closer look as at the work of two of them, and exam­ine how their rela­tion­ship with Christ helped them choose to serve others…

Written by Genevieve Yep-Pollack on March 7, 2005 | Related Topics: All Lessons, Sports | Keywords: college, olympics, Sports | Leave a response

A Deeper Victory: 9/​11 Hero & Olympian

A Deeper Victory: 9/​11 Hero & Olympian

By Genevieve Yep-Pollack on September 8, 2004

Jason Read of the United States men’s row­ing team, had already demon­strated a great con­fi­dence and faith in him­self in the Sep­tem­ber 11th res­cue squad. How­ever, the Olympics chal­lenged him to take a step higher, to a deeper faith and con­fi­dence in God rather than himself.

Written by Genevieve Yep-Pollack on September 8, 2004 | Related Topics: All Lessons, Horror and Tragedy, Issues and Politics, Sports | Keywords: 9/11, hope, Islam, Life, olympics, Politics, prolife, Sports, tragedy, war | Leave a response

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