“Ray McKenna thought he was the only one in professional sports ministry experiencing anti-Catholic bias. In his volunteer work with Baseball Chapel, a Protestant group, he would hear things about the Catholic Church that weren’t true. He initially ignored the slights in the hope of obtaining a greater good: bringing athletes closer to God.
“Yet, as time went on, McKenna discovered that his anti-Catholic experiences were shared by many, including five-time Kansas City Royals All-Star Mike Sweeney. ‘Mike and I met in the mid-1990s, while he was still in the minor leagues. I learned as we spoke over the years that he had experienced many of the same things I had in baseball: a strong Protestant outreach that, despite some of its pluses, had glaring minuses.’
The National Catholic Register recently reported on Catholic Athletes for Christ and its efforts to promote a Catholic sports culture and to share the Gospel of Christ in and through athletics.
To access the complete National Catholic Register article, please visit:
National Catholic Register: Bringing the Church Into the World of Sports (14 FEB 14)
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