Thanks be to God for our new shepherd, Pope Francis
CAC is blessed to have Linda Del Rio in Rome covering the Conclave, Papal Election, and Installation Mass. A special Twitter page has been setup for her updates, photos, and videos (@photofourjoy). You can also find CAC coverage from Rome on the CAC Facebook page (www.facebook.com/catholicathletesforchrist) and YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/catholicathletes).
Baltimore Ravens Rookie Kicker Talks Faith and Football
CAC welcomes Bishop John Barres of Allentown and Bishop Joseph P. McFadden, of Philadelphia, PA to our Episocopal Advisory Board and congratulates CAC's Bishop Thomas Paprocki on his appointment Pope Benedict 16th as Bishop of Springfield, Illinois.
Monsignor
Stuart Swetland joins CAC Speakers Bureau
and its new Clerical Advisory board.
Monsignor is Vice President for Catholic
Identity and Mission at Mount St. Mary’s.
Father
Groeschel has joined the newly created
CAC Clerical Advisory Board. CAC
is honored and thankful to have Father
Groeschel join with us in our efforts
to evangelize the world of athletics.
CAC
congratulates Mike Piazza on a great career! Mike,
who is a CAC Advisory Board Member, recently
attended the Papal Mass at Nationals Stadium
in DC."
Football
Mass & Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Danny
Abramowicz joins Catholic Athletes Jack
Del Rio Tom Brady Sr. Bill Bidwell Terry
Kennedy Chris Horn Friday, February 1,
2008.
Read about Fr Sean's journey from the baseball diamond to the Church, in the first of many coming articles about priests and other religious in sports!
JUST UPDATED: April 2, 2011-Syracuse, NY 3rd Annual IGNITE Men's Conference
Darrell Miller, MLB Player
Former MLB player Darrell Miller will be speaking at the Syracuse NY diocese’s Men’s Conference on Saturday, April 2nd. Darrell will be the leadoff speaker at the “Ignite” conference. , which also features speakers Gus Lloyd, the host of the popular radio show "Seize the Day", and Monsignor Lisante, author, columnist, and the pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Massapequa Park, NY. This is a highly popular men’s conference for Central New York Catholics and over 1100 attendees are expected. Please go to www.ignitecatholicmen.org/ for conference details.
JUST UPDATED: March 19, 2011-Acton Deanary Breakfast Conference, Highland, IL
Bishop Thomas Paprocki, Bishop of Springfield, IL. Joe Lombardi, NFL QB Coach New Orleans Saints.
2 members of CAC will be participating at the Acton Deanary breakfast conference on Saturday morning, March 19th. St. Paul Parish and the Highland Knights of Columbus Council 1580 are hosting the Annual Alton Deanery Catholic Men’s Breakfast on Saturday March 19, 2011 on the Feast of St. Joseph. Holy Mass will be celebrated at 8:00am at St. Paul Church in Highland by Most Reverend Bishop Pap¬rocki. Breakfast and Speakers follow the Mass at the Highland Knights of Columbus Hall. The Preliminary Guest Speakers are Deacon John Beckmann and Deacon Jim Russell from “Faith Chats with James and John”. The Featured Guest Speaker is Joe Lombardi from Catholic Athletes for Christ and NFL New Or¬leans Saints Quarterback Coach. For additional information, please mailto:prayerbreakfast@highlandkc.org, or highlandkc.org/Newsletters/2011/Jan2011.pdf
JUST UPDATED: March 26, 2011-The 11th Annual Worcester Diocesan Catholic Men’s Conference
Kellen Clemens-NFL QB New York Jets.
Jets QB Kellen Clemens will be the closing speaker at the Worcester Men’s conference on Saturday March 26th. This event features a great speaker line up of Deacon Jack Sullivan, Mark Shea, Fr. Dave Cavanaugh, Michael Franzes, in addition to Kellen. This is one of the premier Catholic men’s events and we expect over 1500 men in attendance. Please go to www.firstmensconf.org/ for more information.
"CAC's Bishop Paprocki and Saints' Joe Lombardi Inspire Knights of Columbus and Catholic Athletes in Highland, Illinois" - Over 450 men attended the Alton, Illinois Deanery's Men's Breakfast on Saturday, March 19.
"Sport, properly directed, develops character, makes a man courageous, a generous loser, and a gracious victor; it refines the senses, gives intellectual penetration, and steels the will to endurance. It is not merely a physical development then. Sport, rightly understood, is an occupation of the whole man, and while perfecting the body as an instrument of the mind, it also makes the mind itself a more refined instrument for the search and communication of truth and helps man to achieve that end to which all others must be subservient, the service and praise of his Creator."
– Pope Pius XII,
Sport at the Service of the Spirit
July 29, 1945
