National Catholic Register: “I was speaking at an all-girls school,” she says. “We’d been asked to come in during a retreat on Olympic spirituality. I did a little game with the girls: comparing sport with our goal of getting to … Continue reading
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A General Secretary of Catholic Truth Society Was a Double Olympic Champion
CTS Catholic Compass: John Pius Boland attended the first modern Olympiad in Athens in 1896 as a spectator. A friend, one of the organisers, asked him if he wanted to compete in the tennis tournament. Boland accepted the invitation and … Continue reading
