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Villanova and Loyola-Chicago, two Catholic schools, in Final Four over Easter weekend
Philly.Com ^ | 03/29/2018 | Susan Snyder,

Posted on 03/29/2018 2:20:05 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen

This week is one of the most sacred for Catholics, starting with Holy Thursday and running through Easter Sunday.

But it’s also the weekend that Villanova University, an Augustinian Catholic school, is scheduled to make a run for its second national basketball championship in three years. What’s more, another school in the Final Four, Loyola University Chicago, also is Catholic (but run by a different religious order, the Jesuits).

Though not unprecedented, it’s the first time in decades that the Final Four tournament has fallen over Easter weekend and Catholic schools were competing

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When sports and spirituality collide: Villanova and Loyola-Chicago, two Catholic schools, in Final Four over Easter weekend
1 posted on 03/29/2018 2:20:05 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
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And how many “Catholics” are going to be playing in the games?


2 posted on 03/29/2018 2:22:07 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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According to the article, at least some of the Villanova players: “Not all of the players are Catholic. The team is multi denominational.”

As far as Loyola goes, it’s hard to say - however, Porter Moser, their coach is Catholic (he often comments how great it was for him, “a Catholic kid from Chicago” to get the job at LU), but more importantly, the guys on the team come across as really good kids - kind of the polar opposite of your stereotypical NBA thug. Clayton Custer, who hit the last-second game winner against Tennessee, began his post-game interview by thanking God, and in a sincere manner, not as an exercise in self-righteousness. By and large, the Loyola kids have been incredibly unselfish and mutually-supportive in their play.


4 posted on 03/29/2018 2:54:26 PM PDT by Stosh
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To: skinndogNN

Sister Jean is Loyola Chicago’s long-time team chaplain. Age 97.

By all accounts a real Catholic (nun!) and the true MVP of March Madness.

http://time.com/5203219/sister-jean-dolores-schmidt-loyola-chicago-march-madness/


5 posted on 03/29/2018 2:56:27 PM PDT by GoldenState_Rose
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To: Kid Shelleen

Define what makes a school Catholic


6 posted on 03/29/2018 3:11:26 PM PDT by uncbob
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GoldenState_Rose wrote: Sister Jean is Loyola Chicago’s long-time team chaplain. Age 97. By all accounts a real Catholic (nun!) and the true MVP of March Madness. Sisters and Nuns are altogether two different things...
7 posted on 03/29/2018 3:34:50 PM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. - (Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Kid Shelleen

HOORAY Michigan Wolverines!


8 posted on 03/29/2018 4:31:32 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: Kid Shelleen
Former Catholic schools.

9 posted on 03/29/2018 4:40:27 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Kill: google,TWITTER,FACEBOOK,Hollywood,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antifa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA)
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To: heterosupremacist
Sisters and Nuns are altogether two different things...

If you're going to try to correct and educate people, you should actually tell them what you're alleging is the proper distinction and nomenclature...

A major traditional distinction between a nun and a religious sister is that nuns are members of enclosed religious orders and take solemn religious vows, while sisters do not live in the papal enclosure and formerly took vows called "simple vows".

10 posted on 03/29/2018 5:08:48 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: skinndogNN

Most people don’t know Nick Saban is a Catholic. Here’s a clip showing the Tide visiting the White House a couple years ago. They’re also going this year. April 10th I think is the date.

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2016/04/watch_nick_saban_explain_how_h.html


11 posted on 04/03/2018 5:55:42 PM PDT by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness")
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