Holy Goals for Body and Soul: Eight Steps to Connect Sports with God and Faith
By Thomas John Paprocki and Joe Paprocki
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- Fear
- Frustration
- Failure
- Fortitude
- Faith
- Friendship
- Family
- Fun
Thomas John Paprocki
Most Rev. Thomas J. Paprocki is the bishop of Springfield. A Chicago native, he was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1978. He served as auxiliary bishop of Chicago from 2003 to 2010. After ordination, Paprocki studied law at DePaul University and was admitted to the Illinois bar in 1981. He cofounded the South Chicago Legal Clinic to help the poor with legal services. In 2014, he was named president and of-counsel for the organization, which is now called the Greater Chicago Legal Clinic. Paprocki completed his doctorate at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1991 and his MBA from the University of Notre Dame in 2013. He served in a variety of pastoral and administrative roles in the Archdiocese of Chicago. He was an adjunct professor of law at Loyola University Chicago from 1999 to 2015 and has served in the same capacity at Notre Dame since 2016. The connection between sports and faith is a focus of Paprocki’s ministry. He is an avid hockey player and runner, having run twenty-four marathons throughout the world and raised about $500,000 for charity. Paprocki is the chairman of the Episcopal Advisory Board of Catholic Athletes for Christ. He is the author of Holy Goals for Body and Soul: Eight Steps to Connect Sports with God and Faith.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bishop Thomas John Paprocki has written a splendid book on the connections between faith and sports. Highlighting his own experience as a hockey goalie (he's known as the "holy goalie") and marathon runner he explains how participating in athletics helps us see God's presence in eight areas of life: fear, frustration, failure, fortitude, faith, family, friendship, and fun.The book is punctuated by stories from the bishop's own life -- playing floor hockey in the basement of his father's pharmacy, his frustrations when knee surgery kept him off the ice -- as well as from various professional and amateur athletes he has worked with as an adviser to Catholic Athletes for Christ and as the National LIFE Runners Team Chaplain.The style is accessible and makes it an ideal read for adolescents and young adults. I heartily recommend this book to athletes and sports fan alike who wish to further their own spiritual journey.Disclosure: Bishop Paprocki is the bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, my employer.