When we see a spectacular athlete praying in public, we can see her as a sort of athletic Christian soldier, a “counternarrative” to a godless culture or shallow world—and miss the simple, moving experience of the athlete, who is Christian, who is praying.
Boston College and Holy Cross have battled it out on the gridiron 83 times. Tomorrow's matchup should add another chapter to this storied (and only recently renewed) rivalry.
The kind of diversity sought after at a hospital, an engineering firm or a Catholic university should differ according to the gifts necessary for the mission of such institutions.