Catholic Athletes for Christ keeps players fit in the Spirit

Friday, November 4th, 2011

While coaches provide for players’ physical training, Ray McKenna is one who wants to ensure baseball players get spiritual care as well.

A federal government lawyer for 20 years, and later working for President George W. Bush’s administration, McKenna has moved outside the D.C. Beltway in recent years. While maintaining a private law practice, in 2006, he founded Catholic Athletes for Christ, a nonprofit organization that serves Catholics in professional sports by providing retreats, team chaplains and priests for clubhouse Masses. While evangelical groups are far ahead of Catholics in forming prayer groups and Bible studies and promoting famous athletes (think Tim Tebow), McKenna soon hopes to equal their work for Catholics.

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