OBIT: Tommy Lasorda – You may not be “Dodger Blue” but ya gotta love Tommy, Baseball, and Tommy’s Catholic Faith

OBIT: Tommy Lasorda – You may not be “Dodger Blue” but ya gotta love Tommy, Baseball, and Tommy’s Catholic Faith

admin January 25, 2021 0 Comments

Dodger Blue lost a legend this month, its famed manager Tommy Lasorda died on January 8, 2021.  Having recently been released from a two-month hospital stay, Lasorda suffered a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest at home. He was 93. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Jo, their daughter and granddaughter. He was preceded in…

Dealing with Career Pressure: Meet the Catholic Chaplain to the Washington Nationals

Dealing with Career Pressure: Meet the Catholic Chaplain to the Washington Nationals

admin October 22, 2019 0 Comments

A professional baseball clubhouse might not be considered a particularly religious place today, but one chaplain says the Catholic priesthood is needed—and desired—as much as ever there. “When I walk in the [clubhouse], they kind of light up a little bit,” Monsignor Stephen Rossetti, a chaplain to the Washington Nationals professional baseball team, told CNA.…