Colts coverage

While The Criterion may not be The Indianapolis Star, we still have Catholic connections to the Indianapolis Colts playing in the Super Bowl. Below are several links that you may find of interest as you celebrate the Colts big win.

• Guest column: Do the Colts have a prayer in the Super Bowl?
  • Is it theologically proper for people to pray for the success of their favorite sports teams? Figuring theological experts have more important questions to ponder, reporter John Shaughnessy searched elsewhere for answers, finding some perspective in the actions of two priests from the archdiocese.
• Column: Athletic events seems to be a part of who we are as humans
  • Excitement about Super Bowl XLI in central Indiana is reaching a fever pitch.  Some folks around here were excited about this wintertime football ritual in 1982 and in 1989 when the Cincinnati Bengals played in it and fell, both times, to the San Francisco 49ers.
• Chicago native and veteran prognosticator picks Bears (and the Colts?) to win Super Bowl XLI 
  • Providence Sister Jean Kenny prides herself on picking with her head and not her heart. But the Sister of Providence who has picked 17 of the last 21 Super Bowls correctly and has gained national attention from USA Today, CNN, Superstation WGN Chicago and others for her accuracy might have let a little of her heartfelt feelings intrude this time.
• Sisters of Providence ready for Super Bowl parties: Split decision on favorite for those with Indiana, Illinois roots
  • The Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., have a significant dilemma coming up: the Colts or the Bears? There were 134 sisters born in Illinois, and 120 of those are from the greater Chicago area. There were 166 sisters born in Indiana, 52 of those in the greater Indianapolis area.
• Schools out on the day after the Super Bowl; shepherds place friendly wager on big game
  • Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago and Archbishop Daniel M. Buechlein have entered the Super Bowl sweepstakes. And Catholic school students in the Archdiocese of Indianapolis are getting next Monday off thanks to the Colts’ Feb. 4 Super Bowl appearance.
• Super Chaplain: Priest sees humility in Super Bowl-bound Colts
  • Father Peter Gallagher talks about what is like being the chaplain to the AFC champions