Washington D.C., Sep 2, 2011 / 04:02 am
A baseball team of 11 Catholic priests and seminarians from the Archdiocese of Washington will play a team of high school and college varsity players to help promote vocations. The team’s first baseman, Fr. Larry Young, can’t wait for the game.
“We’re going to start something were we can play three games a year around the archdiocese. This is a forum to promote vocations to the priesthood in a fresh, different way,” said Fr. Young, the pastor of Our Lady’s Church in Leonardtown, Md.
Many of the players have experience in college or high school baseball.
“There’s talent among the seminarians and the priests. I think we’ve got a good team,” the priest said.