Here’s a cool story from CNA that I thought you might enjoy.

Soccer Pro Retires to Pursue Catholic Priesthood

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“A professional soccer player in Massachusetts has retired from the sport to enter a Catholic seminary, saying he is ‘moving on to something much greater.’ Chase Hilgenbrinck, a defender for the New England Revolution, explained the motives for his retirement:

‘After years of discernment, I feel strongly that the Lord has called me to become a priest in the Catholic Church,” he said in a press statement released by his team. “Playing professional soccer has been my passion for a long time and I feel blessed to have successfully lived out this dream. My passion now is to do the will of God, which is wanting only what He wants for me. Though I will miss the game of soccer, I know that I am moving on to something much greater.’ ” (Continue Reading)