Originally aired on Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Speaker: Mary Volmer, Mission Fellow for Athletics, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA
Webinar Video LINK.
Originally aired on Tuesday, October 21, 2025
Speaker: Mary Volmer, Mission Fellow for Athletics, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA
Webinar Video LINK.
“A living Lasallian spirituality never stops interpreting and describing itself, specifying and adapting the expression of its core elements for each new generation, enriched by their insights, experiences and conversations. This is how Lasallian spirituality thrives.” –Lasallian Spirituality Today
For Lasallian student-athletes and coaches, the experience of training and competition is often as formative and spiritually impactful as their experiences in the classroom or in the chapel.
In this webinar, we consider the unique spiritual gifts the Lasallian tradition offers student-athletes, coaches and the scholastic communities they serve. We will begin conceptually by examining the ways in which a Pedagogy of Fraternity animates a Lasallian spirituality of sport. We will then unpack the role of coach as teacher, discuss the challenges and pleasures of attending the spiritual health of an increasingly diverse student body, and consider the utility of sport in a holistic Catholic education. Finally, we will offer concrete strategies to integrate Lasallian spirituality and Lasallian core principles into athletic programs.
