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Racing for life with Team Trisomy and the Hennesseys
By Carol Baass Sowa
Today's Catholic
SAN ANTONIO • When Michael Hennessey first told his wife, Janelle, his idea of participating in all 20 Ironman Triathlons in one year as a pro-life statement, she laughed. How could he be serious? All of them? At his age?
The couple was expecting their sixth child at the time and, while Michael had participated in past Ironmans in support of various worthy causes, he was no longer a “spring chicken,” as they say. And no one had ever been “crazy” enough to attempt to do them all (each packing the triple punch of long-distance races in swimming, biking and running) in a single year.
The Hennesseys are strongly pro-life, with Michael, originally from Kansas City, having helped start Greater Austin Right to Life (later known as Texas Alliance for Life) while a student at the University of Texas in Austin.
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SAN ANTONIO • World Day for Consecrated Life, themed, “Living the Vows in Today’s World,” was observed in the archdiocese Feb. 14 with an evening prayer service in the Assumption Seminary Chapel led by Archbishop José H. Gomez.
In his comments, the archbishop referred to mention of Pope Benedict XVI on Feb. 2 for the consecrated life day. The pontiff mentioned the threefold purpose of the celebration, saying, “The purpose of this day is threefold: first of all to praise and thank the Lord for the gift of consecrated life; in the second place, to promote the knowledge and appreciation by all the People of God; finally, to invite all those who have fully dedicated their life to the cause of the Gospel to celebrate the marvels that the Lord has operated in them.”
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