Diocese of Columbus
Recreation Association
197 East Gay Street
Columbus, OH 43215-3229
(614) 241-2580
The objectives of our program are to
unite the youth of our parishes and to help promote their spiritual, physical
and
social welfare by bringing Catholic truths, principles and ideas into their
everyday life. The programs are intended
to be character builders,
reflecting the ideals of good sportsmanship and Christianity.
Marty Raines
Executive Director
Director of Girls Athletics
(614) 241-2580
Julius Palazzo
Director of Boys Athletics
(614) 276-9373
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Officials
Schedule (08/26/08)
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The make up coaches' meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, September 10 at 6:30. The meeting will be held in the 3rd floor conference room at the Diocesan Center, 197 E. Gay St. Columbus. All coaches who missed the meeting on Aug. 23rd are required to attend and pay the $25 fee prior to coaching their first game. Volleyball Rally Scoring 6th grade rally scoring will be implemented this year with games going 25-25-25. 4th and 5th will also go with rally scoring with games going 30-30-15. We will watch this for a couple of weeks and make adjustments if deemed necessary.
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DOCUMENTS & FORMS High School Sport Information Form |
National Center for Catholic Youth Sports
Message of Pope John Paul II to Athletes for the Jubilee of Sports People
"Your presence gives me the opportunity to shed light on the
importance of sport, a discipline which, if
practiced in respect for the rules,
becomes an educational instrument and a vehicle for important human
and
spiritual values. May today's initiative
also serve to revitalize in each of you the commitment to ensure
that
sport contributes to building a society characterized by mutual respect, loyalty
of behavior, and solidarity
between peoples and cultures."
Pope Benedict XVI, September 21, 2005
"[The
Church] considers sports as an instrument of
education when elevated human and spiritual ideals are
fostered; when they form
young people in a complete way in values such as loyalty, perseverance,
friendship,
solidarity and peace. Sports, overcoming the diversity of cultures
and ideologies, provide the ideal occasion for
dialogue and understanding among
people for the construction of the desired civilization of love.
I therefore
invite you, to put into practice
these values, based on the dignity of the human person, in the face of possible
interests that can cast a shadow on the nobility of sports."
Pope John Paul II, September 16, 2002
