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Sport at the Service of Humanity Conference is only global sport, multi-faith movement to see a world where people ‘live like they play’
Representatives from around the world gathered in Milwaukee Nov. 8-10 for the Sport at the Service of Humanity Conference, an event hosted by Marquette University in collaboration with the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education.
Attendees — including former professional and collegiate athletes, sports executives, and journalists — listened to and took part in conversations that celebrated the strengthened human connection provided by sport and sportsmanship.
“This is really a wonderful opportunity to come together and celebrate how sports and sportsmanship strengthens all of our connections in the way that faith does as well,” Marquette President Michael R. Lovell said. “One of the things that is really important to us as Marquette hosts the conference is to take that inspiration, take what we learn, and let’s do something tangible coming out of the conference about that.”
Marquette was well represented on conference panels, with current coaches, faculty and staff members, and alumni. The university became the fourth Catholic university in the U.S. and only the third Big East school to host the conference, joining Villanova University, Georgetown University and Loyola Marymount University.
Inspired by His Holiness Pope Francis, Sport at the Service of Humanity was launched in October 2016 during the First Global Conference on Faith and Sport at the Vatican. This gathering brought together global thought leaders and influencers from the world of faith, sports, business and other sectors to discuss how faith and sport could work together for the betterment of humanity.
“That gathering also introduced the three pillars of the SSH framework,” Big East Commissioner Val Ackerman said. “Involvement, which speaks to the way sports can transform communities; inclusion, which speaks to the goal of bringing sport to the masses; and inspiration, which speaks to the power of sport to lift us up and create joy.”
Since the initial gathering at the Vatican, SSH has become the only global sport and multi-faith movement with a vision to see a world where people “live like they play” — combining the passion for sport with the values of faith to serve humanity.
Panels and events took place on the Marquette campus, as well as at American Family Field and Northwestern Mutual. The event included:
Additional speakers and panelists included: Father José Miguel Cardoso of the Vatican Dicastery for Culture and Education, Sports; Nancy Armour, Marquette alumna and columnist for USA Today Sports; Marquette Head Women’s Basketball Coach Megan Duffy; and Marquette alumnus Tim Miazga, a Paralympian and six-time CrossFit Fittest Seated Man on Earth.
“If there’s one takeaway for me, it’s believing,” Marquette Athletic Director Bill Scholl said. “Believing that we can actually make something happen and do something good. We at Marquette are absolutely thrilled we were given the opportunity to host this.”
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