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Father Jason Nioka was ordained a Catholic priest one month ago, and his very first assignment is to spend his summer in Paris in charge of the Catholic contingent of Olympic chaplains — the largest group of chaplains at the Olympics — made up of 40 Catholic priests, religious, and lay faithful.
In an interview with Catherine Hadro on “EWTN News In Depth” on July 26, Nioka, who is from France, called this opportunity a “very wonderful gift from God to be part of this adventure.”
Olympians are invited to gather at the Multifaith Center located in the athletes village in an area for Christian athletes — Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants — where they can read the Bible together, take part in lectio divina, and worship, Nioka explained.
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Former Judo champion turned Catholic priest spiritually tends to athletes at Paris Olympics
Father Jason Nioka’s first assignment as a priest is to spend his summer in Paris in charge of the Catholic chaplains serving the Olympic athletes in Paris.
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