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Father Jim Sullivan, a Catholic priest from Waterbury, called the five-day, 365-mile route unrelenting but exhilarating.
Father Jim Sullivan, the rector of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, Connecticut, enjoys pushing himself physically; but a five-day, 365-mile cycling race of the Tour de France’s “Circle of Death” in the Pyrenees — a mountain range between France and Spain — was “the most physically challenging thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
“It was unrelenting, but it was also the most exhilarating,” Father Sullivan told the Register. “And it was deeply prayerful, probably the most prayerful experience I’ve had since I became a priest.”
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Father Jim Sullivan, the rector of the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury, Connecticut, enjoys pushing himself physically; but a five-day, 365-mile cycling race of the Tour de France’s “Circle of Death” in the Pyrenees — a mountain range between France and Spain — was “the most physically challenging thing I’ve ever done in my life.”
“It was unrelenting, but it was also the most exhilarating,” Father Sullivan told the Register. “And it was deeply prayerful, probably the most prayerful experience I’ve had since I became a priest.”
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Connecticut Catholic Priest Bikes France’s ‘Circle of Death’ to Raise Funds for Inner-City School
Father Jim Sullivan, a Catholic priest from Waterbury, called the five-day, 365-mile route unrelenting but exhilarating.
