Green Bay Packers Brett Favre Wife Talks About Their Catholic Faith

Update -I just noticed that I did not have the correct link as to the second article. That has been corrected and now links to the Diocese of Green Bay Paper that has the full interview with Mrs Favre.

I am a big sports fan and I realize the impact of sports on culture, on youth, and society as a whole. Heck down here it is a religion. That is one reason why I try to highlight Catholic sport stars that make their faith a number 1 one priority. Whether they are Catholic football players at Yale or Mississippi State Baseball stars that become Catholic priests.

I was going through the blogs to prepare to do my Louisiana Catholic update when I saw Tobias had a great entry here about Green Bay Packer Brett Farve and his wife and how their Catholic is so important. It is a wonderful article. It is full of some facts I did not know such as :
Their Catholic faith was a key factor in Brett and Deanna's decision not to have an abortion when she became pregnant out of wedlock following her second year of college."We were always totally against (abortion)," she said, adding that putting their baby up for adoption was also not a consideration. Deanna said she "knew premarital sex was wrong, but for whatever reason" did it anyway. "I knew I would keep the baby," she said. Having Brittany meant that Deanna had to put her career goals on hold, but she said she was determined to do whatever she could to bring her up. During Deanna and Brett's on-again, off-again relationship during college and his early NFL career, Deanna said she often turned to prayer. The couple married in July 1996.

Good Read

I found the original article that is referenced and it is a good read too. Go here to see that. There are some further nuggets here.
Deanna credits her own mother, Ann Byrd, for giving her a strong religious foundation.
"She was a huge influence. We were brought up Catholic and we're still strong Catholics," she said, adding that she attended Infant of Prague Parish in Kiln, Miss., as a child.
"I just remember my mom always being involved in the church, reading the Bible every night," said Deanna. "She was just very adamant in teaching us and getting across the faith, all about being Catholic and the importance of going to church on Sunday."
When she's in Mississippi, Deanna attends a women's Bible study. "Usually there's a couple of Catholics in there," she said, "but a lot of times it's mostly Baptists. But it doesn't really matter. My mom's always taught me that Christ is the church."

If you wish to learn more about her foundation go her web site.