St. Ignatius held a prayer Mass at the Church of the Holy Family Monday for hockey players injured in a collision with a semitrailer. The Mass brought together families and community members to support the students in a private space.
People enter Church of the Holy Family, on Roosevelt Road in Chicago, on Nov. 14, 2022, for a special Mass for students and coaches who were injured when the St. Ignatius College Prep junior varsity hockey team bus was struck by a semitruck near Warsaw, Indiana.
Players across the hockey program gathered Sunday to spend time together, Montgomery said, and the predominant feelings were shock and sadness for their teammates still in the hospital. As the players have called each other over the last few days, they’ve ended conversations with “I love you,” he said.
Saint Ignatius held a 3:30 p.m. prayer Mass for the hockey players at the Church of the Holy Family on Monday. The Mass brought together families and community members to support the students in a private space. At the request of some of the players’ families, reporters did not attend. The Mass was livestreamed to the players and families who remain in the hospital by a member of the team community who usually records games, Montgomery said.
“Their care level, their composure and their communication during this event were top-notch,” he said. The resumption of games in the JV team’s season depend on the comfort of the players and their families, Hurley said.The varsity team plays its next game Thursday against Mount Carmel and its next home game Saturday.
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