Erin Honbarrier
Episode 202
12 DEC 2022
She played basketball in high school — and later competed in many alumni basketball games there — and was a decorated college soccer player. Attending Whittier College in California, she not only played soccer all four years but was team captain for two years, was multiple 1st Team All-Conference, and in her final year was both 2nd Team All-American AND Conference Player of the Year, with her team being the regular season champion. She also coached her daughter’s soccer team for one year, and, she has a strong connection to the NFL’s Denver Broncos, which is talked about during this episode.
Notable guest quotes:
“I attended Catholic school my whole life up until college. I attended Most Precious Blood Catholic School, which was also in Denver, Colorado, and then went on to St. Mary’s Academy, which is considered Englewood, Colorado.”
(World Youth Day) “was one of the most amazing experiences in my faith up until then… It was within walking distance of our home, right across the street, basically, from us… It was one of the places that John Paul II decided to have Mass.”
(John Paul II) “has always been somebody that has had a significant impact on me in my life.”
“In high school, part of my French class opportunity was to take a trip to Europe and one of the first trips was to the Vatican.”
“Through (RCIA) sponsorship, I almost re-learned my entire faith through an adult lens, a mature lens, able to really take it in and know the importance of the catechism.”
“I felt completely out of control and knew that the only thing that was going to get me through it was the Lord and I just at one moment decided, in the midst of tears, that I was going to completely surrender to His Will.”
“I wish, in retrospect, that I had had that knowledge in order to give Him the glory every single one of my competitions… so, it’s really important to me to instill that in my kids.”
“Christ was our center and we leaned on Christ and talked with one another. It really got us through that hard time, especially the first two years of Covid.”
