Mike Sweeney is captain of the Kansas City Royals’ Baseball team and a five time all-star player. His eleven-year tenure with the Royals is one of the longest consecutive tenures with one team among current players. Mike is a cradle Catholic and loves to share his faith at every opportunity. The “Sween dog,” as he is known to his teammates, is Advisory Chairman of Catholic Athletes for Christ and fully committed to sharing the Gospel through athletics. In Mike’s words “the Eucharist is our common language of communication. Provision of Holy Communion allows athletes to transcend language and other communication barriers and truly unite as one body in Christ. It supernaturally penetrates the hardness of hearts, permeates the receptive soul and promotes tolerance of differences.”

Mike, his wife Shara, and their two young children reside in Southern California during the off-season. The Mike and Shara Sweeney Foundation is dedicated to sharing Christ with youngsters and bridging the points of separation among Catholics and Protestants. The Sweeney Foundation is also heavily involved with supporting crisis pregnancy centers.

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