Excerpt of article from TheBostonPilot.com:
"It's important to me that people know I have a strong faith," he said. "I couldn't have handled the jobs I've had by myself."
One of the ways Calipari feeds that faith is by attending Mass during the week. In Lexington, he has been seen at the Cathedral of Christ the King and at Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church.
Calipari was picked for the Kentucky job this spring, becoming the highest paid college basketball coach in the country. Heading into a Dec. 5 game against North Carolina, his Wildcats had a 7-0 record for the 2009-2010 regular season.
Calipari credits God's plan for his life and the life of his family. "I believe that things happen for a reason," he said.
As in Memphis, Catholics in Lexington are a minority. Like many families in the diocese, the Calipari family is interdenominational.
"When we got married, my wife was a better Methodist than I was a Catholic," Calipari said. He met his wife, Ellen, while he was working as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas.
The Caliparis have raised their children -- daughters Erin and Megan and son Bradley -- as Methodists.
Something -- he doesn't remember exactly what -- pushed him back toward the Catholic Church eight to 10 years ago and Calipari began attending Holy Rosary Church in Memphis. "They called me a 'Metholic,'" Calipari said. "I would go to the Methodist church with my family on Sundays and to the Catholic church during the week."
"It's important to me that people know I have a strong faith," he said. "I couldn't have handled the jobs I've had by myself."
One of the ways Calipari feeds that faith is by attending Mass during the week. In Lexington, he has been seen at the Cathedral of Christ the King and at Mary Queen of the Holy Rosary Church.
Calipari was picked for the Kentucky job this spring, becoming the highest paid college basketball coach in the country. Heading into a Dec. 5 game against North Carolina, his Wildcats had a 7-0 record for the 2009-2010 regular season.
Calipari credits God's plan for his life and the life of his family. "I believe that things happen for a reason," he said.
As in Memphis, Catholics in Lexington are a minority. Like many families in the diocese, the Calipari family is interdenominational.
"When we got married, my wife was a better Methodist than I was a Catholic," Calipari said. He met his wife, Ellen, while he was working as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas.
The Caliparis have raised their children -- daughters Erin and Megan and son Bradley -- as Methodists.
Something -- he doesn't remember exactly what -- pushed him back toward the Catholic Church eight to 10 years ago and Calipari began attending Holy Rosary Church in Memphis. "They called me a 'Metholic,'" Calipari said. "I would go to the Methodist church with my family on Sundays and to the Catholic church during the week."
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