World series wager by archbishops of LA, NY raises over $20K for Catholic schools
More than $20,000 has been raised for Catholic schools from a wager made by the leaders of the Catholic archdioceses where the two baseball teams that competed in this year’s World Series are located.
Leading up to this year’s World Series, where the Los Angeles Dodgers faced off against the New York Yankees, Archbishop Jose Gomez of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York made a “friendly wager” designed to benefit Catholic schools in their respective communities.
According to the website “Baseball Unites,” Catholics “and all people of goodwill” were encouraged to donate to the John Cardinal O’Connor School in New York City and the Catholic Education Foundation of Los Angeles. Under an agreement between the two church leaders, the archdiocese in the city of the team that won the World Series would receive 60% of all funds raised, while the archdiocese of the other team would get 40%.