The Olympic Chaplaincy team was first established for the Seoul games in 1988 and this year became the largest multi-faith chaplaincy team of any Olympics since.
One member of the team is Rev Ben Harding, Chaplain of Trinity Church, Lyon and a priest in this diocese. He described the chaplaincy centre as: “A place of listening, a place of worship, a place of fun, a place of welcome and a place of resource.” He added: “Under the pressure of international expectation for competitors and athletes there is sometimes just that moment where people stop and they think about what is important and re-evaluate their lives a little bit.”
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So is 120 a lot? As a comparison, the BBC published a story about catering in the Olympic village. Some 200 cooks prepare more than 40,000 meals each day, both in the Olympic Village restaurant and at 14 competition sites throughout Paris. During the two 15-day periods of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, more than 13 million meals will be served!
120 Chaplains sounds a lot. But maybe it is not?
See the BBC story here.
The picture above shows the Chapel room at the Paris Olympics