Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco have drawn national attention as \u201cdiehard\u201d San Antonio Spurs fans after a group of sisters attended a recent NBA playoff game.<\/p>\n
The sisters went viral on social media following the Texas team\u02bcs May 24 home-court matchup against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The superfans wore Spurs jerseys, cheered on the team, and prayed over Catholic Spurs player Luke Kornet before the game. <\/p>\n
The prayer was seemingly answered as the Spurs scored their biggest victory in the 2026 NBA Western Conference finals so far.<\/p>\n
Salesian Sister Cherilly Galley said the response the order has received since the game has been \u201creally beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n
There has been a \u201cresponse of people who are interested in Catholicism and people who would like to get involved, cheer on the Spurs, and also see how they can support our sisters here in San Antonio, which is really a huge blessing and a wonderful surprise from the Lord,\u201d Galley said in an interview May 27 with \u201cEWTN News Nightly.\u201d<\/p>\n
While many first noticed the group of sisters at the recent game, the fans have been attending Spurs games \u201cfor over 20 years,\u201d said Sister Bernadette Mota, a Salesian sister who prayed with Kornet at the game. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have some sisters who were really diehard Spurs fans throughout the years, and they\u02bcre the ones who made that initial connection with the Spurs,\u201d she said. \u201cThey would write to Coach [Gregg] Popovich, and he would actually write back.\u201d<\/p>\n
Popovich, president of the San Antonio Spurs and former coach, and his wife \u201ccame to visit the sisters a few times,\u201d Mota said.<\/p>\n
The sisters \u201cwould watch the games\u201d and over the years the connection has \u201cjust kept up,\u201d Mota said. \u201cBut a few years back, it had kind of died down a little bit, and then COVID happened, and we kind of lost that connection.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut just this past year, and more recently in these past weeks, it really has built up in a very strong way. And so we\u02bcre back praying with the Spurs and being there to support the community and the San Antonio people who love the Spurs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
It\u02bcs \u201cwonderful\u201d to \u201chave a lot of family and friends come together and watch the games,\u201d Galley said.<\/p>\n
The sisters host watch parties with \u201cparents and students from our school at St. John Bosco here in San Antonio,\u201d she said. It\u2019s \u201ca lot of fun and a wonderful way to share the joy of faith and family.\u201d<\/p>\n
Keep God \u2018first\u2019<\/p>\n
Mota and Galley said their favorite Spurs players are Kornet and Victor Wembanyama \u2014 widely known as “Wemby.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWemby by far is the best player,\u201d but the sisters \u201creally like Luke [Kornet] because of the way he lives his Catholic faith on and off the court,\u201d Mota said.<\/p>\n
While \u201csports and things like that are great,\u201d players must remember that \u201cGod has to be first in your life,\u201d Mota said.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeep him first. Play strong, play your best, and work as a team because a team that\u02bcs united is very hard to pull down. So play together and have faith in God,\u201d Mota said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrust one another as your team members \u2014 that is very valuable,\u201d Galley added. Also, \u201chave fun, enjoy it. That\u02bcs always a wonderful thing: to have fun on the court.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Salesian Sisters of St. John Bosco have drawn national attention as \u201cdiehard\u201d San Antonio Spurs fans after a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":361546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1770,35972,128347,128346,128345,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-361545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-basketball","tag-catholic-news","tag-ewtn-news-nightly","tag-religious-sisters","tag-salesians","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/361546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}