A Puglia priest who hit the headlines after turning his sacristy into a kitchen a few months ago has not started preaching the Gospel in a local gym wearing a tracksuit and trainers instead of his clerical garb.
Don Michele Schiavone, priest at the San Pio di Margherita di Savoia, north of Bari, says this way he can convey that "the word of God is not abstract, is not far from us but is our reference point, it is the medicine the Lord gives us to face daily life".
He told ANSA: "Last night we had the first experience of catechesis amidst weights and treadmills, and we read a nice phrase from the Letter to the Jews saying 'you prepared my body'.
"In the end the youngsters realized that the Gospel stresses the importance of focusing on the body God gave us".
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