Olympic-bound hockey player draws strength from her Catholic faith, devotion to St. Thérèse

Olympic-bound hockey player draws strength from her Catholic faith, devotion to St. Thérèse

(OSV News) — Britta Curl-Salemme’s love for skating and ice hockey began very early in her life. She remembers skating with her three siblings since “basically the time we could walk” after her dad built an ice rink in their backyard in Bismarck, North Dakota. She told OSV News that she started dreaming of going to the Olympics when she was about 10 years old. Drawing Olympic rings in grade school “As a girl, you had the NHL, which was all guys,…

Olympian Britta Curl-Salemme draws strength from her Catholic faith, devotion to St. Thérèse - The Dialog

Britta Curl-Salemme’s love for skating and ice hockey began very early in her life. She remembers skating with her three siblings since “basically the time we could walk” after her dad built an ice rink in their backyard in Bismarck, North Dakota. She told OSV News that she started dreaming of going to the Olympics when she was about 10 years old. “As a girl, you had the NHL, which was all guys, but the thing you could see women doing was the Ol…

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