Fr. Ryan Lerner, Chaplain

Fr. Ryan Lerner, Chaplain

Running on Faith is a blog by Fr. Ryan Lerner, Catholic Chaplain at Yale University. An avid runner, Fr. Ryan takes to the streets of New Haven each morning at dawn, where he finds inspiration in the rhythm of his steps and the quiet of the early hours.

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Running on Faith: Guardian Angels

Running on Faith: Guardian Angels

During the second half of a recent eight-mile tempo run, as I was urging myself to dig deeper and finish strong, an image popped into my mind of a...

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Running on Faith: A Feeling of Close Presence

Running on Faith: A Feeling of Close Presence

My priest support group, which was established over thirty years ago, with Fr. Bob Beloin as one of the founding members, just began reading The...

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Running on Faith: Getting Out the Door

Running on Faith: Getting Out the Door

There are some mornings, more often than I’d like to admit, when the last thing I want to do is run. I’ll walk around my residence, check my email...

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Running on Faith: The New Haven Road Race

Running on Faith: The New Haven Road Race

For the first time in two years, on a characteristically sunny and humid Labor Day morning, the New Haven community gathered together for the first...

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