The Victoria HarbourCats have created of a new position within the organization as Park Jung has been hired as team chaplain.
Park joins fellow sports chaplains in Victoria including Lukas Bonnett, Westshore Rebels chaplain, as well as Victoria Royals chaplain Dave Steingard.
Team chaplains are common throughout professional and collegiate sport, but the role is new ground for the HarbourCats and West Coast League. Jung will become the first chaplain in team and league history.
The purpose of the team chaplain position is to be present to provide moral, psychological and spiritual care to members of the HarbourCats when desired. "I look forward to the opportunity to come along side of our players and witness the growth of these young men's character on and off the field over the course of the summer," says Park.
Victoria HarbourCats: member since 2012