Saints in
Super Bowl: Origin of Saints Name and Prayer
About Evergreen
Published February 4, 2010
When John Mecom, the original owner of the Saints,
decided to name the franchise the "Saints" he called
Archbishop Philip Hannan to make sure the Catholic
community would not be offended. Archbishop Hanna
assured Mr. Mecom that Catholics would not be
offended. But he cautioned Mr. Mecom, "You do know
that many of the Saints of the Church were
Martyrs."
Archbishop Hannan wrote a special prayer for the
newly formed Saints football
team. See attachment. That was forty-three
years ago. Archbishop Hannan is still alive and
very active at ninety-six years of age. He just
may have lived long enough to see "Hell freeze
over!" when the Saints win the Super Bowl.
Another interesting note. The Super Bowl is in
Miami. The current Archbishop Ordinary of Miami
is a native and priest ordained in New Orleans,
Archbishop John Favalora. The Colts may have
Payton Manning, a New Orleans native, but they
don't seem to have a prayer.
