Sr. Stephanie was recently featured on the Frontiers of Faith podcast to share about her experience as a religious sister and the many unexpected ways that the Lord used her passion for running to transform lives through the work of the Mission of Our Lady of the Angels. Check out the full episode here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-the-long-runs-with-sr-stephanie-baliga/id1696335589?i=1000683428845
Category: Team OLA
2024 Chicago Marathon
Well, another incredible Marathon weekend is in the books! On Sunday, October 13, Sr. Stephanie, Sr. Maggie, Anna (postulant) and 157 other Team OLA runners did an incredible job running in the Bank of America Chicago Marathon. Also amazing – just one day after the race, our team officially met our 2024 fundraising goal of…
Team OLA – 2023 Marathon Highlights
Another Bank of America Chicago Marathon success! We are so grateful to our team of ~150 runners and over 2,000 individual donors who helped to fundraise $280K (and climbing!) to support the apostolic outreach of our community. Here is a highlight tour of this important (and inspiring!) annual fundraising effort. First- recruitment! Sr. Stephanie works…
Sr. Stephanie Podcast/Interview with CNS
Check out the interview and podcast Sr. Stephanie recently did with Catholic News Agency. Way to go Sr. Stephanie!
Sr. Stephanie Featured in her Hometown Newspaper!
We are so excited to share that the Rockford Register Star has featured Sr. Stephanie–the same reporter who interview her multiple times when she was a high school athlete did the interview–read it here!
Sr. Stephanie Sets WORLD RECORD
Sr. Stephanie set a World Record today as the first female runner to record a treadmill marathon time. She blazed though 26.2 miles in 3:33:17. We are so proud of Sr. Stephanie and her efforts to lead Team OLA in raising money to support our work with the poor. She personally raised over $100K in…
Sr. Stephanie + Team OLA 2019!
Sr. Stephanie has successfully lead another fantastic Chicago Marathon team! Check out the wonderful story from the Chicago Tribune here. Our team has raised over $185K of our $200K goal. Thanks for all your support and prayers. There is still time to donate–click here now!
Volition Half Marathon, Sept. 11, 2015
Peace! Sr. Stephanie came home the winner of the Volition Half Marathon here in Chicago on September 11! We are so proud of her accomplishment. Join us in praying for Sr. Stephanie and the rest of Team OLA as they hit the pavement this coming Sunday October 9 at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon!!…