Catholic faith a constant for NFL quarterback Favre and his family

Published: 2004-12-20

BROOKFIELD, Wis. (CNS) -- As the mom of Green Bay Packers' No. 4, quarterback Brett Favre, Bonita Favre has been along for the ups and downs of her son's career on and off the football field. From Super Bowl appearances, MVP awards and record-shattering performances to the sudden death four days before Christmas last year of Irvin Favre, her husband of 38 years and Brett's father, the family has gone from triumphs to tragedies. In October more misfortune struck the Green Bay Packer legend's family. Casey Tynes, 24, the brother of Brett's wife, Deanna, was killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident on the Favres' Mississippi property and a week later Deanna learned she has breast cancer, for which she is now undergoing treatment. Through it all, however, the Favre family's Catholic faith has been a steady constant, their main strength, said Bonita Favre. "The main strength of all of us is our faith," she said. "Without God, we have nothing and with him anything's possible." In Milwaukee to promote her new book, "Favre," co-written with her son and Green Bay Press-Gazette sports columnist Chris Havel, Bonita Favre talked with the Catholic Herald, Milwaukee's archdiocesan newspaper, at her Brookfield hotel.

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