Nun named 'greatest football fan in America' by ABC show

Published: 2006-02-06

INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -- ABC's "Good Morning America" named Sister Mary John Tintea, a Daughter of Charity for more than 50 years, as the nation's greatest football fan Feb. 3. Sister Mary John was surprised on live television that day at St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital, where she works as a chaplain. She received two tickets to Super Bowl XL in Detroit Feb. 5, as well as round-trip airfare and hotel accommodations. She chose Sister Catherine Kelly, vice president for mission services at St. Joseph Hospital in Kokomo, Ind., as her guest for the weekend, which also included dinner with Peyton Manning, quarterback for Sister Mary John's beloved Indianapolis Colts. A videotape submitted to ABC by her co-workers showed Sister Mary John riding around the hospital in a motorized scooter decorated with Colts memorabilia and dressed head to toe in Colts gear. She said she uses the scooter because "I'm losing circulation in my feet."

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