FEATURE
CHARACTER DETE J HOW SEAN BRANDOW’S FAITH INSPIRES BY KIRK GILES
14 SEVEN MAY / JUNE 2019
ust over a year ago, nobody outside of the small town of Humboldt, Saskatchewan knew the name Sean Brandow. How does someone from a community with a population of 6,000 people become a spiritual guide to a nation of 37-million? Millions of people across Canada were left in a state of shock and confusion last year when tragedy struck a group of young men after their team bus collided with a truck. Sixteen members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team tragically died on April 6, 2018. The Humboldt Broncos were not known by many people outside of the communities they played in. Today, the team, community, and all families involved are in the hearts and minds of people around the world. In a moment, Brandow, the team chaplain, was forced into a spotlight to help a nation make sense of what happened.
