![]() As Father Jim DiPerri said, Dan had a deep understanding of the Real Presence of Christ and he possessed the desire to grow in his love for the Lord and for His people. Did you call?I would like them to pray and to ponder what their Creator desires for them. ![]() I pray they will say, just as Father Dan said, Here I am, Lord. I decided to write this story of Danny’s dogged run toward his vocation in the hope that it will move other young man to focus on their purpose on this earth. Day or night he answered calls with a cheerful grin and genuine concern, but after just eight months after receiving Holy Orders - 247 days - Father Dan was called to his eternal home, when an undetected heart condition felled him just eleven days after his 34th birthday. Father Dan’s style was to go at a 24/7 pace and, as a newly ordained priest, he kept up that pace. Kennedy had hundreds of friends and they already know much of this story - the winding course that took him across several continents, through nine marathons, in and out of the seminary, and finally to ordination as a Catholic priest. ![]()
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