Deacon Dana
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Religion |
| Occupation | Permanent Deacon; retired from everything else |
| Location | The Villages, Florida, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a permanent deacon of the Roman Catholic Church, incardinated in the Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts, but now living and ministering in the Diocese of Orlando, Florida. I'm also a retired naval aviator, educator, and business consultant. Born in Bridgeport, CT, I was brought up in Larchmont, NY, and attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, NY, graduating in 1962. I spent a year at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, but then managed to get an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, from which I graduated in 1967. The Navy taught me to fly and sent me to graduate school. Afterwards I taught computer science at Annapolis for several years. I did lots of other strange things in the years that followed. Politically -- perhaps more accurately, philosophically -- I'm a Russell Kirk conservative in most things. More importantly, though, I am husband of the beautiful Diane, the father of four, and grandfather of nine. |
| Interests | God and Man |
| Favorite movies | Tender Mercies, The Lord of the Rings, Groundhog Day, One-eyed Jacks, The Wind and the Lion, Pride and Prejudice (A&E 1995), The Mission; Ferris Bueller's Dy Off |
| Favorite music | J. S. Bach, G. F. Handel, H. Purcell, G. P. Telemann, Antonio Vivaldi, Modern Jazz Quartet, Charlie Byrd, Thelonious Monk, Mose Allison, Andrea Bocelli, Chris Botti, Anne Murray, Bud & Travis, Gypsy Kings, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Billy Vera |
| Favorite books | Works by: Flannery O'Connor, Jane Austen, J. R. R. Tolkien, G. K. Chesterton, Christopher Dawson, Pope Benedict XVI, Maurice Baring, Charles Williams, Mark Helprin, James Schall, S.J., Anthony Esolen, Gene Wolfe, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Russell Kirk, Jean Danielou, Mircea Eliade, Ralph McInerny |