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Fr. Daniel Jones

Fr. Daniel Jones is a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit, Associate Professor of Theology, and Director of Graduate Seminarians.

Born in 1953 in Detroit, he received a B.A. from the University of Michigan (history) in 1975, and lived as a member of The Servants of the Word, a lay brotherhood, for 15 years. He served in a variety of apostolates, working in European missions (Brussels and London) for five years, and as a junior high school teacher (Ypsilanti, MI) for nine years. During those years he obtained an M.A. in Education and an M.A. in English from Eastern Michigan University.

He began priestly studies for the Archdiocese of Detroit in 1992, and received an S.T.B. from the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome) in 1996. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1997, and then received an S.T.L., Diploma, and S.T.D. (2003) in Theology and Patristic Sciences from the Augustinianum Patristics Institute, Rome.

In addition to his responsibilities as a professor and formator at SHMS, Fr. Jones serves as weekend assistant at St. Anthony Parish in Belleville. He has given numerous retreats and seminars for religious, priests, seminarians, and laity in the USA and abroad.
 

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Homilies by Fr. Daniel Jones

Yr B, 20th Sun: "Unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you have no life in you."

What do we receive in the Eucharist? Why is it so important?

Yr B, 19th Sun: "The bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world."

What is a sacrifice? What was God's purpose for it? How is it connected to us?

Yr B, 16th Sun: "They were like sheep without a shepherd, and he began to teach them many things."

Why and How Much We Need Jesus' Teaching.

Yr B, 15th Sun: "Jesus summoned the 12, and began to send them out."

When we encounter the teaching of the Church, we really encounter God.

Yr B, 13th Sund: Raising of Daughter of Jairus & HHS Mandate

God Wants to Manifest his Love to the World Through the Body of Christ; How the HHS Mandate Threatens This

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Retreats and Spiritual Conferences by Fr. Daniel Jones

Ps 31:1-5 - Into your hands, Lord, I commit my spirit.

"Give what He takes, and take what He gives, with a big smile" (Mother Teresa).

A Meditation on Psalm 42:

My soul, why do you groan within? Godly Groaning: a Good Groaning of Desire for God

The Mass as Sacrifice (Part 2 in Series on Mass for Holy Family Parish, Novi MI)

The Sacrificial of the Mass a Re-presentation of the Sacrifice of Christ

The Mass as Sacrifice (Part 2 in Series on Mass for Holy Family Parish, Novi MI)

The Sacrificial of the Mass a Re-presentation of the Sacrifice of Christ

Priests' Day of Prayer. "I Have Called You Friends": Priestly Fraternity

The sacramental grace of priesthood is a grace of fraternity.

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