A New Pentecost

A prayer Blessed Pope John XXIII began that was echoed by subsequent popes including Blessed John Paul II and now Benedict XVI was the hope of a New Pentecost.
As we enter this Easter season with such hope and joy… Read More

Jayhawks & Jesus

I know it’s somewhat sacrilegious to put this in a headline, but let me explain.
For lo these many weeks of Lent I have attempted to practice a good Lent. For the most part, it has been successful and deeply… Read More

The Real Mandate

As the HHS mandate continues to ring alarm bells and engender ridiculous and bogus efforts like Sandra Fluke and the “war on women” by politicians, there is another mandate that might perhaps be of a more challenging nature-the mandate of… Read More

The Lent List

As our saintly pastor intoned the importance of practicing a “good Lent” in Mass recently I did a quick review of my past Lenten observances and their success/failure ratio.  It didn’t take long to recognize the problem-my wife.
At the… Read More

Apocalypse Now?

Recently my wife and I had dinner with a very faithful, traditional college-educated couple who were lamenting the state of things in the world, especially the recent attack on religious liberty by the Obama administration
Somewhere between the salad and… Read More

Game On

While HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius continues her anti-faith pronouncements, many Catholics are finding the most recent decisions to be a “final straw.” The positions taken by the Obama administration does one thing quite clearly: it drew a line in the… Read More

About Dan Spencer

Dan Spencer

Dan has been active in various parish, diocesan and national Catholic men’s ministries for over 15 years. He is the Executive Director of the National Fellowship of Catholic Men and a co-founder of the Catholic Business Network. He has appeared on numerous Catholic media including EWTN television as well as Vatican, Relevant and EWTN radio programs. He is a past board member of Catholic Exchange.


Dan is the Chairman of the Kansas City Catholic Men’s Fellowship and serves on both the Kansas City Kansas Archdiocesan Advisory Board on Evangelism and Anti-Pornography initiatives. He is a frequent speaker and consultant on Sexual Integrity diocesan programs.


He also regularly speaks nationally to men’s groups, conferences, business organizations and at Catholic leadership retreats on various topics including evangelization, sexual integrity, apologetics and men’s issues.


Dan spent over 20 years as a senior advertising and marketing executive in national media firms followed more recently by 10 years as a “new media” entrepreneur, investor and consultant. His clients ranged from the NFL to the California Chamber of Commerce to the Rolling Stones. Currently he and his wife own a business in Kansas City while Dan also works as a Catholic leadership coach and consultant.


He and his wife of 36 years, Linda, have four grown children and one grandson-all living in the Kansas City area.