Priest Profile

MEET DEACON DAN & ALLISON DIESEL

SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA CHURCH, LAKE FOREST

By STAFF     10/4/2016

YEARS MARRIED: 35

CHILDREN: 4

GRANDCHILDREN: 1

YEARS IN THE DIACONATE: 1

HOW THEY MET: Through a friend in high school. “I offered my friend a ride and she was with her.”

WHAT THEY DO FOR FUN: “Walk on the beach and talk”

HIS ROLE IN THE CHURCH: “I minister as a Deacon (baptisms, funerals, assist and preach at Mass.) I head the Liturgical Committee at Santiago and I assist in other parish administrative functions.”

HIS MOST MEMORABLE EXPERIENCE: “At the first Mass I served as Deacon, I was overwhelmed by the love and support from the community from when I first said, ‘The Lord be with you’ at the beginning of the Gospel.”

FAVORITE SCRIPTURE: “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me.” (John 14:1)