Donald Calloway

The Reverend Fr. Donald Calloway (born 29 June 1972) is a Roman Catholic priest and author based in the United States.[1][2]

Background

Calloway was born on 29 June 1972 in Dearborn, Michigan. He was ordained a priest on 31 May 2003 at The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. He has a B.A. (Franciscan University of Steubenville), M.Div. (Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC), S.T.B. (Dominican House of Studies, Washington, DC) and a S.T.L. (International Marian Research Institute, Dayton). He practices with the Congregation of Marian Fathers of the Immaculate Conception of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary.[1]

He has described himself as angry and drug addicted in his teenage years and is described as a 'high-school dropout'.[3] He has said that he was using drugs by the age of 11 and was promiscuous. He used to run drugs and money to casinos in Honshu when he was living in Japan.[4][5][6] One night after declining to go out with friends, he began to read the book, The Queen of Peace Visits Medjugorje. He credits this book for changing his life. He then converted to Roman Catholicism.[7][8][9][10][11]

A talk he gave in April 2017, titled; 'The Rosary: Spiritual Sword of Our Lady', had over 1 million views on YouTube by July 2020.[12] Calloway received Irish news and media website The Cork Co-Operator's 2020 Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Award for Commitment to the Common Good.[13][14][15]

Consecration to St. Joseph

Believing "the world needs St. Joseph now more than ever," Calloway created a Consecration of St. Joseph and published a book of the same title in 2020.[16][17] Calloway's consecration to St. Joseph is modeled after the Consecration to Mary of St. Louis de Montfort.

Calloway has stated that "the first person to entrust himself to the spiritual care of Joseph and Mary was actually Jesus."[16] In his book, Calloway writes that consecration to St. Joseph means “that you acknowledge that he is your spiritual father, and you want to be like him. To show it, you entrust yourself entirely to his paternal care so that he can lovingly help you acquire his virtues and become holy. St. Joseph, in turn, will give those consecrated to him his loving attention, protection and guidance.”[16]

Bibliography

Calloway is the author of a number of books related to Roman Catholicism. His work has been covered in several mainstream Roman Catholic newspapers.[2][18][19][20][21][22][23]

  • No Turning Back: A Witness to Mercy (2007)[24][25]
  • Purest of All Lilies: The Virgin Mary in the Spirituality of St. Faustina (2008)[26]
  • Under the Mantle: Marians Thoughts from a 21st Century Priest (2013)[27]
  • Marian Gems: Daily Wisdom on Our Lady (2014)[28]
  • Mary of Nazareth: The Life of Our Lady in Pictures (2014)[29]
  • Rosary Gems: Daily Wisdom on the Holy Rosary (2015)[30]
  • Champions of the Rosary (2016)[31]
  • How to Pray the Rosary (2017)[32]
  • 26 Champions of the Rosary: The Essential Guide to the Greatest Heroes of the Rosary (2017)[33][34]
  • St. Joseph Gems: Daily Wisdom on Our Spiritual Father (2018)[35][36]
  • Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father (2019)[37][38][39]
  • 10 Wonders of the Rosary (2019)[40][41]

References
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  2. "'It Takes a Father': New Book Highlights Consecration to St. Joseph". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  3. "Surfer-priest shares his incredible journey: from dropout to drug-addict to priesthood". www.romereports.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. Farrow, Mary. "He was a runner for the Japanese mafia. Now he's a Catholic priest". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  5. Calloway, Fr Donald. "From a Slave to Sin to My Mother's Arms: Fr. Donald Calloway's Improbable Journey to the Priesthood". Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  6. "Father Donald Is Interviewed on ABC". The Divine Mercy. 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  7. "Fr. Donald Calloway "The Conversion of Fr. Don Calloway" Women's Conference 2019". YouTube.
  8. "A Mother's Faith, a Son's Conversion". www.marian.org. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  9. "Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC Pilgrimages with & 206 Tours, The Leader in Catholic Pilgrimages". www.pilgrimages.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  10. Faehnle, Michele (2019-12-27). "An Interview with Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC". Columbus Catholic Women's Conference. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  11. Brandon Vogt (2016-09-08). "Champions of the Rosary: An Interview with Fr. Donald Calloway". Brandon Vogt. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  12. "Fr. Don Calloway, MIC: The Rosary: Spiritual Sword of Our Lady". YouTube.
  13. "Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Award". The Cork Co-Operator. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  14. Quill-Manley, Timothy (2020-07-21). "The Cork Co=Operator Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati Award for Commitment to the Common Good 2020". The Cork Co-Operator. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  15. "Consecration to St. Joseph with Fr. Calloway". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
  16. Farrow, Mary. "Why a new consecration to St. Joseph is spreading like wildfire". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  17. Calloway, Donald. Rev. Marian Press. ISBN 978-1596144316. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  18. Service, Catholic News (2020-03-19). "Church, world need St. Joseph's spiritual care in tough times, says priest". The Catholic Sun. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
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  20. Kosloski, Philip. "How the Consecration to St. Joseph can change your life". Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  21. Telegraph, The Catholic. "Save the Date: 2020 E6 CATHOLIC MEN'S CONFERENCE Armor Up! 2/22/20". Catholic Telegraph. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  22. Contributor, Guest (2020-03-18). "Stephen Buhagiar: Men, it is time! Let us go to Joseph". The Catholic Weekly. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  23. "Fr. Donald Calloway | EWTN Religious Catalogue". www.ewtnreligiouscatalogue.com. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  24. "No Turning Back". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  25. "Fr. Donald Calloway: An Episcopalian Who Became Catholic - The Journey Home (7-23-2007)". YouTube.
  26. "Purest of All Lilies". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  27. "Under the Mantle". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  28. Calloway, Donald H. (May 2014). Marian Gems: Daily Wisdom on Our Lady. Marian Press. ISBN 978-1-59614-305-0.
  29. "Mary of Nazareth". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  30. "Rosary Gems". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  31. "Champions of the Rosary". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  32. "How to Pray the Rosary". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  33. "26 Champions of the Rosary". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
  34. "Champion the Rosary, Save the World?". National Review. 2016-10-07. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  35. MIC, Donald H. Calloway; Calloway, Donald H. (February 2018). St. Joseph Gems: Daily Wisdom on Our Spiritual Father. Marian Press. ISBN 978-1-59614-420-0.
  36. "St Joseph Gems Are a True Treasure". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
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  39. Connolly, Father Seán (2020-06-21). "St. Joseph and Father's Day: An interview with Fr. Donald Calloway". Catholic Canada. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  40. MIC, Donald H. Calloway; Calloway, Donald H. (2019). 10 Wonders of the Rosary. Marian Press. ISBN 978-1-59614-486-6.
  41. "Outstanding New Look at 10 Wonders of the Rosary". National Catholic Register. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
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