Dan Dúet: News

The 2013 Summer Ministry Tour gets underway in Sterling, IL, on June 13th! With numerous events scheduled in the Midwest and the South, this will be a very busy summer for Two-Twelve Ministries and Dan Dúet.

From Nursing Home Singalongs with retired nuns to praise and worship music events, from parish retreats to healing services, as well as an annual Father's Day weekend 'Pentecostal Revival', this summer holds the greatest variety of ministry events since Two-Twelve Ministries began 5+ years ago.

Dan will travel to Illinois, Missouri, Tennessee, Louisiana, and East Texas over a 5-week period, sharing Jesus and the Holy Spirit wherever he goes. With many events in the San Antonio area scheduled just prior to and immediately after this trip, this will indeed be a busy summer... not just for Two-Twelve and Dan... but also for Jesus and the Holy Spirit!!

See the 'Calendar' tab for additional information.

Two-Twelve Ministries announces that the Parish of the Month to receive intercessory prayers during the month of March is St. Luke’s in San Antonio.

Founding date: November 15, 1959
Phone: 210-433-2777
Address: 4603 Manitou, 78228

Vision Statement: Shaping values and assisting people desiring to be formed in the likeness of Christ through generous and joyful service and vibrant liturgies of a caring community.

Since the Dedication of the church and school buildings in 1960, St. Luke’s has been a strong spiritual presence on the Northside of San Antonio. With nearly 4000 families impacted through the school and varied (and many) ministries/services, St. Luke’s presence has been felt for many generations. Under the leadership of current Pastor Fr. Jim Barlow and his team, St. Luke’s continues building and planning for the future.

Two-Twelve Ministries asks you to remember in prayer St. Luke’s, the Pastoral Team, all of the ministries, organizations, volunteers, the School, and all parishioners, as well as the less fortunate who may not belong to this parish, but who may find it a beacon of light in a time of darkness.

If you live in the area and are looking for a place to call your spiritual home, stop by the church office and introduce yourself and your family.

All St. Luke’s parishioners are invited to send any prayer requests to be added to the Two-Twelve intercessory prayer list. Send to: prayer@danduet.com

Going strong for over 50 years… may the Holy Spirit continue to bless the mission and ministry of St. Luke’s for the next 50 years and beyond. God is good! All the time! All the time! God is good!!!

Beginning the weekend of Thanksgiving, Dan Dúet will be leading a series of four consecutive Parish Missions in Texas. (All logistical information is under the 'Calendar' tab of the website)

The week following Thanksgiving, Dan will be at Christ the Savior Catholic Church in El Paso, TX, to lead a "Healing Mission" that will culminate on Thursday of that week with a Mass officiated by Fr. Robert Kobe, pastor of Christ the Savior. Dan then returns to the San Antonio area for a series of Advent Parish Missions: the First Week of Advent at St. Anthony in Elmendorf, the Second Week of Advent at St. Thomas More in Austin, and the Third Week of Advent at St. Benedict in San Antonio.

In addition, Dan will lead a one-night-only Advent presentation at St. Peter the Apostle in Boerne on Thursday, December 6.

Please keep these ministry events in your prayers. Thanks!!

Dan Dúet has been selected by the National Steering Committee of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal to be the Music Director for the 2012 National Leaders’ and Ministries’ Conference. The Conference will be held in San Antonio the first weekend of November.

What an honor and privilege for Two-Twelve Ministries to be invited to participate in such an integral role. May the Holy Spirit guide, inspire, and prepare Dan and the music team he puts together.

Additional information will be posted in the near future.

Although Dan Dúet spends much of his time traveling the country to bring the message of Jesus Christ via music and spoken presentations, he is dedicated in spending any available time helping out whenever he can with his Knights Council, 9967, at Holy Trinity in San Antonio.

For the second time in 18 months, Dan was named the 'Knight of the Month' for his Council, for the month of August. Dan considers it a great privilege and honor to be part of this Catholic Institution and to be associated with an awesome group of men from Holy Trinity, a Council of 400 members.

At his concerts Dan always gives a "shout out" to brother Knights in the audience and encourages Catholic men to consider becoming a Knight.

For the first time since the inception of Two-Twelve Ministries in January of 2008, Dan Dúet will be headed to Houston for ministry. The "I Will Lift My Eyes" praise and worship event will be held at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton on Thursday, August 9.

The event will feature praise, worship, and adoration songs, an inspiring video clip, prayer, and LOTS of the Holy Spirit!

Additional information is posted under the Calendar tab.

From Friday, July 6 through Sunday, July 8, Dan Dúet will be leading a Diocesan-wide conference on the Holy Spirit and Evangelization. The event will be held at St. Louis Catholic Church in Memphis (see Calendar for logistics).

Based on the Catholic Charismatic "Life in the Spirit Seminar", this will be the first such event for this area in approximately four years.

A dynamic speaker who follows the lead of the Holy Spirit, Dan will set out to help the Memphis area re-ignite in a blaze of Holy Spirit-filled ministry!

If you are a Catholic (or of any other faith for that matter!) and have never experienced the "baptism" of the Holy Spirit... and you want to make your sacramental relationship with Jesus Christ ignite into a flame with a personal relationship with Him, plan to spend all (or even part) of the weekend at St. Louis!

The event begins on Friday night and runs Saturday morning and afternoon. The event will conclude on Sunday evening, giving all of the attendees and opportunity to attend Mass at their respective parishes on Sunday morning.

Prior to the conclusion of the conference on Sunday evening, Dan will present his "I Will Lift My Eyes" Praise and Worship Event at Christian Brothers University on Sunday (July 8) from 3:00 - 4:30pm. The location on campus has not yet been determined.

Dan will conclude the Memphis-area ministry on Monday evening with the Praise & Worship Event being at Victory University in Memphis, 7:00pm start time.

Joining Dan will be San Antonio recording artist, Matt Di Filippo. Matt has just released his 3rd CD of original instrumental music. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, Matt's music is peaceful, prayerful, and meditational. Additional information about Matt and his ministry is found here on Dan's website, as well as on Matt's own website at: http://mattdifilippo.com/

The Summer 2012 Ministry Tour finishes up the Missour/Illinois leg with two upcoming Praise & Worship Events.

On Thursday, June 21, Dan will be at St. Francis Xavier in Jerseyville, IL, with the event beginning at 6:30pm. Dan's Special Guest will be Ken Poorman, Music Director at St. Norbert in Florissant, MO. He might also have one other Special Guest who has appeared with him before, Nick Zenkl. Nick is Dan's cousin and a violinist with the Alton (IL) Symphony Orchestra.

This leg of the tour finishes on Wednesday, June 27, at St. Patrick's in Grafton, IL. This event, too, will begin at 6:30. Dan's Special Guests will be Greg Smith of Florissant, MO, and once again, Nick Zenkl.

The Praise & Worship Events are meant to be more than just "concerts". These are very focused events of "praise" music and "worship" music; both distinct, yet both related. There will be a moment in the middle of the concert for inner-healing prayer, based on the Bebo Norman song, "I Will Lift My Eyes".

Dan will then be leaving this area and headed down to Memphis, TN, to begin ministry there, from July 6-9. Stay tuned!

On Saturday and Sunday evenings, June 16 and 17, Dan Dúet led a revival at the Full Gospel (Pentecostal) Church of Grafton (IL). This is the third consecutive year that Pastor Sam Williams has invited Dan to lead worship and preaching.

The theme Saturday was: "God is Ready. Are We?" The evening focused on praying with expectation. Not the type of expectation seen in the false "prosperity gospel" that is prevelant on television today. Instead, it was a look at maturing in the Holy Spirit as a Christian; maturing in Jesus Christ; knowing what to pray for in the first place.

The second night flowed from the first, with "faith" being the focus. The talk was titled "I Will Lift My Eyes", based on a song by one of Dan's favorite Christian music recording artists, Bebo Norman. As a matter of fact, "I Will Lift My Eyes" is the theme of his Summer Ministry Tour. Growing in faith, we can look to God with expectation to help us climb and conquer the "mountains" in our lives; to keep hope alive when our circumstances become like a "raging sea", and knowing that Jesus heals all those hurts we've chosen to hold inside.

At the end of the second night Dan invited anyone you felt a need to come forward for prayer and many responded. Along with Pastor Williams and several of the congregations "prayer warriors", this team, led by Dan, prayed for any and all concerns brought forth. The Holy Spirit was ever-present, ever-healing.

The music ministry at Full Gospel has certainly grown each year Dan has been there and they were at the top of their form both nights, providing lively and inspiring song and praise.

On his Facebook page, Pastor Sam Williams had this to say: "We had a two night event with Dan Duet. Dan is a Holy Ghost filled Evangelist who sings and preaches like he is Pentecostal--he is charismatic by faith. The message "praying with expectation" and "Faith comes by hearing" and many members of the congregation coming forward with their hurts and needs for prayer was a great finish to the service. We had a visiting couple who asked our praise and worship team to extend their singing and of course they did and the Holy Spirit made his presence known in the service in a wonderful way."

Dan is definitely looking forward to a return next June!!!!!

Considered a dynamic and engaging speaker, Dan Dúet brought a Holy Spirit-packed Lenten presentation to the parishioners of Holy Angels Catholic Parish in Wood River, IL, for the First Week of Lent.

Using the same topics he will cover at all of his Lenten Missions this year, Dan began on Sunday evening with the topic: “Jesus: Liar? Lunatic? Lord!”. The presentation focused on the divinity and authority of Jesus and the authority He had to begin His Church through St. Peter. This teaching authority, given from God, now rests in the hands of Pope Benedict XVI. Dan spoke of the implications this has for all Catholics, but especially here in America. He also spoke of the need to bring our “Sacramental Relationship” with Jesus deeper into our “Personal Relationship” with Jesus.

On Monday night Dan explored the Eucharist with a presentation titled, “Jesus is in the House!”. Using Scripture from the Gospel of John, the Acts of the Apostles, and the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, Dan focused on not only what Jesus and St. Paul said, but also what the DID NOT say. Very compelling look at the literal sense Jesus spoke with when He said, “My flesh is true food. My blood is true drink.” Truly, at the consecration during Mass, the bread and the wine do indeed become the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Truly, Jesus is in the house!

The final night of the Mission, Tuesday, provided three events in one. First was a shorter presentation from Dan titled, “Jesus: Healer of My Soul”. This talk focused on the expectation that Jesus has the men and women will seek out forgiveness of their sins not by going directly to God, but by going to a representative of His on earth. This is found in John 20:21-23. Dan pointed out that Jesus gave the Apostles the authority to forgive sins, an authority that we receive in the Church today through Apostolic succession, going back to the first “anchor verses” from the Sunday presentation, found in Matthew 16.

Following the presentation was a short Reconciliation Service, which led directly to the opportunity for all of the gathered faithful to participate in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Pastor Jim Flach was assisted by two brother priests in offering the Sacrament.

The Mission was deemed a success by Fr. Flach and others! Praise God for the power of the Holy Spirit! Dan wishes to thank all of the volunteers who assisted throughout the event, but in particular, Dee Turnbaugh, for going above and beyond in making Dan feel so welcome from the get-go, and for all of her hard work.

Matt Di Filippo has launched a new website as he continues to grow in his own music ministry. The website is here. Stop by and visit his site, listen to some music, and send him a note of encouragement as he continues to do God's work via music!

Dan is proud to once again be Producer for Matt Di Filippo. Matt and Dan are in Canada recording Matt's 3rd CD of original, inspired, instrumental music. Making the trip is also Levi Guffey, co-songwriter of 7 of the songs that will be on the new CD, "Between the Notes".

On Monday, July 11, they arrived in Kitchener, Ontario, to record with musician and recording engineer Dave Flitton. Dave has many, many years of experience in both the secular and Christian music industry, although his primary focus is not only the Catholic music industry, but his favorite genre of music: Catholic Christian Metal. (for the record... no, Matt's CD will not be metal... LOL)

Matt and Levi are laying down the primary guitar tracks and Dave will add in the other instruments shortly. This CD is shaping up to be something truly beautiful, inspiring, and annointed.

They return to the States on July 21. They will be in Sabetha, KS, for a concert on July 24 and in Kansas City, KS, for a concert on July 25, returning to San Antonio on July 26.

The United Catholic Music and Video Association (UCMVA), sponsor organization of the Catholic music/video industry "Unity Awards", has announced that the Awards scheduled for October 2011 in San Antonio have been postponed until October 2012.

A date for the Awards has not been determined but will most likely be the second or third weekend of October 2012, still in San Antonio, and still hosted by Two-Twelve Ministries. Additional information will be posted as it becomes available.

The formal announcement regarding 2011 is as follows:

May 2, 2011

To all UCMVA members and future members:

It is with deep regret that I notify you of the cancellation of Unity Awards 2011, which was set to be held in San Antonio this year, which has now been rescheduled to be held in 2012 (date to be announced later in the year). This cancellation was decided upon due to matters beyond our control.

As you know, this has been a year of great calamities throughout America from severe storms, flooding, war overseas and a great down turn in our economy. Due to this, we have found that the need for donations from various organizations that have previously helped support the Unity Awards in the past, is now much needed elsewhere.

With every disappointment comes the hope and joy of a bright future and a full year to continue the growth of the UCMVA and plan for a great gathering, education and performance presentation in San Antonio in 2012. 

May God bless you during this coming year and may you continue to shine with God's love in the ministry he has gifted you with in music, video or any other form of media. God Bless.

On behalf of the UCMVA Board

Susan M Stein, President

Here is a link to a great story. The late Pope John Paul the Great is soon to be elevated to "Blessed".

http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=8908

Here's to hoping that you have a Blessed Christmas and an awesome 2011.

I am attaching a news story about the most unique, and AWESOME, tradition that the New Orleans Saints coaches and players have, following each home game. Even after winning the NFC Championship Game last year and could have immediately left the Superdome to begin celebrating thier first-ever trip to the Super Bowl, they took time to ensure the tradition lived on. Enjoy this wonderful story.

Here are a few videos to put a smile on your face or, in the case of the last one, to put a tear in your eyes.

(1) - For anyone who is a "Dad"... this video is for you.

(2) - The 7:45 of this video are worth every second.

(3) - The story as it unfolded in the Barcelona Olympics... the gold medal favorite in one of the track events whose race was both tragic and heroic... with the help of a loving father.

Here is an easy way to spread Christmas joy and goodwill with a neighbor or two. Cheers!

Here is a story about two teens who really understood what the word "friend" means.

Wanted to put something different today. It is a mildly motivational video that has some interesting trivia to give hope to anyone who just needs to believe in themselves.

Here are some good news stories...

(1) An 88-year old mayor who is fascinating and winds up in an impromptu music video at the end of the interview.

(2) The story of this 11-year old Texas boy will bring a tear to the eyes of anyone with a heart and a conscience. At the end of the story is an address where you can make a difference.

(3) Glorifying God on horseback.

(4) Hope for those diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.

(5) A woman who teaches children about how to use peaceful conflict resolution rather than violence.

Here are some good news stories, some with videos attached. The first is one of my all-time favorite stories.

(1) Sportsmanship at a college softball game. Very inspiring story with video.

(2) Photo: a couple uses the timer on their camera for a special photo... complete with a curious ground squirrel.

(3) OK... so this isn't a "good news story"... but it is something that is definitely "feel good" and will put a smile on your face. This wedding party entrance left me speechless. Absolutely speechless. Make sure the sound is turned on.

(4) Story of the "Dog Man".

(5) An awesome story of trust in Manhattan.

(1) A deployed Marine finds a U.S. home for an Afghan cat.

(2) For several reasons I am partial to this story about the late Cincinatti Bengal football player Chris Henry who was killed a year ago. He grew up in the same small town I did and attended the same high school... his uncle and I played on the HS basketball team together... he is the only person from our town to make it to the NFL... his gravesite is about 35 feet from my parents' site. His mother made a tremendous decision in a time of great emotional turmoil.

(3) I included this story because, well, I think hedgehogs are cute!

(4) A homeless man finds $3300 in cash... and returns it. His good deed is greatly rewarded.

(5) After being shot by robbers, a man's attitude helps save his life.

Here's a few good news stories for you today:

(1) A teen wins the soap box derby with his late sisters' car.

(2) A war veteran dives into harbor to save a woman who fell overboard.

(3) Football rookies turns down uncertainty of NFL to maintain steady employment to care for family.

(4) High school teacher hailed as hero.

(5) A wrong phone number leads to a special Thanksgiving.

Enjoy!

Here are a few stories that focus on GOOD NEWS:

(1) a 13-year old boy from Mississippi tries to bring a first step of peace between North and South Korea.

(2) a hero who saved a 13-year old girl from a kidnapper is honored.

(3) the story of CNN's 2010 Hero of the Year.

(4) a group of middle-schoolers honor veterans.

(5) married couple in Canada wins more than $11M... and then they gave it away.

Tired of Negative/Bad News Everyday? How About a Dose of GOOD NEWS!

HEROES: In this first story, a 9-year old big brother saves his little sister; in the second story, a 3-year old walks two blocks to a fire station to get help for her dad.

An Oscar-winning actress is all smiles in New Orleans as she helps to re-open a school clinic that was all but destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.

MIRACLE: a mother has just given birth to premature twins and is told that the second one, her son, did not survive. Read what happens two hours later. A story that left doctors claiming an outright miracle. This story reminds me of an awesome song by Beth Nielsen Chapman, "Life Holds On". If you enjoyed the news article, you will really appreciate the song.

QUICK THINKING: an 80-year old woman fakes a heart attack when a man breaks into her home… she was unharmed and he was arrested a few minutes later.