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Pastorfrmahandccatholics.comFather Daniel J Mahan has served as a priest of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis for the past thirty-three years. He is a native of Indianapolis and a son of Holy Spirit parish on the east side of that city. He has three brothers and two sisters. His mother lives in Columbus, Ohio who turned 100 in July.
Father Mahan has served in parishes large and small, urban and rural throughout the archdiocese, including St Mary’s in Rushville, St Barnabas and St Luke in Indianapolis, St Rose of Lima in Franklin, St Louis in Batesville, St Jude in Spencer, and St John the Apostle in Bloomington.
Father Mahan was educated at St Meinrad College and did his graduate studies at the Pontifical
North American College in Rome.
Two important themes in Father Mahan’s priestly service are stewardship and catechesis. Father has presented stewardship talks, conferences, retreats, and parish missions in thirty-nine states, four Canadian provinces and seven foreign countries on five continents. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the International Catholic Stewardship Council.
Father Mahan has also distinguished himself in the field of adult catechesis, teaching from the Catechism of the Catholic Church in his parish assignments, and producing a series of videos about the Catechism entitled Tour of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. These videos are available on www.airmaria.com and on YouTube. Father is a reviewer of catechetical texts and a consultant for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Father Mahan has deep roots in Dearborn County and many of his ancestors are buried in River View Cemetery. His maternal great-great-great grandfather, Ignatius Christmann came to Aurora from Alsace-Lorraine, France in 1847. His maternal great-great-grandfather, Thomas Langon came to Aurora from Ireland at around that same time. Both helped to put the roof on St Mary’s in Aurora. Father Mahan was named after a native son of St Mary’s, the late Father Daniel Joseph Nolan.
