We are men who lead, serve, protect and defend, whether we are giving out Coats for Kids, donating wheelchairs, lending a helping hand in disaster relief efforts, supporting local pregnancy centers or providing top-quality financial products.
Dan and Pat Murphy were here, there and everywhere during the Fall Festival. Dan was one of the Knights overseeing the grilling operation and also involved in the set-up and tearing down. Pat also pitched in on the disassembly along with working the funnel-cake booth and the Saturday night dinner. In Dan’s capacity as our director of community activities, he oversees the annual cookout at the V.A. hospital. Not coincidentally, he has organized the parish’s annual Veterans Day dinner and program for seven years. Dan is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and was active military 1975-95, so activities with and honoring veterans are special to him. A er retiring from the Navy, he coordinated R.O.T.C. programs at area high schools through the 2012-13 school year. Dan and Pat are captains of Holy Spirit’s Eucharistic Ministers for the 9:30 Mass. Pat is also a member of the parish’s Zone Shepherds. Dan is originally from Irving and graduated from Jesuit High. He joined the Knights in 1998 and was our Grand Knight during the fraternal years of 2002-03 and 2003-04. e parish’s Lenten sh fries started during Dan’s term as Grand Knight when Father Tim Heines sought an alternative to the soup suppers that had been held. Pat is a hospice eld nurse for Lion Hospice Care. e Murphys live in Dallas and have been married since 1975.
