Fr. Doug Grandon

Since 2015, I’ve been privileged to serve as a FOCUS National Chaplain.

Where I serve

I serve at FOCUS’s Denver Support Center, located in the beautiful foothills of the Rocky Mountains, just above Denver in Genesee, Colorado. My role involves supporting our local DSC staff, as well as a great deal of travel. I celebrate the sacraments, offer spiritual direction, speak in parishes, lead retreats, assist at national events, visit our campus missionaries and serve as chaplain on short-term mission trips to Europe.

My Story

God bless Dan Erisman, who challenged me to read through the Gospel of Matthew and introduced me to Christ when I was fourteen years old! Ever since, I’ve had a passion to do for others what Dan did for me. When I was fifteen, my first pastor helped me discern that I would one day be ordained. In my early twenties, I served as a missionary translator in Communist Yugoslavia. After I returned home, I married my wife, Lynn, a woman vastly superior to me – and a proud Swede!

While attending my first seminary, I started a new church for the Evangelical Free Church and, later, served five years as an Episcopal clergyman. In 2003, Lynn and I became Catholic, along with our four youngest children. In 2008, Pope Benedict granted Daniel Jenky, Bishop of Peoria, permission to ordain me a married Catholic priest, under the Pastoral Provision created by Pope St. John Paul II.

Since my ordination, I’ve served four parishes and taught at St. John Vianney Seminary here in Denver. In 2015, Curtis Martin, the founder of FOCUS, invited me to join FOCUS as a part-time National Chaplain. And now, what a privilege it is to serve full-time with FOCUS!

Your Impact

FOCUS is all about winning students for Christ, building them up in the faith and sending them out on mission. By God’s grace, that’s been my mission in every parish I’ve served – both Protestant and Catholic.

Your financial support makes possible my apostolate as FOCUS National Chaplain. Your generosity enables me to provide priestly support to our heroic missionaries, as well as our faithful staff here in Denver. I’ve always had a special relationship with my benefactors – and look forward to serving you as well!

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Host	Retreat Type	Start Date	End Date
Tulane University	Way of the Disciple	09/05/24	09/07/24
University of Nebraska Lincoln	The Sanctifier	09/13/24	09/15/24
Parish Outreach	The Father’s House	09/16/24	09/18/24
Kansas State University	The Father’s House	09/20/24	09/22/24
University of Delaware	Rec	09/20/24	09/22/24
University of South Carolina – Columbia	Rec	09/27/24	09/29/24
St. Francis University	The Father’s House	10/04/24	10/06/24
Nicholls State University	The Father’s House	10/04/24	10/06/24
Northwestern State University	The Father’s House	10/11/24	10/13/24
University of Memphis	The Father’s House	10/11/24	10/13/24
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville	The Father’s House	10/18/24	10/20/24
Ohio State University	The Father’s House	10/18/24	10/20/24
University of Dallas	The Sanctifier	10/24/24	10/26/24
Central Connecticut State University	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
Universidad de Monterrey	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
California State University – Fullerton	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
Sts. Anne and Joaquim, Fargo, ND	Way of the Disciple	11/01/24	11/03/24
University of Krems	Men’s	11/01/24	11/03/24
University of Mary	The Father’s House	11/08/24	11/10/24
DePauw University	Rec	11/08/24	11/10/24
Philanthropy Engagement	Way of the Disciple	11/15/24	11/17/24
University of Passau	Rec	11/21/24	11/23/24
Texas A&M University	The Sanctifier	02/07/25	02/09/25
FOCUS Greek Southeast	The Father’s House	02/14/25	02/16/25
FOCUS Greek Midwest	The Father’s House	02/14/25	02/16/25
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	The Sanctifier	02/14/25	02/16/25
FOCUS Greek Southwest	The Father’s House	02/21/25	02/23/25
Wayne State University	The Father’s House	02/21/25	02/23/25
University of Illinois-Chicago	The Sanctifier	02/21/25	02/23/25
Queens College of the City University of New York	The Father’s House	03/07/25	03/09/25
Nicholls State University	Way of the Disciple	03/07/25	03/09/25
Grand Valley State University	The Father’s House	03/28/25	03/30/25
University of Northern Iowa	Way of the Disciple	04/03/25	04/05/25
University of Nebraska Lincoln	The Father’s House	04/04/25	04/06/25
Arizona State University	Men’s	02/07/25	02/09/25
University of Nebraska at Kearney	Rec	09/27/24	09/29/24