Konnor Damery

Hello, my name is Konnor Damery, beloved son of the Father, husband, father, and Formator for the Bosco Project! Welcome to the Damery Family support page! 🙂

Where We serve

I serve as a Formator for the Bosco Project in the Diocese of Joliet, IL. I oversee a house of young missionaries serving North Central College in Naperville, IL and Elmhurst University in Elmhurst, IL.

Our Story

My story begins when I was baptized as an infant at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Decatur, IL. I received Religious Education through 8th grade, but it was not until college that Christ became the center of my life. I finally found the joy and peace my heart longed for when I attended a Koinonia Retreat at the St. John Paul II Catholic Newman Center at Illinois State. On my knees in Eucharistic Adoration I heard God speak to me for the very first time saying, Konnor… I am here, and I have always been here.” This was the beginning of a new trajectory for my life.

My perspective of Catholic worship radically changed when I embraced the Church’s teaching of the TRUE PRESENCE of Jesus Christ in the Holy Eucharist. The sacraments, which used to feel like robotic gestures, suddenly became powerful expressions of God’s love. I was made new by God’s mercy and began my walk with Jesus at the age of 19. Around that time, I also met the one I would commit my life to in Holy Matrimony – Ayla is my closest companion in the Christian Life. So far, we have been blessed with 5 children – Rose and John Paul (In Heaven), Eden (3), Augustine (2), and Ivory (infant). We strive to be a family on mission, always seeking new ENCOUNTERS with the God who made us, redeemed us, and called us to follow him.

As a Formator for the Bosco Project here in our home Diocese of Joliet, I have the great opportunity to work with young men who have great desires to bring Christ to others.

All for the Heart of Jesus, through the Heart of Mary — Ite ad Ioseph.

Your Impact

Through prayer and financial support you can help us build God’s kingdom in 3 ways:

1)  Stability for our Family – As a single income home, your support allows us to pursue our primary vocation as parents first and foremost!

2) Formation of New Missionaries – Your kindness gives human, intellectual, spiritual, and apostolic formation to young men pursuing a call of mission work with FOCUS.

3) Proclaiming the Gospel – Your generosity offers Catholic Ministry to two new campuses through intentional friendship, socials, retreats, bible studies, and discipleship groups.

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