Deacon Dana Nearmyer Permanent Deacon in Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

• Serves as the Director of Evangelization for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.
• He has a passion for equipping parishes and individuals in spreading the gospel.
• Deacon Dana is an adjunct instructor at Benedictine College in New Evangelization and Catechesis.
• Dana was ordained a permanent deacon in 2011.
• Deacon Dana is married to Deborah Nearmyer; she is the Vice President at St. James Academy.
• Debbie and Dana Nearmyer are the co-directors and co-founders of Camp Tekakwitha.
  • They love kids, young adults and the outdoors. They with their 5 children have spent the each summer since 1998, as on-site directors of Camp Tekakwitha.
  • They delight in assembling educators, youth ministers and deeply faithful college age staff into a team that serves around 1800 campers each summer.
  • Our staff creates an environment where more than 40,000 campers have grown in knowledge of and belief that Jesus personally seeks a deep, lifelong friendship with them, and his love for his bride, the church.