Brother Daniel ‘Dan’ Korn, C.Ss.R., 79, of Liguori died Feb. 28, 2026, while recovering from a surgical procedure in St. Louis. Brother Dan was born into a Lutheran family. He accompanied his mother to the weekly Sorrowful Mother Novena at St. Hyacinth Church. His mother became friendly with the School Sisters of Notre Dame and enrolled him at the parish school. Later, the family converted to the Catholic faith, and he was baptized at the age of 10.
He enrolled at Villa Majella, the Religious Brothers School in Pine City, Minn, and made his first profession of vows on Aug. 2, 1966. He served at various Redemptorist houses before professing perpetual vows on Aug. 2, 1970. He went on to join the staff of St. Joseph’s Preparatory College for a year and was appointed head infirmarian, responsible for the care of sick and injured students. A year later, he was appointed to the retreat ministry at Villa Redeemer in Glenview, Ill. He was selected to serve on the Province Secretariat for Brothers and participate in the worldwide General Chapter in Rome.
He joined the staff at Mary, Mother of the Church in Mattese in 1973. He was assigned to St. Alphonsus “Rock” Church in St. Louis in 1980, where he was appointed liturgist and director of the music ministry. He joined the formation staff full-time in 1985 and served for seven years. He also served on the Extraordinary Provincial Council of the Province. He was appointed to the Redemptorist Novitiate in Ferguson in 1992. He and a confrere opened Domus Dei – a house of prayer available to anyone who needed a place for prayer and contemplation. The confreres worked at Liguori Publications to fund the house of prayer. Five years later, he was appointed director of mission effectiveness at Liguori Publications and was named director of the Redemptorist Lay Missionary program. He was appointed to the Congregation’s Secretariat on Collaboration with the Laity in 1998.
He served in retreat ministry at Perpetual Help Retreat Center in Oconomowoc from 2001 until 2007, when he returned to formation as administrator of the Villa Redeemer North American Novitiate in Glenview, Ill. Four years later, he returned to Liguori Publications as coordinator of word and mission and contributing editor. He authored many articles and pamphlets on Redemptorist spirituality and the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help, notably Embracing the Icon of Love, which was published in 2015. He led spiritual novenas and presented seminars, missions and retreats focused on the iconography contained in the image of Our Mother of Perpetual Help throughout the world. He provided commentary for the EWTN broadcast of the Mass celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Redemptorists receiving the Icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help and the mandate to “make her known” in 2016 at St. Alphonsus “Rock” Church. He began to write icons and continued to spread devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help for the remainder of his life.
Born Jan. 11, 1947, in Fort Wayne, Ind., he was the son of Glen and Alyce (Thieme) Korn.
A rosary service is scheduled for 3 p.m. until a prayer vigil at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 10, at St. Clement Redemptorist Mission Community Chapel, 300 Liguori Drive, in Barnhart. A Mass of Resurrection is scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 11, at the chapel. Burial will follow in the Liguori Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Vinyard Funeral Home in Festus.