Dan Torpey
Episode 258
8 JAN 2024
He is a competitive Masters Athlete for Olympic weightlifting and strongman competitions, AND he works as a referee, plus he is on the Board for USA Olympic Weightlifting. He has won bronze and gold medals at local and Texas state meets and even did a strongman competition in late 2019 and finished in third place for the master’s group and qualified for Nationals. He also dabbled in “Vintage Baseball” – baseball played by the original 1860’s baseball rules – and he played on such a team for about three years. On the faith side, he is managing partner of Virtuous Leadership LLC, working with bestselling author Alexandre Havard. He is also a Legatus member, serves as a national board member for Young Catholic Professionals, served on the Board of Catholic Charities Dallas, and was a member of Regnum Christi for eight years.
Notable guest quotes:
“We all went to Catholic school… we all had jobs… we helped… pay for our Catholic school education… I went to Catholic grade school, high school, and then ultimately to St. John’s University.”
(was an altar boy at) “Our Lady of the Snows parish in Floral Park (New York).”
“I went to Archbishop Molloy High School, which was about an hour and 25-minute bus ride… from my house.”
“I believe I’ve been a very faithful, devout Catholic, going to Mass and things to that nature, and would volunteer on retreats in high school and college, and help out and go on retreats and different programs like that.”
(when) “My kids went to the school here… my wife and I did participate more with Regnum Christi… I just really rediscovered my faith… I never really moved away from it… It was kind of a reawakening… for me.”
“When you get close with God, when you practice your faith, when you’re trying to be a better person, often times there’s obstacles too that are pushed in your way – more temptation, more distractions.”
“My wife and I… we’re really working on virtue, growing in virtue.”
“I realized where God was working in my life, He’s moving me and introducing me to these people – I just felt more alive, more empowered, more responsibility to be the best person I could be.”
“I ended up volunteering for the 5am Saturday time slot and I did that for almost a year – I did Eucharistic Adoration – and it changed my life.”
Related links:
Dan Torpey on LinkedIn
Alex Havard website
