Dan Corcoran lives in Thomaston, Maine, and although his devout interest in Catholicism led him to seminary, an illness landed him in the hospital, where his interest in a certain ...view moreDan Corcoran lives in Thomaston, Maine, and although his devout interest in Catholicism led him to seminary, an illness landed him in the hospital, where his interest in a certain nurse steered him away from that career. Now married to that nurse and with five children, he would receive his masters degree at Loyola College in Baltimore and become an elementary school principal with the Maryland school system. Today Dan is retired and works with the Catholic diocese in the parish outreach program, coordinating activities for Catholic charities in local churches. He is active in his local church, writing regularly in the parish bulletin, and The Potter and His Earthen Vessels is the culmination of twenty-five years of his research on the history of the Catholic priesthood.view less