Embracing the Icon of Love

Brother Daniel (Dan) Korn, CSsR, was a beloved mentor and spiritual director to generations of Redemptorists and will be remembered for sharing his deep devotion to Our Mother of Perpetual Help worldwide, fulfilling the Redemptorist mandate to "make her known” through presentations, retreats, books and videos based upon the Eastern traditions of Marian iconography and prayer.   

Among the many works authored by Brother Dan are Embracing the Icon of Love, Prayers and Devotions, Under the Gaze of Mary, Saint Joseph Prayers and Devotions, Devocíones y oracíones para la hora santa ante el Santísimo Sacramento, and Praying with the Icons.  

Brother Dan was born in Ft. Wayne, Ind. and professed his perpetual vows in 1970. He served in a variety of roles for the congregation, including several different missionary and editorial roles at Liguori Publications.  

Br. Dan became an internationally celebrated iconologist through his deep devotion to the Mother of God after years of private reading, prayer and contemplation. 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 shared his knowledge on radio and television programs and served as the spiritual director of the Denver Province’s popular website devoted to Our Mother of Perpetual Help, www.maryprayforus.org, and the Facebook page devoted to Our Mother of Perpetual Help. He was so well known for his ministry that complete strangers recognized him as he traveled around the world.    

Br. Dan passed away in February 2026 in St. Louis, Mo.