Deacon Denny Burkett was born in Shelby, Ohio, where he met and married his High School sweetheart~ Linda. They have been friends for over 60 years and married for almost 57 years.

Together, they have three children, eight grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two dogs named Mickey and Brodie.

A convert to the Roman Catholic Church in 1968, he was ordained on May 13th, 1989, as a Permanent Deacon at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Toledo, Ohio.

Now living in Bluffton, South Carolina, he serves in the Diocese of Charleston at Saint Gregory the Great Catholic Church, where he continues teaching Bible Study Programs, presenting Adult Education Classes, and leading parishioners on pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Assisi and Rome in Italy, and to various holy sites such as Lourdes and Fatima, and visiting historic churches while in Portugal, Spain, France and Ireland.