Catholics United's executive director on Obama's new chief of staff

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I met Denis McDonough in 2005 when I was working at Catholics In Alliance for the Common Good. John Kerry had just lost the presidential election and Catholic Democrats in the Senate were conducting the post mortem on what happened.

Denis helped set up a meeting between our team and key chiefs of staff and legislative directors on the Hill. I remember walking to the metro after the meeting with him and I was surprised that he knew the names of the homeless individuals living in the area. Not only did he give them the change in his pocket, but he connected with them on a very personal level. He recognized their dignity.

At that moment, I knew Denis was my kind of Catholic.

And as a testament to Denis' Catholic bona fides, he's one of 11 children, his sister is or was a Catholic Worker in Minnesota and his brother was once the Vicar of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.

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