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After
ordination Fr. Knight served as a missionary to the Ngama
people in Danamaji, Chad for three years. His work included
providing pastoral care, teaching, helping with agricultural
and construction projects and basic first aid.
Upon
Fr. Knight’s return to the United States he earned
a Doctorate in Sacred Theology (STD) at Catholic University
in Washington, D.C. His doctoral dissertation "The
Implictions for Spiritual Theology of Karl Rahner's Theology
of Renunciation Studied in the Light of His Concept of Man"
was the foundation for his book series Cloud
by Day, Fire by Night vols. 1, 2 & 3. In the
years after Vatican II he led many workshops and retreats
on the vows for religious communities.
In 1977, St. Anthony Messenger Press published Fr. David
Knight’s first book addressed to the laity. His
Way: An Everyday Plan for Following Jesus was one
of the first books to answer Vatican II’s call to the
laity to strive for perfection and renew society. The laity’s
response to this book spawned discussion groups, parish
missions, retreats and more books including To
Follow His Way : A Renewal Program For Parishes, Small
Groups, Individuals (St. Anthony Messenger Press 1980).
Dimension Books and Our Sunday Visitor Press Have also published
his books. Fr. Knight has written articles for U.S. Catholic,
Marian Helper, The Sign, America, and Common Sense.
Fr.
Knight has given talks, missions, retreats and workshops
in Australia, Canada, England, Ecuador, Germany, Guam, Guatemala,
Haiti, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Spain and throughout the United
States. His book, Reaching
Jesus: 5 Steps to a Fuller Life (1998) was written
in response to requests to update His Way based on
20 years of teaching it and talking to people. This has
now become Immersed in Christ:
A Journey in Five Steps; a course in spiritual formation
for the laity. Also see our website www.immersedinchrist.org.
Fr.
Knight taught in High Schools in Florida and Louisiana and
at Catholic University, Loyola University, Christian Brothers
College (University), and Memphis Theological Seminary (Cumberland
Presbyterian).
When
Fr. Knight is not presiding at Mass, anointing the sick,
visiting the imprisoned, burying the dead, writing, praying
or teaching he enjoys reading, sleeping, eating and driving
his tractor.
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