…I personally invite you, Ann, to accept a position on our American Board of Directors. Your acceptance of my invitation will be an affirmation of the outstanding work entrusted to you, Ann, and will provide great help for me to memorialize Pope John Paul II.…

His Emminence, Stanislaw Cardinal Dziwisz      Archbishop of Krakow, Poland      Personal Secretary to His Holiness,      Pope John Paul II - 2009

…Ann and Joe, I thank you for the wonderful gift of the zuccchetto of Pope John Paul II which you presented to me. The zucchetto, a relic of John Paul II, has a special place of honor here in our museum in Baltimore at the Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the oldest Cathedral of Roman Catholicism in the United States of America.…

His Eminence, William H. Cardinal Keeler      Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore – 2008

…This Pontifical Council is pleased to acknowledge your efforts in arranging the working agreement for providing assistance to Cor Unum… Please know of this Pontifical Council's deep gratitude for your help from the very beginnning… We wish you well in your work on behalf of the poor and your other commitments…

His Eminence, Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes      President      The Pontifical Council – “Cor Unum” – 2010

…His Holiness is grateful for your generous activities on behalf of the needy. Assuring you of a remembrance in his prayers, he once more imparts his Apostolic Blessing…

…Joseph’s professional life, always shared by his good wife, Ann, has extended itself to serve the poor and needy throughout the world. They live the Gospel of Jesus, and I feel honored to have them in our Diocese of Orlando…

…I feel greatly honored to have friends like you, Ann and Joe, dedicated servants of God and true friends of the poor and needy.…

…Ann and Joe, I encourage you in your new role. It is a special form of evangelization promoted by our late and beloved Holy Father. God bless you in your efforts.…

…I deeply appreciated and enjoyed the opportunity to visit with both of you and convey our gratitude for your loyalty and support of God's suffering poor…

…Thanks. I am pleased to see you are called upon when knowledge counts…

…May God continue to bless you abundantly in your long and spiritual work for the poor…

…It was really good to see you and Ann and I again commit my prayers for your good works during these many years. We give thanks to God for your lives…

…We are deeply grateful for your friendship, what you have done for Renewal Ministries, and most of all your witness and inspiration as a couple so dedicated to serving the Lord…

…He is particularly gifted in originating innovative financial concepts. Joe Brennan truly is an Israelite in whom there is no guile…

…With gratitude for all you do for the poorest of the poor and with my every prayerful wish…

…Your ideas will be most helpful as this office begins to implement our planned giving program. I am pleased to hear that you found your experience of the Pope’s historic visit to Columbia, South Carolina, so memorable…

…Joseph and Ann Brennan are fervent and apostolically-minded Catholics with a great love and devotion to the Holy Father and to the Holy See…

Most Reverend James Flynn, I.C.      Superior General, Institute of Charity – 2003

…It was really a great honor and joy to meet you and I thank you for your generious service to the Holy Father and to his dearest poor people…

…I look forward to working with you to provide for these hungry children in Keren, Eritrea. Your dear wife, Ann, is truly amazing and Our Lord has a special place for her in Heaven. We were so privileged to share at Mass with the Holy Father in the Papal Chapel…

Most Reverend Sister Mary de Baco, M.P.F.      Superior General, Filippinin Congregation – 2000

…It has been my privilege to be associated with Mr. Joseph Brennan for many years. He is a person of the highest integrity…

…As always, you have my thanks and my gratitude for all of your good work…

…Thank you for sharing the video of your special moment with the Holy Father. You now have a relic of a future canonized Saint, John Paul the Great…

…What you told me about the new annuity/insurance concept… to promote gift endowment struck me as both new and unique…

…I am aware that you have dedicated body and soul to the needs of the poorest around the world and have been able to work small miracles. I am fully convinced that the finest thing you offer to those deprived brothers and sisters of us all is your love and spiritual concern…

Most Reverend Jose Agustin Orbegozo, C.P.      Superior General, Passionist Congregation – 1998

…Your deep faith and commitment for the poor is using the gifts God has given you for His people…

…Let us bless and thank the Lord for the rare grace given to you by meeting the Holy Father personally…