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Kathleen P. Deignan

Kathleen P. Deignan, C.N.D.
Born (1947-12-17) December 17, 1947 (age 70)
London, United Kingdom
Genres Celtic
Christian
Occupation(s) Singer
Songwriter
Religious Sister
Teaching theologian
Liturgical musician
Psalmist
Religious environmental leader
Website Official website

Kathleen P. Deignan, C.N.D., (born December 17, 1947), is an Irish-American theologian, author and sacred song writer who has been engaged in the ministry of liturgical musicianship for over forty years. She is currently composer-in-residence of Schola Ministries and is the founder and director of Iona Spirituality Institute at Iona College, New York, and previously directed the Iona Institute for Peace and Justice Studies in Ireland. Sister Kathleen is a GreenFaith Fellow who recently completed an intensive training in religious environmental leadership. Her work in this area focuses on the prophet legacy of Father Thomas Berry and The Great Work of our time. She is President of the International Thomas Merton Society.

Professor of Religious Studies at Iona College, Deignan is the founder and director of the Iona Spirituality Institute, a project for the "celebration and study of the spiritual life". She received her master's degree in Spirituality Studies and her doctorate in Historical Theology from Fordham University in New York, where she was to later be awarded the university's Sapientia et Doctrina Award for her service to renewal of the church in 2009. She is the author of Christ Spirit: The Eschatology of Shaker Christianity and writes and lectures widely on classical and contemporary spirituality, particularly the legacy of spiritual master Thomas Merton. Her 2003 book, When the Trees Say Nothing: Writings on Nature, is the first collection of Merton’s writings on nature and her latest work, Thomas Merton: A Book of Hours, is a daily breviary for engaged contemplatives drawn from his poetry and psalms; she also released a two-disc CD of selected readings interwoven with her music to complement the book.

She has written over two hundred songs for worship and prayer, many of which have been recorded and has been part of two liturgical ensembles. With friend and fellow artist, Evelyn Avoglia, she founded Schola Ministries [1], a project in service to the liturgical and contemplative arts, where she is composer-in-residence. This ministry which began with the worship community at Sacred Heart University, is now located at the Benedictine Grange, [2] where she is composer in residence and leader of song with the sacred song ensemble Anima Schola;. Her music is produced by producer, composer and performer Paul Avgerinos.


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