Delores Dufner, OSB

Delores Dufner, OSB, is a writer of liturgical hymn and song texts which are contracted or licensed by publishers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and China. Her scripturally based hymns are widely used in Protestant churches as well as in her own Roman Catholic Church. Delores has received 45 commissions to write texts for special occasions or needs and has published over 155 hymns, many of which have several different musical settings and appear in several publications. Some of her best-known hymns are “Come to Me, All Pilgrims Thirsty,” “God, You Call Us to This Place,” “Sing a New Church,” “The Spirit Sends Us Forth to Serve,” “The Word of God Is Source and Seed,” “When from Bondage We Are Summoned,” “Let the Hungry Come to Me,” “What Feast of Love,” and “To Be Your Presence.” Delores is a member of and occasional presenter at the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM) and The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada. She is the author of two hymn collections: Sing a New Church (1994, Oregon Catholic Press) and The Glimmer of Glory in Song (2004, GIA Publications). She is currently preparing a third collection of hymn texts to be published by GIA. Delores is a member of St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, where she participates several times daily in the Liturgy of the Hours, a communal prayer composed chiefly of psalms. She holds Master's Degrees in Liturgical Music and Liturgical Studies.

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SINGING OUR FAITH, SINGING OUR THEOLOGY - Sacred Music

The music sung by a worshiping community both expresses and shapes its theology—what its members believe about God. A community’s songs also express and shape its beliefs about the Church, the human race, and the created universe. A congregation’s songs and hymns serve as its theology textbook, and for that reason they should be chosen with great care. This presentation will include the examination of texts and the singing of music for the liturgy.

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