Delores Dufner, OSB
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Sister Delores Dufner, OSB is a church musician, liturgist and organist known for her hymn texts. In 2000, The Hymn named her as one of three outstanding Roman Catholic hymn text writers since Vatican II. She is a member of St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota. A member of The Hymn Society’s executive committee, she was previously liturgy coordinator for her religious community and director of the Office of Worship for the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota. Sought after to write hymn texts for special occasions and needs, she has also written more extensive works. In 1994, she completed a commission for the libretto, Choose Life (Uvacharta Bachayim), an opera/oratorio in commemoration of the Jewish holocaust, with music by Mona Lyn Reese. Her compositions include “Sing a New Church” and “O Mother of Jesus.”
