Delores Dufner

DUFNER, Delores (OSB). b. near Buxton, North Dakota, 20 February 1939. Born in the family farmhouse during a winter blizzard, Dufner’s elementary education was in a one-room country school; she was later educated by the Benedictine Sisters in Crookston, Minnesota. She entered St Joseph’s Benedictine Monastery in St Joseph, Minnesota, and was awarded graduate degrees in Liturgical Music (1973) and Liturgical Studies (1990) from St Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Indiana, and the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. From 1979 to 1989 she was Director of the Office of Worship for the Diocese of St Cloud, Minnesota, and from 1990-1991 served as Liturgical Music Consultant for the...