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Rev. Robert Dufford, S.J., was born in Chicago, grew up
in Omaha, entered the Society of Jesus is 1961, was ordained in 1973,
and received two Masters degrees from St. Louis University, one in
philosophy, and one in theology (spirituality).
He taught mathematics and computer programming at Creighton
Prep in Omaha. He is probably best known for his work in composing liturgical
music (Sing to the Mountains, All the Ends of the Earth, Like a
Shepherd, Love One Another, Be Not Afraid, etc.)
which has been published (along with the other so-called St.
Louis Jesuits) in collections such as Glory and Praise
and various hymnals and missalettes around the world.
His most recent collections are published by Oregon Cathoic
Press: From East and West (9/95)
and The Reign of God (12/97).
He has given over 350 workshops in liturgy and liturgical music
around the U.S., Canada, and Australia.
For 11 years he worked in with liturgies at St. John’s parish
at Creighton University in Omaha. In
the late 90’s, one of his songs, Be Not Afraid, was sung by Susan
Sarandon near the climax of the film Dead Man Walking. At the retreat
house, he provides music for the liturgies, directs people in the
Spiritual Exercises in both private retreats, and preached retreats.
In his spare time he has created a computer system to handle most of
the data processing for retreat reservations and retreat record
keeping, and also cooks the occasional Chinese meal for the community.
You can e-mail Fr. Dufford here.
Enjoy listening to and singing along with Fr. Dufford's music? You
can download his songs from
http://www.itunes.com
or http://www.ocp.org/artists/703.
You need itunes installed on your computer to access the music from the
itunes site, or can download directly if you use the ocp site. These pages
will open in a new window so that you can continue to navigate the Jesuit
Retreat House website.
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