Here are brief profiles of some members of the Saint Meinrad
monastic community.
Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB
Monk-Senior
Title: Director and Composer, Gregorian Schola
Professed Date: July 31, 1953
Current Assignment: Commuting chaplain for the
Sisters of St. Benedict at Ferdinand and the monastic infirmary;
composer for new Roman Missal texts
Education History: STL from Pontifical
Athenaeum Sant' Anselmo, Rome, 1959; Doctorate in Sacred Music from
the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Rome, 1963
Prior Work/Life Experience: Farming on family
farm; student at St. Ambrose College, Davenport, Iowa
Other Interests: Spirituality; current
discoveries about the universe
What Attracted Me to Monastic Life: The Rule of
St. Benedict and its way of seeking God in community
