School Overview Priesthood Program Permanent Deacon Program Lay Degree Program Youth and Young Adult Formation Institute for Priests and Presbyterates Other Programs Administration Faculty Accreditation Programs Registrar & Transcripts Contact Us Faculty Select Faculty View:   Select Faculty Member to View Bio View All Faculty Dr. Robert Alvis Fr. Bede Cisco, OSB Dr. Richard Collins Rev. Patrick Cooney, OSB Rev. Cyprian Davis, OSB Ms. Joan Dean Rev. Guerric DeBona, OSB Rev. Damian Dietlein Dr. Kevin Dugan Br. John Mark Falkenhain, OSB Fr. Jonathan Fassero, OSB Rabbi Barry Friedman Rev. Harry Hagan, OSB Dr. James Helmer Rev. Eugene Hensell, OSB Dr. Clayton Jefford Mr. Jeff Jenkins Rev. Columba Kelly, OSB Rev. Ron Knott Dr. Dan Kolb Mr. Kyle Kramer Dr. Ryan LaMothe Dr. Keith Lemna Dr. Christopher Lutz Rev. Guy Mansini, OSB Rev. Joseph Moriarty Rev. Brendan Moss, OSB Rev. Godfrey Mullen, OSB Rev. Paul Nord, OSB Mrs. Nury Nuila-Stevens Rev. Mark O'Keefe, OSB Rev. Julian Peters, OSB Rev. Thomas Richstatter, OFM Mr. Gill Ring Very Rev. Denis Robinson, OSB Sr. Bernardone Rock, FSE Sr. Clare Smith, RSM Rev. Kurt Stasiak, OSB Dr. Stephen Stein Fr. Wil Steinbach Dr. Richard Stern Rev. Timothy Sweeney, OSB Very Rev. Charles Thompson Dr. Thomas Walters Br. Zachary Wilberding, OSB   Rev. Columba Kelly, OSB Title:   Adjunct Professor of Church Music Department:   Retreat Director Degrees:   AB(Saint Meinrad College, 1956) STL(Pontifical Athenaeum of Sant' Anselmo, Rome, 1959) MusSacD(Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music, Rome, 1963) Bio:   Fr. Columba Kelly, OSB, is a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey. He is a native of Williamsburg, IA. In 1964, Fr. Columba was appointed choirmaster for Saint Meinrad Archabbey, where he began his work of composing English-language chants based on the principles used to create the original Gregorian Chant repertory. That same year, he also began teaching at Saint Meinrad College and Saint Meinrad School of Theology. For 12 years, he taught summer session courses at St. Joseph College’s (Rensselear, IN) Liturgical Musical Program. He has led numerous workshops on chant, throughout the United States, at the Abbey of Solesmes in France and for Benedictine communities in Australia. During the summer of 2003 he gave three presentations on chant at the National Pastoral Musicians’ National Convention in Cincinnati , OH. In recent years, he has directed Saint Meinrad’s Chant Schola in a program of Latin and English chants produced for CDs—an Advent/Christmas CD and a Lent/Easter CD. In 1999, he directed the Schola in a performance at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago. He has also assisted in a number of special projects and compositions regarding Gregorian Chant.