Kathleen P. Deignan, CND, (born 17 December 1947), is an Irish-American theologian, author and songwriter of contemporary liturgical music.
She is Emerita President of the International Thomas Merton Society and a Board Member of the American Teilhard Association.
[2] She is the author of Christ Spirit: The Eschatology of Shaker Christianity and writes and lectures widely on classical and contemporary spirituality, particularly the legacy of Thomas Merton.
Another emigration brought the Deignans to New York City where Kathleen was raised on Manhattan's Upper West Side.
One of Sr. Deignan's edited volumes of Thomas Merton's work was praised by the National Catholic Reporter.