I Call You to My Father's House

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Author: Delores Dufner, OSB, b.1939

Delores Dufner is a member of St. Benedict’s Monastery in St. Joseph, Minnesota, with Master's Degrees in Liturgical Music and Liturgical Studies. She is currently a member and a Fellow of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada, the National Pastoral Musicians (NPM), the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), and the Monastic Worship Forum. Delores is a writer of liturgical, scripturally based hymn and song texts which have a broad ecumenical appeal and are contracted or licensed by 34 publishers in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and China. She has received more than 50 commissions to write texts for special occasions or needs and has published over 200 hymns, many of which h… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: I call you to my Father's house
Title: I Call You to My Father's House
Author: Delores Dufner, OSB, b.1939
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Publication Date: 2012
Copyright: © 1983, 2003, GIA Publications, Inc.

Tune

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