Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
McDonnell, Kilian, Fr., O.S.B.
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- McDonnell, Kilian, Fr., O.S.B., 1921-
Other form(s) of name
- Fr. Kilian McDonnell
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1921-
History
Fr. Kilian McDonnell is a Benedictine monk of St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota. He is founder and president of the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research. He had the rare distinction for a Catholic monk in the early 1960's to do advanced studies in a Protestant faculty in Germany. He also studied under Catholic theologian Hans Küng. He was editor of «Sponsa Regis», (later known as «Sisters Today») to which Merton contributed. (Source: "Father Kilian McDonnell, OSB". Website of the Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research. Accessed 9 November 2005. ‹http://www.iecr.org/kilianosb.htm›.)