Kathleen Deignan, CND Institute for Earth and Spirit

The Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit serves the emergence of an ecological civilization to revive and protect our common home through transformative environmental education, spiritual animation, and creative celebration.

Challenged by our planetary crisis and rooted in our inspiring legacy of St. Columba's monastic university at Iona, The Deignan Institute for Earth and Spirit is committed to fostering an integral and peaceful Earth community in the light of religious faith, evolutionary cosmology, environmental science, and comprehensive justice.

Under the direction of founder, Dr. Kathleen Deignan, CND, and through the generosity of Iona Alumni benefactor Christopher J. O’Connor, The Kathleen Deignan, CND Institute for Earth and Spirit is a collaboration among three current endeavors which she founded at Iona: The Iona Spirituality Center, The Thomas Berry Forum for Ecological Dialogue and The Thomas Merton Contemplative Initiative.

Affiliations to be noted:

• KPD Advisory Board Buddhist Catholic Dialogue on Climate Change
• KPD American Teilhard Association Board
• KPD President Emerita of International Thomas Merton Society
• KPD Iona University Committee on Environmental Sustainability
• KPD GreenFaith Fellow 2008
• KPD Advisory Board for Thomas Berry Foundation