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Sister Margaret Diener, O.P.
Known For: Dominican sister involved with interfaith movement and non-profit organization
Faith: Christianity
Country: United States
About
A sister of the Dominican Order, Sister Margaret Diener contributes her time to issues of social and economic justice and is particularly involved with the Council for a Parliament of the World Religions.
Born into an agricultural family, in 1970, Margaret received her BA in English from Dominican, followed in 1972 by an MA in English literature from UCLA.
After years of working in educational administration, Sister Margaret received the opportunity to serve as the director of administration at Katalysis, a Stockton, California based non-profit organization that assists low-income communities in developing countries. While working with Katalysis, she made several trips to Central America, working with local development agencies in El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala.
Engaged in interreligious collaboration to promote peace and understanding among the adherents of other faiths through the Council for the Parliament of the World’s Religions, Sister Diener has participated in the organization’s conferences in Cape Town, South Africa in 1999 and Barcelona, Spain in 2004.
