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Diann L. Neu
Co-founder and Co-director of WATER

Diann L. Neu, D.Min., MSW, is co-founder and co-director of WATER, the Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics, and Ritual, in Silver Spring, MD.

Afeminist liturgist and psychotherapist licensed in both Washington, DC and Maryland, Diann specializes in liturgical and ritual planning, group work, individual counseling and spiritual direction, as well as conference consultation.

Dr. Neu received her Doctor of Ministry in International Feminist Theology from the San Francisco Theological Seminary in San Anselmo, CA. She earned her Master of Divinity and Master of Sacred Theology degrees from The Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, CA and her Masters in Clinical Social Work from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.

Trained in liturgy and spirituality, she has done extensive work in designing liturgies for national and international conferences as well as for her own women-church base community in the Washington, DC area. In private practice, as well as in her affiliation with WATER, she counsels women and men from widely divergent backgrounds in individual, couple, and group sessions.

In recognition of her professional accomplishments, Diann received the 1998 and 1988 Isaac Hecker Award for Social Justice from the Paulist Center Community in Boston, the 1994 LEAP Award for Outstanding Service with persons with disabilities from the Life Experience Activities Program, the 1993 Mary Rhodes Award from the Sisters of Loretto, and the 1988 and 1986 Awards for Prophetic Figures from the International Women's Ordination Conference.

Diann lectures and conducts workshops throughout the United States, in Latin America and Europe, and has published numerous books of rituals and articles on the subject of feminist approaches to liturgy, spirituality, and therapy.

Among her publications are Return Blessings: Ecofeminist Liturgies Renewing the Earth (Pilgrim Press, 2003) and Women’s Rites: Feminist Liturgies for Life’s Journey (Pilgrim Press, 2002). Her publications from WATERworks Press are Peace Liturgies; Gathered at Sophia’s Table: A Feminist Peace Seder; Women-Church Sourcebook; Women of Fire: A Pentecost Event; Women and the Gospel Traditions; Women-Church Celebrations; A Seder of the Sisters of Sarah; Miriam's Sisters Rejoice; and Together at Freedom's Table.

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