Ken Griesemer

Liturgical Consultant
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Ken Griesemer is a liturgical design consultant living in Albuquerque, NM.  He has worked in over 45 Catholic dioceses as a liturgical architect and design consultant since 1985.  Ken grew up in Kettering where he attended Alter High School.  From 1972 to 1973, he attended the University of Dayton before entering the School of Architecture at the University of Cincinnati in the summer of 1973.  Ken’s Mother and Father, as well as his sister and brother all earned degrees at U. D., and his Father was a member of the faculty in the Secondary Education Department.  Ken remembers the positive influence of the Marianists in his life of faith as a young college student, and attended Mass on a regular basis at the Immaculate Conception Chapel and in Stuart Hall.   His sister was married in the chapel, and celebrated the baptism of her first child there as well.

Currently, Ken is active as a member of Holy Rosary parish RCIA and Liturgy teams, and the Liturgical Commission and Environment & Art Subcommittee of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.  He is an associate board member of the Southwest Liturgical Conference, and founding member and past president of the Association of Consultants for Liturgical Space.  Ken completed his architectural studies at the University of Cincinnati in 1978.  From 1991 - 1993, he participated in the Institute for Liturgical Consultants at Catholic Theological Union, Chicago, where he has also contributed as guest faculty.  In 2006, Ken completed the two year course of studies at the Liturgical Institute of the Southwest.  He has conducted numerous workshops at national, regional, diocesan and parish events focused on the building process and the environment for liturgy and devotion.  He and his wife are Associate Members of the Norbertine Community at Santa Maria de la Vid Priory in Albuquerque.