Daniel L. Schutte (b. 1947) grew up during the time the Roman Catholic Church was going through great changes in worship and music following the Second Vatican Council. He attended St. Louis University (BS, 1973), and along with John Foley, Bub Dufford, Roc O’Conner and Tim Manion, began to write songs, often based on Scripture, in a desire to provide more contemporary expressions of faith for their Jesuit community. Their work spread; their early songs were published; and eventually the group became known as the St. Louis Jesuits. After completing studies at the Jesuit School of Theology (MDiv 1979) and the Graduate Theological Union (MLT, 1980), both in Berkeley, California, Dan Schutte taught high school theology and music on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. He then became director of liturgy at Marquette University as well as director of music in different parishes in Milwaukee. Since 1999 he has lived in San Francisco, where he is composer in residence at the University of San Francisco. Dan Schutte has more than a dozen recordings and well over 100 songs in print; his best known song is “Here I Am, Lord,” composed in 1979.