Fr. Mike Joncas is an internationally recognized priest, liturgical composer, author, speaker and professor. Ordained in 1980, he entered retirement from active ministry in 2022. He has served as an associate pastor, campus minister and parochial administrator at various parishes and Newman Centers in Minnesota, and taught in the theology and Catholic studies departments at the University of St. Thomas for 35 years. Fr. Joncas has composed more than 20 collections of liturgical music. He currently serves on the Liturgical Commission for the Archdiocesan Synod Implementation.