Eucharistic Spirituality: Celebration, Contemplation, Mission, will invite deeper participation in what we celebrate and deeper awareness of our transformation for mission in the world. Our Discipleship in the world today is sustained through our encounter with Christ in his word and sacrificial meal.

Ordained in 1980 as a priest of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis, MN, Fr. (Jan) Michael Joncas holds degrees in English from the (then) College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, and in liturgical studies from the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN and the Pontificio Istituto Liturgico of the Ateneo S. Anselmo in Rome.  He has served as a parochial vicar, a campus minister, and a parochial administrator (pastor).  He is the author of six books and more than two hundred fifty articles and reviews in journals such as Worship, Ecclesia Orans, and Questions Liturgiques.  He has composed and arranged more than 300 pieces of liturgical music. He has recently retired as a faculty member in the Theology and Catholic Studies departments and as Artist in Residence and Research Fellow in Catholic Studies at the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Fr. Joncas is known for hymns like On Eagle’s Wings, Our Blessing Cup, and I Have Loved You.