A native of Southern California, James (Jim) has been on staff at St. Francis since 2010. He is the Director of Music and Liturgy and has served as a pastoral musician since high school and professionally since 1997. Before moving to the East Coast, he ministered at parishes in California and Arizona, including the Cathedral of Phoenix. Aside from his role at St. Francis, Jim composes and presents children’s music for World Library Publications, a division of GIA. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Music, a Master’s degree in Liturgical Music Composition from St. John’s University in Minnesota, and is currently working on a PhD in liturgical theology from the Durham University in the UK. He and his wife Tami have four boys, and a new grandson.