James Monti is an author in the fields of Catholic liturgy and hagiography. His books include A Sense of the Sacred: Roman Catholic Worship in the Middle Ages, The King’s Good Servant but God’s First: The Life and Writings of St. Thomas More, The Week of Salvation: History and Traditions of Holy Week, and In The Presence of Our Lord: The History, Theology, and Psychology of Eucharistic Devotion, the latter co-authored with Father Benedict J. Groeschel, CFR. He is a columnist for The Wanderer and Sacred Music. A member of the staff of the Corrigan Memorial Library of Saint Joseph’s Seminary in Yonkers, New York, he is presently working toward the completion of a full-length biography of the Irish maiden Venerable Edel Mary Quinn of the Legion of Mary (1907-1944) and a comprehensive work on the liturgical ceremonies of the Roman Rite as they were celebrated both universally and locally following the Council of Trent, during the Baroque Era (c. 1568-1799).
Recent Posts
- SE03 EP06 – Dominican Chant – with Fr. Innocent Smith, O.P.
- SE03 EP05 – Swimming the Thames and the Tiber – with Dr. Jay Hershberger
- SE03 EP04 – Music of the Ordinariate – with Fr. James Bradley
- SE03 EP03 – Motets – with Dr. Aaron James
- SE03 EP02 – Growing up Catholic in China and Musical Life in the Church in China – with His Eminence Joseph Cardinal Zen
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