The Saint Cecilia Rainbow Ministry is pleased to host an evening with Paulist Fr. Mark-David Janus, C.S.P in the parish hall on Thursday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. His talk is entitled, "Every Life Is a Gospel: Finding Your Voice in a Synodal Church."

Father Mark-David has served as president and publisher of Paulist Press since 2010. In 2015, he edited the Paulist Press book Crossing the Threshold of Mercy: A Spiritual Guide for the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. In 2018 he authored Your One Wild and Precious Life: Thoughts on Vocation.

A native of Rochester, New York, Fr. Mark-David earned an undergraduate degree at St. John Fisher College, a master's degree at The Catholic University of America, and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Connecticut. He made his first promises to the Paulist community on August 16, 1975, and was ordained a priest on May 19, 1979.