Bill Monaghan has been involved in music ministry as a singer and piano/guitar player since his high school days at Archbishop Wood, in his home parish of St. Vincent DePaul, and at the University of Scranton. Upon graduating Scranton in 1992, Ann Menna offered Bill the opportunity to develop music ministry for the Teen Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Southampton, PA. Bill asked, “Can we have piano and guitar, and drums, and singers, and trumpets and flutes?” Ann said yes, and Bill was hooked.

From that first position, Bill has helped numerous parishes develop music ministry for teens, children, families, and young adults, in the form of worship music for Mass, praise and worship, sacramental and class retreats, and more. Bill has been an invited presenter on many music ministry education topics at convocations, workshops, and missions. Many of Bill’s music lesson students furthered their musical experiences by participating in music ministry events.

From this ministry, Bill has composed original settings for more than 115 Psalms & Sacred Songs found in his Let Us Go Rejoicing series, as well as a musical play in two acts called The Word: A Gospel Opera, and the Mass of St. Vincent DePaul. All music is fully notated, scored, and recorded.