His publications include Guide for Celebrating Confirmation (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2016), Whose Mass Is It? (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2016), and Pastoral Companion to the Roman Missal (Franklin Park: World Library Publications, 2010).  He is a regular contributor to Worship magazine’s “The Amen Corner”.  He is a former President of the North American Academy of Liturgy,  a member of Societas Liturgica and the Catholic Academy of Liturgy.  He is a recipient of the Jubilate Deo Award (National Association of Pastoral Musicians) and the Frederick McManus Award (Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissions). He serves as a facilitator for the International Commission on English in the Liturgy and as the Ecumenical Officer for the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.