Our Clergy & Staff

The Reverend M. Carl Lunden, Rector

In December 2000, St. James welcomed The Rev. M. Carl Lunden as its twenty-second Rector. Father Lunden was sponsored for ordination to the priesthood by Grace Episcopal Church in Middletown.

He studied at The General Theological Seminary in New York City, from which he graduated cum laude in 1997. He spent three years as Priest-in-Charge of Ascension and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in West Park/Highland, New York before being called to St. James.

Father Lunden has two children, Bethany and John. Before joining the Episcopal Church, Father Lunden was a Roman Catholic seminarian and a member of the Conventual Franciscan Friars.

The Reverend Deacon Thomas Mark Liotta, BSG, Minister of Music

The Rev. Deacon Thomas Mark Liotta, BSG, a member of the Brotherhood of St. Gregory, a religious community in the Episcopal Church, became the Minister of Music at St. James’ Church in 1990 after having served in the same capacity in the Roman Catholic Church for many years.

Deacon Liotta began playing the organ while still in high school as substitute organist in the many churches in Troy, New York. He began his formal studies of the organ at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC with Mr. Robert Twynham, organist and choir director of the Cathedral of Mary the Queen in Baltimore, MD.

When he arrived in New York, he studied organ with Dr. Bronson Reagan, organist at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in New York City. He did his liturgical and choral training at the St. Pius X School of Liturgical Music of Manhattanville College in Purchase, NY where Mr. Walter Ehret, noted arranged and choral clinician, was his instructor in vocal methods and choral conducting.

Prior to being received into the Episcopal Church, Deacon Liotta was a member of the Christian Brothers, a Roman Catholic religious order.

Genie McMonigle, Secretary

Genie McMonigle has been secretary at St. James’ since February 1995.

She has lived in the Mid-Hudson region since 1986 and presently resides in Walden with her husband Bill. They have two children: Willie is in the Marine Corp and Samantha is attending college at Lock Haven.

Genie & Bill were married at St. James’ and are active members of the congregation.

Ron Rudy, Sexton

Ron Rudy, a life-long Goshen resident, has been the sexton at St. James’ for since 2005.

Ron and his wife Christine live in Goshen. They have two children and two grandchildren. Ron is an active member of St. John the Evangelist R.C. Church in Goshen.