About Fr. Matthew Monnig

Fr. Matthew Monnig, SJ, is a Jesuit of the East Province and was ordained in 2007. He is now an assistant professor of New Testament at the Boston College School of Theology and Ministry and lives in the attached formation community. He did his PhD at Duke University and also has an SSL from the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He has directed the Spiritual Exercises in many forms and places, and has worked in San Quentin State Prison, taught math and religion at Boston College High while coaching basketball and track, and served the poor with the Missionaries of Charity in Jamaica, Russia, Rome, San Francisco, and the Bronx. For many years, he has helped the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) with the spiritual formation of their missionaries and staff.