J. Michael McMahon

McMAHON, J. Michael. b. Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania; 6 April 1951. An ordained minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), Mike McMahon began his tenure as Executive Director of The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada* on 1 September 2018. He grew up in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he attended a Catholic elementary school, sang in the parish boys’ choir, and began studies in piano and organ. He entered formation for ministry as a high school student with the Josephites, a community of priests and brothers serving African American Catholics in the U.S. Beginning in 1965, he attended schools in Newburgh, New York; New Orleans, Louisiana; Pittsburgh,...