Fr. Rex Fortes, CM

Research and Publications

• Authored with Fr. Adonis Narcelles, “Ok Ka Lang Dyan?: Mga Kuwento, Tula at Pagninilay Para sa Mga Migranteng Pinoy,” published in Manila: Logos Publications, (2011)
• “”Formation for the Mission from the Perspective of Our Vincentian Charism,” The Vincentian CCC, (2005).”en 4:10b ‘Listen! Your Brother’s Blood Cries Out to Me from the Ground,” HAPAG: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research 10, no. 2, (2019).
• “The Greek Other: An Investigation of the Social and Ethnic Identity of the Hellēnes in the Fourth Gospel and Its Implications to the Present Migration Crisis,” HAPAG: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research 15, nos. 1-2, (2019).
• “A Samaritan Jew? Hybridization in the Jewish and Samaritan Identification of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel,” HAPAG: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research 17, nos. 1-2, (2020).
• “”The Judeans” for οἰ Ἰουδαῖοι? Contested Ethnicity in the Fourth Gospel,” Neotestamentica 55, no. 2, (2021)
• “Did 1 Maccabees Turn Galilee into a Gentile Habitation? A Semantic and Literary Rereading of Γαλιλαία ἀλλοφύλων in 1 Maccabees 5,15,” BETL 328: In The Books of the Maccabees: Literary, Historical, and Religious Perspectives, (2022).
• “The Unsettled Ethnic Conflict between the Ἰουδαῖοι and the Σαμαρῖται in John 4:4-42,” The Living Word 129, nos. 1-2, (2023).
• “The Indiscriminate Use of Ethno-Cognates in Biblical Studies and Its Repercussions to the Filipino Migrants Abroad,” MST Review 25, no. 1, (2023).
• “Is Caiaphas Off the Hook?: A Historical Critical and Post-Colonial Analysis of John 11:50 and Its Appropriation to the Duterte Administration’s Culpability in the Drug War,” HAPAG: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research 22, no. 1, (2025).
• “Jesus’ Action in the Temple vis-à-vis the Church’s Involvement in Social Transformation,” Philippiniana Sacra 60, no. 183, (2025).
• “Almsgiving and Charity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Biblical Exploration of Their Viability Today,” Margins 1, no. 1, (2026)
• “MISMO!: Mission Modules of the Vincentian Popular Mission,” a collection of modules that aims to engage participants (such as students) in the principles and practices of the Vincentian Popular Mission, which focuses on evangelizing and serving the poor, (2008).

Lectures Delivered and Seminars Attended

• “Understanding 2 Kgs 18:26b-27a in the Light of Extramural Dwellers,” a lecture delivered at the Society of New Testament Studies (SNTS) and Catholic Biblical Association of the Philippines (CBAP) Joint Conference/CBAP 16th Convention, Quezon City, Philippines. February 28, 2015.
• “A Samaritan Jew? Hybridization in the Jewish and Samaritan Identification of Jesus in the Fourth Gospel,” a lecture delivered at the European Association of Biblical Studies (EABS) and Society of Biblical Literature (SBL) Joint Conference, Berlin, Germany. August 8, 2017
• “The Unsettled Ethnic Dispute and Social Divide between the Jews and the Samaritans in Jn 4:4-42,” a lecture delivered at the Doctoral Colloquium, Universities of Leuven, Regensburg, and Berlin. October 12, 2018.
• “”Renewing Our Lives through Scripture and Practical Insights into Living Out the Word of God,” a lecture delivered at the Annual Conference of the Commission on Biblical Apostolate of Diocese of Antipolo, Cainta Elementary School Auditorium. January 26, 2015.”
• “Respecting People’s Borders: A Theological Reflection on Jesus’ Encounter with the Samaritan Woman in John 4:6-42 vis-à-vis the Global Crisis of Exclusion,” a lecture delivered at the Annual Theological Conference, Immaculate Conception School of Theology, Vigan. April 11, 2025.
• “Putting Hope in Our Own Hands?: A Narrative Critical Exploration of Jesus’ Action in the Temple vis-à-vis the Question of the Church’s Radical Involvement in Social Transformation,” a lectured delivered at the 16th CBAP Annual Convention, Mirador Retreat House, Baguio City. July 19, 2025.
• “Almsgiving and Charity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Biblical Exploration of Their Viability Today,” a lecture delivered at the SVST Theological Conference, Quezon City. Feb 3 2026.