
Instructor – Theology
2025 – Present
Academic Degrees
- Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology, Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana (2020)
- Licentiate in Dogmatic Theology, Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana (2011)
- Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology, Loyola School of Theology (1996)
- Master of Arts in Theology, Ateneo de Manila University
- Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, Saint Anthony Mary Claret College (1990)
Areas of Specialization & Research Agenda
- Systematic Theology
Affiliations
- The Congregation of Missionaries, Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary
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Research and Publications
- “Stirrings of a Heart in Prayer,” published in Quezon City: Claretian Publications. (2007).
- “Homecoming,” published in Quezon City: Claretian Publications. (2012).
- “Pedro Calungsod: Patron for Filipino Youth,” published in Quezon City: Claretian Publications. (2012).
- “A Critical Reappraisal of Karl Rahner’s Theology of the “Anonymous Christian”: Foundation, Meaning and Critique,” published in Quezon City: Claretian Publications. (2013).
- “Our Longing for Home,” published in Quezon City: Claretian Publications. (2023).
- “A Contribution to an Asian Theology of Religions Based on the Threefold “Nexus” of Nostra Aetate, Karl Rahner, and the FABC,” published in Quezon City: Claretian Publications. (2024).
- “Karl Rahner’s Theology of Grace: The Supernatural Existential,” Landas (2011).
- “Foreword (for Jose M. Ocampo Jr., PhD’s book),” Creating Chances for Change in One’s Life (2012).
- “Foreword (for Fr. Jose Rovira Arumi, CMF’s book),” Evangelical Counsels and Consecrated Life: Three Charismatic Ways to Follow Christ (2015).
- “The Silence of Vatican II Concerning the Question of the Salvific Character of the Other Religions,” Religious Life Asia (2023).
- “Response to the Talk—The Our Father: The Summary of the Gospel,” Religious Life Asia (2024).
- “A Critical Analysis of Ecclesia in Asia and Its Impact on Contemporary Asian Theology of Religions,” Landas (2025).
- “A Critical Re-Examination of Karl Rahner’s Grundaxiom: The Axiomatic Unity of the Economic and Immanent Trinity,” Loyola Papers (2025).
- “John Henry Newman’s Seven Notes and the Witness of the Church Fathers in An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine: Tracing the Patristic Roots of Doctrinal Development in Newman’s Vision,” Landas (2025).
- “A Prayer for Forgiveness,” A prayer-poem (1990).
- “The Shore,” a poem (2003).
- “Fly High, My Dearest Friend,” a poem (2007).
- “Oh, Joseph, My Brother Joseph,” a poem (2007).
- “Did You Really Come, Oh Lord?” a poem (2008).
- “Under the Eucalyptus Tree,” a prayer-poem (2011).
- “Nocturnal Chaos,” a poem (2015).
Lectures Delivered and Seminars Attended
- “San Pedro Calungsod in the Season of Advent of the Year of Faith,” a lecture delivered at Sta. Maria della Strada Parish, Quezon City. December 1, 2012.
- “The Year of Faith and the New Evangelization,” a lecture delivered at Claret School of Quezon City. March 6, 2016.
- “Reading God Between line: Praying with Poetry,” a lecture delivered at Philippine Conference on the New Evangelization, University of Santo Tomas Manila. October 17, 2023.
- “Advent and Christmas in the Time of Pandemic,” a lecture delivered at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Quezon City. December 12, 2020.
- “The Biblical Basis and Theological Character of Marian Piety in the Catholic Church,” a lecture delivered at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Quezon City. May 29, 2021.
- “Eternity in Time: Some Christian Thoughts on the Afterlife,” a lecture delivered at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Quezon City. October 30, 2021.
- “The Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed: A Historical, Doctrinal, and Theological Exposition,”a lecture delivered at Christ the King Parish, Quezon City. August 26, 2022.
- “The Cross of Jesus and the Mystery of Human Suffering,” a lecture delivered at Our Lady of the Annunciation Parish. March 27, 2024.
- “The Perpetual Virginity of Mary,” a lecture delivered at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Quezon City. June 15, 2024.
- “Mary, Mother of God,” a lecture delivered at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Quezon City. September 14, 2014.
- “A Timeless Tale of Advent’s Call and Christmas’ Grace,” a lecture delivered at Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, Quezon City. December 13, 2024.
- “Spirituality of Synodality in Religious Life,” a lecture delivered at Delegation Assembly of Sons of Divine Providence-Don Orione, Montalban, Rizal. April 1, 2025.