Rev. Ricky Manalo, CSP, Ph.D., Paulist missionary priest, composer (OCP), theologian, and author; 2020 Distinguished Catholic Music Composer of the Year Award by the Association of Catholic Publishers; 2018 Pastoral Musician of the Year Award by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Composition and piano at the Manhattan School of Music, theology at the Washington Theological Union, and liturgy, culture, and sociology at the Graduate Theological Union (GTU), Berkeley, CA. Resides at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New York City.