Fr. Ricky Manalo, CSP, PhD

Fr. Ricky Manalo, CSP, Ph.D.,  is a Paulist Mssionary Priest, composer for Oregon Catholic Press, theologian and author.  His most recent awards include the 2020 Distinguished Catholic Music Composer of the Year Award by the Association of Catholic Publishers and the 2018 Pastoral Musician of the Year Award by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. Fr. Manalo studied 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) in Berkeley, CA.  He currently resides at St. Paul theApostle Church in New York City.