2002 MA Theology/STL , Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
2001 MA Religious Education, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
1992 MA Theology (candidate), St. Vincent School of Theology, Quezon City
1984 AB Philosophy, Adamson University, Manila
Research Interests
Environmental/Ecological Ethics
Fundamental Moral Theology
Gender and Sexual Ethics
Globalization
Human Rights
Liberation Theologies
Narrative Ethics
Philosophical Ethics
Political Ethics
Social Ethics
Virtue Ethics
Past Events
Sarajevo 2018
Bangalore 2015
Trent 2010
Manila 2008
Recent Publications
Edited with Jimmy Belita, “Rights, Dignity and Justice,” Hapag Vol. 16, no. 1-2 (2019).
“Becoming Stewards of Creation: Ecological Virtue Ethics from the Perspective of Otherness,” in Fragile World: Ecology and the Church, ed. William T. Cavanaugh, Studies in World Catholicism Vol. 4 (Eugene Oregon: Wipf And Stock Publishers, 2018).
“Cultural Minorities and The Catholic Social Tradition”, Concilium 2017, #3.
Edited with Dennis Gonzalez, “Sexuality, Marriage and the Family in Amoris Laetitia,” Hapag, Vol. 13, no. 1-2 (2016).
Edited with Dominador F. Bombongan, “Local Methodologies in Theology and Religious Education,” Hapag, Vol. 12, no. 2 (2015).
“Pakikipagkapwa and Its Transformative Potential: An Anadialectical Interpretation,” Asian Christian Review, vol. 5, no. 1 (2012), 11-29.
"Narrating Ethics from the Margins,” in Normativity of the Future: Reading Biblical and Other Authoritative Texts in an Eschatological Perspective, eds. Reimund Bieringer and Mary Elsbern (Leuven: Peeters Publication, 2010), 297-326.
With Peter Solis, eds., Hapag: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research Vol. 6, no 1-2. (2009).
“Narrating Ethics from the Margins”, HAPAG: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research, Vol. 4, No.1 & 2 (2007): 27-60.
“Human Rights and/or Religious Ethical Values?: Examining an Ambivalent Relationship,” HAPAG: A Journal of Interdisciplinary Theological Research, Vol. 2, No.1 (2005): 43-76.
Professional Activities and Affiliations
Member, Congregation of the Mission
Dean, St. Vincent School of Theology - Adamson University
Member of the Executive Committee of DAKATEO (Theological Society in the Philippines)
Executive Director, Philippine Action for Community-led Housing Initiatives, Inc. (PACSII)
National Adviser, Ladies of Charity-AIC Philippines (International Association of Charity)
Founding Member, Quezon City Ecumenical Fellowship