Fr. Tony Bidgood, C.Ss.R.
Fr. Rico John Bilangel, C.Ss.R.
Fr. Cristian Bueno Fonseca, C.Ss.R.
Mons. Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R.
Fr. Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, C.Ss.R.
Fr. Rogério Gomes C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
Fr. Miguel Ángel Martínez, C.Ss.R.
Fr. John McKenna, C.Ss.R.
Dr. Rose Emily Nina Estrella, Ph.D.
Fr. José J. Rached, C.Ss.R.
Sinay Lourdes Tovar
Anne Walsh, D.Min.,
Fr. Grimaldo Garay Zapata, C.Ss.R.
Dr. Rose Emily Nina Estrella, Ph.D.
Dr. Rose is from Puerto Rico and has lived in the Dominican Republic for 29 years.
She studied biological sciences and medicine, then she specialized in psychogeriatrics. In 2015 she obtained a Doctorate in Clinical and Experimental Neurosciences from the Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, Sucre, Bolivia, in coordination with the University of the Basque Country and the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development.
She has been a professor at various universities such as: Universidad de la Tercera Edad, Universidad Católica, PUCMM, UNIBE for 10 years and is a professor of Continuing Education and Professional Studies (DECEP) at the University of Puerto Rico.
She is a past president of the Dominican Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology 2014-2017, a member of the Dominican Society of Psychiatry.
In 2011 she created and directed the Blue Science Foundation, a foundation with the primary objective of developing research and training in the Neurosciences and support to the community. In 2017 with the Foundation, they worked with a mission of 12 doctors in 13 towns impacting 324 persons in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
She has been collaborating with the Redemptorist Missionaries of Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic since 2005.
She is an author of Manual of Introduction to Psychopathology (1996, 2002) Yesterday Victims, Today Survivors! (2002) , Manual de Psicofarmacología (2009).
email: roseninaestrella@gmail.com
Fr. Rogério Gomes C.Ss.R., Ph.D.
General Consultor of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (2016-), member of the General Secretariat for Formation, the Commission for Redemptorist Brothers, and the Joint Commission for Accademia Alfonsiana. Director President of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Provincial Superior), Province of St. Paul [2014-2016]. Vice-President of the Higher Institute of Theology (ISPES/ITESP) [2014-2016]. President of the Union of Redemptorists of Brazil (URB) [2014-2016].
Ph.D. in Moral Theology from the Accademia Alfonsiana, Rome (2013). Master of Moral Theology with address in Bioethics from the same Accademia (2007). Degree in Theology from the São Paulo Institute of Higher Studies – ITESP (2005) and in Philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas (2000). Spirituality at the Teresian Center of Spirituality (Carmelites). He was a professor at the São Paulo Institute of Higher Studies (ISPES), at the Dominican School of Theology (EDT) and at the São Bento Faculty of Theology, SP. He is currently a guest professor at the Accademia Alfonsiana, Rome. Member of the Brazilian Society of Bioethics (SBB), of the Brazilian Society of Moral Theology (SBTM) and of the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN).
Ann Walsh
Anne Walsh, D.Min., a Redemptorist Lay Missionary, is a native Newfoundlander who was born, raised and received her early education in St. John’s, Newfoundland.
She serves in the Office of Shared Mission at the General level of the Redemptorists, is Chair of the General Commission for Partnership in Mission, and a member of the General Secretariat for Evangelization. At home, she is a member of the Redemptorist Adult Faith Formation Team and coordinates Partnership in Mission for the Conference of North America.
She serves also as Director of Adult Faith Formation and Executive Assistant to the Archbishop in the Archdiocese of St. John’s. She is a member of the CCCB National Advisory Committee on Adult Catechesis.
Fr. Grimaldo Garay Zapata, C.Ss.R.
Father Grimaldo Garay Zapata, C.Ss.R., is a Redemptorist Missionary, Peruvian, from the Vice-Province of Northern Peru. He has served the Congregation and the poor for 30 years, carrying out his missionary work as a formator, bursar, pastor, parochial vicar, itinerant missionary, shared mission, and in the exercise of animation as local superior and vice-provincial. Father Grimaldo is also a member of the Commission for Evangelization of the Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean. He is currently working as a parochial vicar in the Parish of Saints Peter and St. Paul, Piura. Peru.
P. Grimaldo Garay Zapata, C.Ss.R. es Misionero Redentorista, peruano y de la Viceprovincia de Perú Norte. Con 30 años al servicio de la Congregación y de los pobres. Ha desempeñado su labor misionera como: formador, ecónomo, párroco, vicario parroquial, misión itinerante, misión compartida, y en el ejercicio de la autoridad como superior local y viceprovincial. Así mismo integra la Comisión de Evangelización de la Conferencia de América Latina y el Caribe. Actualmente trabaja como vicario parroquial en la Parroquia de San Pedro y San Pablo, Piura . Perú.
Fr. Cristian Bueno Fonseca, C.Ss.R.
Cristian Bueno Fonseca es miembro de la Congregación del Santísimo Redentor (Redentoristas). Actualmente labora en el Secretariado General para la Evangelización, una de las oficinas al servicio de la Curia General de los Redentoristas. Nace en Colombia en 1976 y es ordenado sacerdote en 2003. Durante los primeros años de su ministerio labora en el campo de la misión en zonas marginales de Colombia, en los departamentos del Putumayo y Vichada. También presta sus servicios en el campo de la formación durante tres años, antes de tomar parte en la misión de los redentoristas colombianos en Ghana – África. Ha servido también como rector en el Santuario del Señor de los Milagros en la capital colombiana, Bogotá.
Fr. Tony Bidgood, C.Ss.R.
Rev. Tony Bidgood, CSsR, BA (Hons), MDiv, ThM
Co-ordinator of Redemptorist Adult Faith Formation Team
RC Chaplain, Health Sciences Centre
St. John’s, NL, Canada
Fr. Miguel Ángel Martínez, C.Ss.R.
Paraguayan Redemptorist Missionary. Priestly Ordination, July 13, 1996. Theological studies at the Catholic University of Paraguay and Moral Theology at the Alphonsian Institute in Rome
I have worked in several parishes in Paraguay as well as helping in the mission in Italy, the United States, and currently as pastor at Holy Redeemer Parish in Asunción and Director of Most Holy Redeemer School and College.
I have also collaborated in the process of formation in the theologate of Asuncion for a period of time, and I have given classes of moral theology in several Paraguayan formation centers in Paraguay.
P. Miguel Ángel Martínez, C.Ss.R., Misionero redentorista paraguayo. Ordenación sacerdotal 13 de julio 1996. Estudios de teología en la universidad católica del Paraguay. Teología moral en el Instituto Alfonsiano de Roma.
He trabajado en varias parroquias en Paraguay como también he ayudado en la misión en Italia, Estados Unidos y actualmente párroco en la Parroquia Santísimo Redentor de Asunción y Director de la Escuela y Colegio Santísimo Redentor.
También he colaborado en el proceso de formación en el teologado de Asunción por un periodo y dictado clases de moral en algunos centros formativos de Paraguay.
Fr. José J. Rached, C.Ss.R.
Father José J. Rached, C.Ss.R., is a Redemptorist priest who, this year, 2020, celebrates his 50th anniversary of priesthood. Fr. Rached is from the Dominican Republic and is now ministering in the Redemptorist Parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Guayama, Puerto Rico. Fr. Rached´s priestly experiences are very varied and include missionary, seminary professor and director, Provincial mayor superior, local superior and Pastor, much solicited lecturer, and collaborator in movements such as the Cursillos and Family Pastoral.
El Padre José J. Rached, C.Ss.R., es sacerdote redentorista que este año, 2020, celebra su 50 aniversario de sacerdocio. El Padre Rached es de la República Dominicana y ahora está ejerciendo su ministerio en la Parroquia Redentorista de San Antonio de Padua en Guayama, Puerto Rico. Las experiencias sacerdotales del Padre Rached son muy variadas e incluyen misionero, profesor y director de seminario, superior provincial mayor, superior local y pastor, muy solicitado conferencista y colaborador en movimientos como los Cursillos y la Pastoral Familiar.
Fr. John McKenna, C.Ss.R.
Father John McKenna, C.Ss.R., is a member of the Baltimore Province. He was professed fifty years ago, on August 1st, 1970. He was ordained a priest on May 29th, 1977. His first assignment was to Puerto Rico, the San Juan Province, where he ministered for 20 years (1979-1999). Since his return to the United States, he has been a parish priest in several Redemptorist parishes. Presently, he is stationed in Saint Mary’s Parish in Annapolis, Maryland. He has have written several short meditations during the pandemic and sends them to confreres, parishioners, and friends.
El padre John McKenna, C.Ss.R., es miembro de la provincia de Baltimore. Fue profesado hace 50 años, el 1 de agosto de 1970. Fue ordenado sacerdote el 29 de mayo de 1977. Su primer destino fue Puerto Rico, la Provincia de San Juan, donde ejerció el ministerio durante 20 años (1979-1999). Desde su regreso a los Estados Unidos, ha laborado en varias parroquias redentoristas. En la actualidad, está destinado a la parroquia de Saint Mary’s en Annapolis, Maryland. Ha escrito varias meditaciones breves durante la pandemia y las envía a los cohermanos, feligreses y amigos.
Mons. Antonio De Luca, C.Ss.R.
Born in Torre del Greco (Na), on 1 July 1956. He took his religious vows in the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on September 29, 1973. He attended philosophical and theological courses at the Pontifical Theological Faculty of Southern Italy, St. Louis Section, in Naples, obtaining the Licentiate of Specialization in Moral Theology, and was ordained a priest on July 5, 1981. Since then he has held various positions in the religious congregation to which he belongs, above all, he was involved in the formation of students, and then held the position of Provincial Superior of the Redemptorist Community. Director and Professor of Moral Theology in the School of Formation for Pastoral Workers of the Diocese of Naples, at the time of his appointment as bishop he was Pro-Vicar Episcopal for Consecrated Life, member of the Council of Priest and of the College of Consultors of the Neapolitan Archdiocese. Remarkable was his commitment to the animation of the missions of the Redemptorist confreres in Argentina and Madagascar. He received episcopal ordination in the Cathedral Church of Naples on January 7, 2012. He solemnly began his pastoral ministry in the Diocese of Teggiano-Policastro on February 4, 2012.
Sinay Lourdes Tovar
Es Misionera Laica Redentorista de la Viceprovincia de Caracas. Ella es integrante del Secretariado de Evangelización en la Comisión de Laicos de la Viceprovincia de Caracas, participa en la Comisión de laicos de la Conferencia de América Latina y el Caribe, y forma parte de la Comisión General para la Misión Compartida. Ella hace vida misionera en la Comunidad de las Brisas, comunidad de alto riesgo, donde viven familias muy vulnerables. Trabaja como profesora en zona de difícil acceso.
Sinay Lourdes Tovar
Is a Redemptorist Lay Missionary of the Vice-Province of Caracas She is a member of the Secretariat of Evangelization in the Commission of the Laity of the Vice-Province of Caracas, participates in the Commission for the Laity of the Conference of Latin America and the Caribbean, and she is a member of the General Commission for Shared Mission. She is a missionary in the community of Las Brisas, a high-risk community where very vulnerable families live. She works as a teacher in areas of difficult access.
Fr. Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, C.Ss.R.
Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, C.Ss.R., from the San Juan Province, is the executive secretary of the General Secretariat of Formation. He, with Father Grzegorz Ruszaj, C.Ss.R., Director of the Congregation´s Office of Communications, have dedicated many hours to the construction of the blog/webpage (Facing COVID-19…) and the translations of articles.
Manuel Rodríguez Delgado, C.Ss.R., de la Provincia de San Juan, es el secretario ejecutivo del Secretariado General de Formación. Él, junto con el Padre Grzegorz Ruszaj, C.Ss.R., Director de la Oficina de Comunicaciones de la Congregación, ha dedicado muchas horas a la construcción del blog/página web (Frente a COVID-19…) y a las traducciones de los artículos.