Timoteo J. M. Ofrasio, S.J., S.L.D.

Timoteo J. M. Ofrasio, S.J. earned his licentiate and doctorate from the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of St. Anselm in Rome, Italy in 1990, and spent fourteen years (with six of them also as rector) as formator and professor at St. John Vianney Theological Seminary in Cagayan de Oro City. He also served as Regional Secretary for East Asia and the Pacific at the Jesuit General Headquarters in Rome, and as parish priest at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Camarín, Caloocan City. He taught Liturgy and Sacraments at Loyola School of Theology, and his published works include “Liturgy and the Eucharist in Light of the New Evangelization” (Landas 29:2 [2015]); “Music for the Solemnities and Feasts of the Lord in Ordinary Time” (Landas 29:1 [2015]); “On the Reformed Mass of Vatican II and Benedict XVI’s Letter Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum” (Landas 23:1 [2009]); and “The Baptistery and the Baptismal Font: Symbolism and Pastoral Relevance” (Landas 6:1 [1992]).