Rev. Ricky Manalo, CSP, Ph.D., is a Paulist priest, composer (OCP), theologian, and Missionary; 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 Musician; Composition and piano at the Manhattan School of Music; Ph.D., The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA.