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Virgilio T.J. Suerte Felipe
Virgilio T.J. Suerte Felipe was born in the Philippines and presently resides in California, U.S.A. He studied at Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary (Bulacan), Christ the King Se...view moreVirgilio T.J. Suerte Felipe was born in the Philippines and presently resides in California, U.S.A. He studied at Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary (Bulacan), Christ the King Seminary (Quezon City), and Divine Word Seminary (Tagaytay City) where he finished his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy, cum laude, (1979) and took his master's degree in Philosophy (cand.). He taught theology at the University of Santo Tomas (Manila) from 1980 through 2004. He acquired his master's degree in Higher Religious Studies, major in Liturgy, summa cum laude, (2001) at the Graduate School of the same university where he also pursued his doctorate degree in Theology. While working on his dissertation under Father Anscar Chupungco, O.S.B., he took all the units for master's degree in Liturgy at the San Beda College Graduate School of Liturgy. He was Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Liturgical Affairs of the Archdiocese of Manila from 1984 through 1994 concurrently serving as Secretary of the Regional Committee for Tagalog in the Liturgy of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines. He served as Faculty Secretary of the three Ecclesiastical Faculties of Theology, Canon Law, and Philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas from 2001 through 2004. Presently, he is the Director of the Center for Faith Formation of the Holy Family Parish in Artesia, California. He has written several books and articles on theology and liturgy in the Philippines.view less