Praying at the Piano: Paulist Fr. Ricky Manalo by Paulist Fathers

Paulist Fr. Ricky Manalo has been named the 2018 "Pastoral Musician of the Year" by the National Association of Pastoral Musicians. In this conversation with Jennifer Szweda Jordan, Fr. Ricky speaks about his life, ministry and music.

Read parts of this interview here: http://www.paulist.org/the-conversation/life-on-a-five-note-scale/

Our thanks to Oregon Catholic Press for permission to include Fr. Ricky’s music in this interview. The selections used were, in order of play, "Come O Spirit, Many and Great," "Laudato Si! Be Praised our God," a chanted "Eucharistic Prayer Two," from the collection "Be Still and Know I’m Here," "In the Sight of the Angels," "Worthy is the Lamb," and "Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit."

To learn more about Fr. Ricky, visit https://www.rickymanalo.org/ and his music publisher https://www.ocp.org/en-us.

Jennifer Szweda Jordan is an oral historian for the Paulist Fathers who also produces Standup Sisters events and podcasts about Catholic sisters.