Rufino Zaragoza, OFM

Franciscan Brother Rufino Zaragoza is based in the Oakland Diocese and ministers as a liturgical music consultant. His passion is exploring the multifaceted issues of intercultural ministry, with a special interest in the Vietnamese-American community.

Rufino's intercultural experience is diverse. He has contributed bilingual material to the Spanish hymnal Flor and Canto, and as project coordinator of the Vietnamese/English young adult collection Chon Ngai. He frequently travels to Vietnam, leading pilgrimages for American ministers and to research Asian liturgical inculturation.

A third-generation Mexican-American, Rufino holds an undergraduate degree in church music from Mount St. Mary's College in Los Angeles and a master's in theological studies from the Franciscan School of Theology in Berkeley, California.

Articles by Rufino have been published in Ministry and Liturgy, Liturgia y Cancion, Today's Liturgy, Rite, Pastoral Music, and Gracias. As a Franciscan, Rufino is especially concerned for the marginalized and volunteers regularly in detention ministry.