Arcadio Morada

Mr. Arcadio Morada, Jr. was born and raised in the Philippines, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in Education and taught in Catholic schools (St. Agnes Academy in Legazpi City, and Xavier School in Manila) for several years before emigrating to the United States in 1992. Though certified in Mathematics, he also holds a certificate in Religious Education and Guidance and Counseling from Mother of Life Center (Novaliches, Quezon City, Philippines) and a Religion Certification from the Diocese of Brownsville, Texas. Presently employed by the Los Fresnos Consolidated Independent School District, he teaches Music at Villareal Elementary School (Olmito, Texas), but finds time for liturgical service as Filipino-American Choir director for Mary Mother of the Church Parish in Brownsville. His first published book,The Purple Psalmody, is a collection of musical settings of psalms for Sundays and feasts of the Catholic Church.