How Can I Keep From Singing

Join us for a beautiful and uplifting evening with Rebecca Ramirez and Br. Rufino Zaragoza, OFM as they share music, stories, and reflections that have shaped their shared ministry over the years. Through song and prayer, this concert celebrates faith, gratitude, and community. All proceeds will benefit outreach of the Franciscan Friars. All are warmly invited to continue the celebration with a reception in the Sacred Garden immediately following the concert.

Br. Rufino Zaragoza, OFM Liturgical Music Consultant, Composer

Nurtured in Franciscan spirituality, Brother Rufino explores the richness of multicultural communities and Asian liturgical inculturation while lecturing on the joys and complexities of intercultural worship. He’s led workshops at NPM, SWLC, numerous dioceses in the US, Hong Kong, Hanoi, and Saigon. A pioneer of multilingual song collections (English, Spanish and Vietnamese), he is currently in residence at Mission San Luis Rey, CA.

 Rebecca Ramirez, mezzo-soprano

With a passion for music and its capacity to reach across boundaries to all people, Rebecca is a versatile singer, multilingual cantor, workshop and retreat facilitator, committed to peace and justice through the arts. Becky has a variety of musical theatre experience and has also been a featured soloist with the La Jolla Symphony Chorus in the U.S. as well as on tours of Europe and Mexico.