41. Racy Espino - 19 December 2021

Forth Sunday in Advent - Luke 1: 39-45 - Why is she in a hurry?

Racy Espino writes: My vocation is married life. I’m happily married to my husband for 16 years and counting. We are blessed with two children, one in high school and one primary.

I was raised in a devout Catholic family in the Philippines, with 500 years of Christian history from Spain. Both my grandmothers were my role models in their faith and living life according to God’s plans. My father was a former seminarian who found his calling as a family man and dedicated his life to providing lights and sound systems in Catholic churches around the Philippines.

I am passionate in planting and nurturing seeds of faith in our children. When my eldest started questioning about Joseph the Dreamer – I took it upon myself to brush up my religious knowledge. I studied Foundations of Lay Pastoral Ministry and started volunteering in our parish. I got so heavily involved in the implementation of the Sacraments of Initiation in our parish that I took on the role as Pastoral Coordinator for two primary schools and four churches for nearly five years. I value and found the need to walk with parents in their faith journey to cultivate them to have personal relationship with our Creator. I am part of the organizing committee of Mother’s Prayer Groups and Spirited Women (a gathering of women in the Archdiocese of Brisbane.)

I am currently studying Project Management and Social Enterprise as I am gearing towards getting back to my first career of being a social development entrepreneur. As I aim to comprehensively utilizing my technical skills to further the enrichment of evangelizing His kingdom.