Rev. Perfecto Vasquez
Director, Filipino Ministry-Diocese of Rockford

Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
5N939 Meredith Rd
Virgil, IL 60151

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Rev. Moises Apostol

Spiritual Director
Fox Valley Filipino American Catholic Ministry (FVFACM)

St. Monica Catholic Church
90 N. Kennedy Drive (Rt 25)
Carpentersville, IL

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Rev. Cesar Pajarillo

St. John Neumann Church

2900 East Main St.

St. Charles, IL 60174

Father Cesar Pajarillo, Jr. was born in Laguna, Philippines and grew up in Marikina, Metro Manila. He holds a degree in Sacred Theology from the Universitas Pontificia Urbaniana in the Vatican and a Master’s Degree in Divinity from Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland. He is currently serving as an associate pastor at St. John Nuemann Church in St. Charles, IL and teaches Morality and Church History at Marian Central Catholic High School in Woodstock, IL. When not doing priestly work, Rev. Pajarillo enjoys building computers and communicating around the world with his radio transmitters. His very first ‘official act’ upon arriving in the U.S. was to secure an amateur radio operator’s license, which the FCC granted him after passing the required examinations.  

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Rev. Burt Absalon

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Rev. Noel Jacob

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Rev. Ariel Valencia

St. Mary’s Catholic Church

704 State St.

Freeport, IL

Father Ariel Valencia hails from Pampanga, but grew up in Quezon province. He attended Mount Saint Aloysius College Seminary in Calauag, Quezon, taught high school for a while, and then left for the United States to pursue studies in theology, graduating with a Master’s Degree in Divinity and an MA in Sacred Scriptures from Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland in 2003.

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Rev. William Antillon

St. Mary Church

13320 Plain Garden Rd.

Morrison, IL

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Rev. Arturo Mallari

St. Thomas More Church

215 Thomas More Drive

Elgin, IL

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