Mr. Alvenio G. Mozol Jr. 

Associate Professor

Educational Background

Clinical Pastoral Education,
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Master of Health Social Science,
De La Salle University

AB Philosophy,
University of San Carlos

Al Mozol works as a fulltime faculty with the Theology and Religious Education Department of the DLSU. Prior to this, he served as Coordinator of formation for the DLSU Graduate School and the College of Law under the LSPO. He earned his Master of Health Social Science as a Ford Foundation scholar from the DLSU. He finished his 2-year Chaplaincy Fellowship and Clinical Pastoral Education from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. His theology units were earned from the Loyola School of Theology at the ADMU, and his healthcare ethics studies from Saint Louis University in Missouri. Currently, he serves as the Managing Editor (and website creator/developer) of the MST Review, and manages the Wikipedia page of the Anglican Solitary and scholar Maggie Ross. He published his book “Engaging Silence: Climbing Mt. Tabor” in 2015. His interests include contemplative silence and spirituality, liturgy, ethics/bioethics, the neuroscience of Iain McGilchrist, and continental philosophy and has published and presented in national and international conferences on the topics. He also facilitates retreats for the DLSU undergraduate students and staff.

Research Interest

  • Contemplative spirituality/silence
  • Eco-aesthetics
  • Ecological ethics
  • Bioethics
  • Liturgy
  • McGilchristian neuroscience
  • Autoethnography

Selected Publications

  • Aboy, G., Asiones, N., Ma. Lowella Calderon, Cantillon, O., Concepcion Liza Corotan, James, S., Mozol, A. Jr., & Parado, U. J. (2024). Synodal Process in the Dock: A Thematic Analysis of Grey Literature. Scientia (San Beda College)/SCIENTIA (SBC) (Online), 13(1), 85–101. https://doi.org/10.57106/scientia.v13i1.180
  • Mozol, A. (2015). Engaging Silence, Climbing Mt. Tabor: Faith-Life Meditations. Great Books Trading.
  • Mozol, A. (2025). Introduction to the Issue: “Third Spaces, Borders, and the Cries for Liberation” – MST Review Volume 27 Issue 1. Zenodo, 27(1). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15848406
  • Mozol, A. J., Miranda, G. V., Sabulao, A. P., & Perez, G. S. (2025). Spiritual formation and “Attention Economy”: Exploring facilitators awareness and approaches during Retreats and Recollections. International Journal of Research in Social Science and Humanities (IJRSS) ISSN:2582-6220, DOI: 10.47505/IJRSS, 6(1), 199–211. https://doi.org/10.47505/IJRSS.2025.1.14
  • Mozol, A. J. (2022). From the Managing Editor. In MST Review (Vol. 24, Number 1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16011854
  • Mozol, A. Jr. (2018). Noise of violent human speech and the restraint of contemplative silence. MST Review, 20(2). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7777498

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2401 Taft Avenue, Malate 1004, Manila, Philippines

THEOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

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