STAFF & FACULTY DIRECTORY PROFILE
Ryan Dilag
Job Title:
Director of Campus Ministry, Music Ministry Coordinator
Department:
Campus Ministry
Email:
Phone: (510) 577-9100
ext.
165
Started at O'Dowd:
2021
Degrees:
B.S., Psychology & Religious Studies, Santa Clara University; M.A., Pastoral Ministries: Spirituality & Pastoral Counseling, Santa Clara University
Originally from:
San Francisco CA
Why I Teach:
I teach so I can empower students to discover and develop their God-given gifts and talents for service with and for others, especially the most vulnerable and marginalized.
Most powerful teaching technique:
Imagination! To encounter God and others through visualization, essentially entering into a story using all of your senses, is a full body experience that opens up your mind, heart, body, and spirit!
Why are the subjects you teach important?:
Religious Studies help students answer the existential questions, "Who am I choosing to become?", "Why do I believe what I believe?", and "What is capital T - Truth?"
Favorite quotes:
"We discover on the streets Our Common Humanity." - Motto of Faithful Fools "Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (AMDG - For the Greater Glory of God)!" - Motto of the Society of Jesus
Favorite trivia:
Recommended visual media:
"Miracle", God's Not Dead", "The Pursuit of Happyness", and "Remember the Titans"
Recommended reads:
"The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman, "The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch, and "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom
Hobbies or outside interests:
Playing the piano, singing, liturgical ministry, watching mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, football, and movies, and going on adventures with my family!