If Reyna Elena has his Dear Koya Reynz, and Chuva has his Dear Chuva and Malen just launched her Dear Chuvaness, well OTWOMD has his own version of the “Dear Franchise”. OTWOMD is Officially launching its “Post Scripts” series which will feature the members of the “A.S.K.” team (which stands for “ALLIANCE OF SACRED KNOWLEDGE“) in answering letters from the readers. The series was originally conceptualized early last year when I previously manage to post a letter of my friends addressed to me during High School. Yet like most of the series here in OTWOMD, the author forgot to update the series and was buried in oblivion. Until Just this year, a number of emails via my contact page were sent from different readers who came across my blog through the search engines and was asking questions about the Catholic Religion. As I have answered their queries diligently, the mails soon kept coming during my WYD blog coverage and kept asking several questions (some are just testing my intelligence actually) regarding Church Issues and Faith. So this gave me an idea to formally launch a “reader-blogger interaction” as an independent series for my blog. But what is the difference of Post Script from any “Dear Ate Helen and Dear Ate Charo”?

For starters, letters or emails sent by readers will be answered not just by one but 17 of OTWOMD’s Experts in Theology, Philosophy, Pyschology, Human Formation, Self-Help, Personals, Vocations and Social Relevance topics according to the category of their emails. The Team can answer the letter solely or in collaboration depending on the coverage of the mail entails. In short, these 17 experts will try to heartfully answer every letter sent to them, giving them advice or just simply laying out information for clarification and inquiries.

The Purpose of this series is fourfold:
1. To clarify certain misconstrued and misinterpreted issues about the Catholic Church
2. To alleviate anxieties of readers
3. To help others to strengthen their faith
4. and to entertain readers while learning the basic tenets of the Catholic Church

Nearly 3 months in the making and hunting for credible experts and empathic individuals, OTWOMD now presents to you its members of the ASK which are fictional characters but are real life experts on their own respective fields. They are multilingual and can converse from English, to Tagalog to Greek… so here they are in their premiere debut.

Fr. Tom is well versed in Dogmatic Theology and the Catechism of the Catholic Church. His expertise on Catholic Doctrines and the Catechism makes him a viable answering machine to questions which pertains to Dogmas and Doctrines of the Catholic Church.

Fr. Eman has a PhD on Christology and Salvation History. Any questions about the Divinity and Humanity of Christ and the Salvation History of the Church will definitely be the forte of this august clergy. Now Brother Utoy will have a tutor for his favorite subject.

Fr. Jose Maria on the other hand studied extensively on Mary’s role on the Salvation history and has traveled around the world on Various Marian Shrines and Apparition Sites. His forte is Mariology, the Apparitions and the history of the Church in line with Mary’s role and the various messages of the Blessed Mother.

Fr. Kalis is a very strict and an OC member of team who eyes for perfection in every detail. His mastery is on the Liturgy and the Sacraments. So better not miss your Sunday mass or he’ll give you a piece of his mind.

The very workaholic Fr. Jerome is the one next in line who is a biblical scholar and has studied extensively the scriptures in the Vulgate, the Septuagint and the Tanakh manuscripts. Any quewstions relating to the Bible is Fr. Jerome’s jurisdiction.

The very Updated Cardinal Ver Chiu However feeds himself with news about the Church and has an enormous knowledge on the Church Councils, the Patristic Fathers and Modern day news about the Catholic Church that are often catapulted to contoversy. This jolly cardinal will bring the house down as he answers questions that pertains to the Church itself.

On Morals and Bioethics, Fr. Johan is our Man. He can answer questions from Masturbation, Homosexuality, Abortion to Euthanasia and In-Vitro fertilization. His PhD covers his expertise on Morals, Ethics and Bioethics.

Fr. Zackie is the man to ask when it comes to social justice and the church stands on Social and Political issues. His exposure to Pastoral work in the past makes him a very qualified person to answer questions pertaining to this field.

Fr. Mike will give clarifications to Sanctity, Eschatology, Supernatural and Mysthical Theology. He will level the human comprehension to that of the supernatural in a way that simply best describes what he has — Faith.

Bro. Hugolino, the Franciscan Brother who has extensively researched on the various subject which pertains to the Saints and the Blesseds. He will answer all inquiries in this area including controversies and issues on a particular saint, his life and how he was lifted to the Canons of Sainthood.

Seminarian Giorge is a deacon and has somehow attended the Various WYD event through the years. He is very much apt for answering queries regarding Vocations and the World Youth day. So better ask him if you are really being called or just being delusional like me haha.

The angelic Sr. Stephanie is currently the Novice Mistress of her Congregation and will work hand in hand with Seminarian Giorge in answering Questions about the Vocations for women, the religious life, the contemplative life and the Active life in the Church.

The Wacky Sr. Stella Elle will surely give you stomach aches as she answers queries pertaining to women problems, role of women in the church, virginity and chastity. She can give you advice and at the same time a hearty laugh.

The Serious Msgr. Simon (Sai-mon) knows no boundaries when it comes to human formation. He will clarify issues for you in the psychological and sometimes psychiatric level but the only warning is, better be ready when he exposes your psychological dynamics and personality for he is a frank and straightforward as ever, giving you a catharsis even in the domain of the blogosphere.

Padre Dama Sue is a a perfect person to answer letters of love, family, marriage, friendship, heartaches, relationships and everything that are personal. He is assigned on the male gender who will ask him about personal things. Though forgetful at times, yet his humor will give a dose of wisdom that are found not even in books. Try mo sya Mix haha

The formidable sidekick of Padre Dama Sue is Madre Cacao, known for her happy disposition, this Joyful Superior of the Contemplative Nuns can sometimes slap your cheek with truth if she happens to find you disrespecting the Sacredness of religion and blaspheming against God. But all in all, Madre Cacao is the next best thing to Chocolates, sweet and bitter in the after taste haha. IFM inaantay na ang question mo ni Madre Cacao. haha

and Lastly, we present to you Madame Nostra, hailed from the last clan of the Gypsies (as what she claimed). Madame Nostra took her name from her great ancestor Nostradamus and claimed that she inherited her gift from the Medieval seer. The only difference is, Madame Nostra’s predictions are far more ridiculous than the real life drama of her clients. Instead of believing on fortune telling, her clients immediately dismisses her as a hoax proving that there is no such thing as knowing the future. Madame Nostra has been invited to the ASK not to encourage divination and fortune telling but to do otherwise. After asking Madame Nostra, you will surely return to God and will never ever involve yourself in Divination as long as you live haha.

So what are you waiting for? Send them an email, pour out your heart, tell your story and clarify things that puzzles you and your faith…

To participate in the Post Script series, just leave a message or a query on the CONTACT PAGE THAT CAN BE FOUND HERE. Choose the “A.S.K.” subject as the heading of your correspondence. Please also indicate if you want to withhold your true identity for Confidentiality purposes.

Disclaimer: All characters are fictitious and the people on the photos are models hired for photography. Though some characters are fictional, nevertheless the people behind playing the role are real and have their own respective expertise as what mentioned above. Their true identities are anonymous to maintain fairness of view and objective take on the part of the readers. Any similarities to real-life names and identities of characters potrayed above are purely coincidental in nature and is not intended to degrade, mock or malign their dignity as persons. All views and opinions of the readers, inquirers and the members of the ASK TEAM-BA may or may not reflect the author’s own opinion. Reader’s discretion is advised.