Fr. Gonzales is originally from the Philippines. From  2001-2007 – he did mission work in Texas for the Archdiocese of San Antonio and Diocese of Brownsville.  Since 2007, he has been involved in direct marketing, meeting donors, and visiting different parishes around the country to participate in the yearly Mission Cooperative during the summer season. Mission Appeals is an important animation activity which shares to the local church the joys and challenges of doing mission in Asia, Africa, Latin America, Europe and in the US. He sees his work in development as a bridge between their ever selfless donors in bringing change to the lives of so many in the mission. Presently, they are taking the new approach of inbound marketing to reach potential friends and collaborator of Missionhurst.