Dr. C. Hugo Herfst, OblSB, served in Guatemala from 1992 to 2015 as church planter, translation supervisor, seminary professor and founder of a Christian Development Association involved in post-disaster reconstruction, community projects, as well as working alongside churches to provide support for families dealing with HIV/Aids, Seniors’ wellbeing, etc., He served on the International Committee for La Red del Camino para la Misión Integral, a network of Latin American missiologists and practitioners engaged in holistic ministries from 2006 to 2015. From 2015 to 2021, he taught at Redeemer University as Assistant Professor of Ministry. Hugo was part of the committee for the Scripture and Church Seminar. As part of his vision for contextualized theology, Herfst obtained his PhD in applied theology under Drs Samuel Berberián and José Ramiro Bolaños at Universidad Panamericana in Guatemala. His thesis proposed how to recover missional ecclesiology centred on the Kingdom of God through a conversation between theology, missiology, ethics and liturgy. He is passionate about the South-North dialogue and seeks opportunities to explore how Latin American theologians can both enrich and learn from the global Church. As the Latin American Coordinator for the Henri Nouwen Society, he seeks to promote Nouwen’s writings among Spanish Speakers. Hugo is a Benedictine Oblate with Mount Saviour Monastery in Pine City, New York. He coordinates the Spirituality Hub for KLC. He and his wife, Jackie, returned to Guatemala in 2021. They have five married children in four different countries.