Tuesday, April 1st, 2025
Hip-Hop & Tacos 2025 is more than a concert—it’s an invitation to encounter Jesus through fellowship, music, food, and Adoration in the Blessed Sacrament. Our goal is to raise $30,000 to create a professional production worthy of Our Blessed Mother and Her Son. A $5,000 donation has already been made—will you prayerfully consider helping us reach the remaining $25,000? Your support will impact young adults and the young-at-heart in downtown Los Angeles. Ave Maria!
About El Padrecito Ministries
El Padrecito Ministries is a non-profit located in the rural, migrant town of Guadalupe, California. The non-profit was founded to work with youth, providing both direct evangelization (youth retreats, speaking engagements, live performances, with an emphasis on the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Eucharist) and indirect evangelization (culinary arts program with El Padrecito’s Café, concert production for young adults, etc.).
The youth ministry was founded by Father Masseo Gonzales, who as a youth, had a juvenile record, dropped out of high school, and eventually lost a portion of his right leg in a street fight. After his conversion he joined the Franciscans in 1985, became a Catholic Priest and now works with youth full-time. The non-profit was incorporated in 2006, has the support of the leadership of St. Joseph Cupertino Province of the Conventual Franciscans, the province to which Fr. Masseo Gonzales belongs, and operates within the northernmost region of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. His full-time faculties are in the Diocese of Monterey, in whose parishes Father Masseo regularly assists on weekends, in particular at “Chapel Hill,” in Shandon, California. Father Masseo also enjoys faculties in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, as that is where he finds himself regularly working with youth. He currently resides at the Franciscan Novitiate in Arroyo Grande, Ca.
What We Do
El Padrecito's Café and Event Center in Guadalupe, California, is open Tuesday through Sunday from 11am to 8pm. Through the creative work of its founder, Father Masseo Gonzales, El Padrecito Ministries continues its involvement in youth engagement through a culinary arts program, video production, producing retreats, concerts, and more in an effort to "Conquer the World for the Immaculata."
