The Pastoral Team and Parish Secretary

Fr. Jomon Varghese of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) was born on 20^th July 1973 in Kerala, southern India. He studied theology in Milan, Italy and received the priesthood on 29^th August 2001. Upon ordination, Fr. Jomon became a Youth Pastor for four years in Italy. In 2004, he was commissioned to serve in Hong Kong. After studying Chinese for two years at the Chinese University, he became Assistant Parish Priest in Tsing Yi, St. Thomas the Apostle Church for 7 years.  In 2013, he became Assistant Parish Priest in Shau Kei Wan,  Holy Cross Church.  In 2018, he became Parish Priest in St. Patrick’s Parish.  1^st May, 2022, he was appointed by the bishop as Parish Priest of Ma On Shan St Francis Church.

Fr. Joachim Pham Thanh Diep was born in Vietnam on June 10, 1986. Fr. Joachim was born into a Catholic family. His parents and grandparents were Catholic, and he lived in a predominantly Catholic parish. Since childhood, he has gone to church with his grandparents every week to attend mass and serve as an altar boy.  After graduating from the university, he entered the seminary. On July 20, 2017, he became a priest of Xuan Loc Diocese in Southern Vietnam. After four years, the diocesan bishop transferred him to serve in Hong Kong.  After arriving in Hong Kong, he studied Chinese for two years at the Chinese University and became Assistant Parish Priest in Ma On Shan St. Francis Church on 1st September 2024.

Sister Agnes Lam belongs to the Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows.  For three decades, since 1987, she has been faithfully serving at St. Francis Church, Ma On Shan.