Frequently Asked Questions

Santo Catholic Mission was born in February 2020, during the silence of the COVID-19 pandemic — a time when fear filled the world and churches stood closed. John and Simmy Jofin, members of St. Martin de Tours Catholic Parish in Vegreville, Alberta, Canada, began sharing daily recitations of the Holy Rosary in their native Malayalam language from their small home.

What began as a heartfelt response to a world cut off from the sacraments soon resonated with Catholics seeking spiritual connection across the globe. By God’s providence, that small flame became a worldwide ministry.

John Jofin (Founder & CEO) and Simmy Jofin (Co-Founder & COO) are the founders of Santo Catholic Mission. Both are natives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cochin, Kerala, India, and have been members of the Archdiocese of Edmonton, Canada, since 2012.

John holds CPA, CGA, FCCA, MBA, MCom and BCom designations. Despite a successful professional career in finance, he chose to dedicate himself full-time to this global evangelization mission, working sixteen hours and more each day in service of the apostolate.

With little technical knowledge but unwavering faith, the founders began learning video editing through online tutorials and launched their first channel dedicated to the Holy Rosary. As more souls joined in prayer, the mission expanded into multiple languages.

Through divine providence, a growing community of media partners, voice artists, video editors, and prayer leaders came together from across the world, enabling the mission to reach believers on every continent. What began on YouTube has grown into the Santo Catholic App, now live on iOS and Android in over one hundred countries.

Santo Catholic Mission is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada:

Suite 2020, Tower 1, 10060 Jasper Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 3R8, Canada

The mission also operates in India and the Philippines, and through media partners across more than thirty countries.

In February 2020, just a few months after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, John was attending Holy Mass at his Canadian parish. After receiving Holy Communion, he experienced a profound vision during personal prayer. The Holy Mother reminded him of the fourth and final dream from his Jesus Youth retreat, in which he had seen a couple receiving the Holy Rosary from the Infant Jesus and sharing it with the crowd gathered in the church. Following that vision, he heard an inner voice say:

Get ready to touch the world.
— Inner call received by John Jofin · February 2020

Inspired by that vision, John and Simmy recorded a Holy Rosary in their native language of Malayalam and shared it through their YouTube channel — marking the beginning of the Santo Prayer Mission. Initially, they shared the Rosary to help their elderly parents and relatives, who were stranded and isolated during the pandemic, pray virtually together. In time, they came to realize that the Holy Mother was leading them toward a far greater work, and they continued producing prayer videos.

Over six years, from 2020 to 2026, this humble family prayer mission grew to produce and distribute more than twenty thousand prayer videos in ten languages across three YouTube channels, drawing over sixty million Rosary prayers from more than one hundred countries — all accomplished without any formal promotion, by the quiet providence of the Holy Mother and her beloved Son.

John Jofin is the Founder and CEO of Santo Catholic Mission — but he would be the first to say that he is, before anything else, a little child of the Holy Mother. He is a husband to Simmy, a father to their daughters, a parishioner, a son of Kerala, and a man who has spent his whole life leaning his head on the shoulder of the Blessed Mother as if she were truly his own. He calls Jesus his “best friend.” He calls St. Joseph “Appa” — the Malayalam word for Papa. He calls St. Carlo Acutis his “Boss.” And he calls St. Thérèse of Lisieux his “Little Sister,” who teaches him the Little Way of Love every single day.

Born into a poor Catholic family in Kerala, India, John’s father was a carpenter who earned thirty-seven rupees a day — less than fifty cents. His mother, rich in faith but unable to read or write, could give him only one thing when he asked for help with his studies: “My son, I don’t know how to teach you. Pray to the Holy Mother. She will guide you.”

That child grew up to earn his BCom and MCom with distinction in India, an MBA on full scholarship in the United Kingdom, and the CPA, CGA and FCCA designations in Canada. He earned over CA$120,000 a year as a chartered accountant. By every worldly measure, he had arrived. And then, in August 2022, he walked away from all of it — to keep a promise he had made at seven years old.

I’m just a little child trying to keep a promise I made to my best friend, Jesus. Everything I am, everything I have, came from his Mother. So I want to give it all back to Her — every breath, every hour, every day until I go home.
— John Jofin · Founder, Santo Catholic Mission

There is a small neighbourhood chapel in a quiet corner of Kerala, India. To the world it is an ordinary place. To Santo Catholic Mission, it is where everything began.

John was seven years old. His friends were going to tuition; they had mothers who could teach them. He had no one. When he asked his mother for help, she looked at him with tears in her eyes and said the only words she knew to say: “My son, I don’t know how to teach you. Pray to the Holy Mother. She will guide you.” So the little boy walked to the chapel, took his grandmother’s Rosary in his hands, knelt before the image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, and cried out from the depths of his heart:

Jesus — all my friends have their mothers to help them study. I have no one. Can I borrow Your Mother? If She helps me learn, I will go everywhere and tell everyone to pray the Rosary.
— John Jofin · age 7 · before Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Kerala, India

That promise — made in poverty and tears by a child with nothing in his hand but a Rosary — is the living foundation of everything Santo Catholic Mission has become today. Every prayer video in twelve languages. Every Holy Mass televised into a lonely room. Every soul reached in one hundred countries. It is all one little boy keeping his word.

John’s earliest childhood memories were filled with the sound of his parents teaching him short prayers to the Infant Jesus. As a young child, he was unaware of what prayer truly meant, and at first he prayed mostly out of obedience and reverence. His maternal grandfather, a kind and spiritually devoted man, told him many stories about the Infant Jesus and His love for little children, teaching him that if he prayed often and obeyed his elders, the Infant Jesus would become his best friend for life.

During visits to his mother’s home in India, John would accompany his grandfather to the local chapel. Kneeling before the altar, he felt an immense sense of peace as he prayed to the Infant Jesus for guidance and protection. As he grew, he came to feel that the Infant Jesus was growing up alongside him as a constant companion — present in hard times, and a reminder of love when life felt overwhelming. Through that friendship, John learned lessons of patience, endurance and faith that have remained with him ever since.

John grew up in a devoted Catholic family in India, blessed by the love and guidance of the Holy Mother and the Infant Jesus. Whenever he felt lost or confused, his mother would tell him stories about the Holy Mother and encourage him to speak with her in prayer. Though he had always been devoted to the Holy Mother, the Infant Jesus and St. Joseph through the influence of his elders, his personal faith journey with the Holy Mother began at the age of seven.

John studied at a Catholic school in the neighbourhood of Mundamveli, Kerala, where the medium of instruction was his native Malayalam. Because his parents had only a primary-school education, no one at home could guide him in his studies. Watching other mothers teach their children after school, he felt a deep sadness. One day he asked his own mother to help him learn as the other mothers did. Taken aback, she finally told him words that have remained etched in his memory ever since: “My child, I do not know how to teach you, so pray to the Holy Mother for help with your studies. She will guide you as she guided many saints.”

As she finished speaking, John saw his mother weeping, heavy tears rolling down her cheeks. He hugged her and consoled her, promising that he would ask the Holy Mother for help. Remembering his grandfather’s words that the Infant Jesus was his best friend with whom he could share every dream, he took his grandmother’s broken Rosary from the family prayer stand and hurried to the nearest chapel. Kneeling before the portrait of the Holy Mother, with tears falling, he made a simple plea: “Amma — I want to learn. Can you please teach me?”

Returning home, he began to study with the Rosary in hand, as though holding his Mother’s hands to guide him. That evening marked the beginning of his lifelong journey alongside the Holy Mother, who has been his guide, protector and faith companion ever since — a true mother figure through every hardship, difficulty and moment of loneliness.

From his earliest years as a poor boy in Kerala, John has always called St. Joseph “Appa” — the Malayalam word for Papa, Dad, Father. To John, St. Joseph was never a distant patron in a stained-glass window. He was the quiet, strong, faithful father who watched over the Holy Family in Nazareth — the man who worked with his hands, protected his wife and Son with his life, and asked for nothing in return.

John’s family had been devoted to St. Joseph long before he was born. His grandfather told him stories of how St. Joseph protected the Holy Mother and the Infant Jesus, teaching him the importance of faith in God’s will. John’s own father shared the name Joseph and, like St. Joseph, was a carpenter — connections that made the saint feel less like a patron and more like family. As John grew older, his admiration deepened as he read of St. Joseph’s essential role in protecting and providing for the Holy Family.

When John and Simmy began Santo Catholic Mission — with no money, no plan, no technical skill, and no certainty of tomorrow — it was to St. Joseph that they entrusted everything. Just as the silent guardian of Nazareth protected the most sacred treasure in history with no fanfare and no reward, John has placed Santo Catholic Mission entirely under St. Joseph’s fatherly care. St. Joseph is the Spiritual Patron of Santo Catholic Mission, the Universal Patron of the Catholic Church, and the unseen father holding this whole work in his carpenter’s hands.

Appa has never let me down. Not once in my life. Not once in this mission.
— John Jofin · Founder, Santo Catholic Mission

Growing up in sincere devotion to the Holy Family and the saints, John always dreamed of becoming a Catholic priest or missionary, bringing the teachings of Christ to those in need around the world. As the only son of his parents, however, his responsibility to provide for them meant choosing an ordinary life. Still, he never stopped longing to share the Gospel, holding close his memories of daily Mass, family prayer, and the stories of saints told by his elders.

The story of the donkey in the Gospel — the abandoned animal chosen to carry Jesus into Jerusalem — has remained remarkable to John since childhood. His Sunday School teacher explained its meaning: that no matter what others may say, or how abandoned and rejected one may feel, God still needs each person, for everyone has something to offer Him. That teaching has motivated John ever since to become, as he puts it, the “Donkey of Jesus” — carrying his Lord wherever he goes and proclaiming the faith in every place.

John’s childhood memories remain closely intertwined with the Holy Mother — a reminder, he says, that he is never alone and that her love will guide him through life’s journey. Growing up, he listened with wonder to the stories of her apparitions and miracles told by the elders of his neighbourhood, each one deepening his trust in her mercy and loving-kindness.

The power of the Rosary has been an essential strength throughout John’s life. Praying it daily enabled him to remain focused through turbulent times when all seemed lost. By repeating the Hail Mary and meditating on its mysteries, he found the courage to face his fears and worries with renewed hope. Since childhood, the Holy Rosary has drawn him closer to the Holy Mother, reminding him that he is never truly alone, and that the Heavenly Mother of Jesus is always at his side through every trial and tribulation.

John’s love for Jesus and his experience of the Blessed Sacrament during childhood have been an unforgettable part of his spiritual journey. He has always felt a strong connection to Jesus in Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament — finding in that silence and stillness a peace, hope and courage to face any hardship.

Every Holy Mass reminds John of his grandfather’s profound faith, who taught him that the Mass is the most beautiful act of worship and that hearts kept open to the Lord’s presence receive His grace abundantly. Inspired by little saints such as St. Dominic Savio and St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, John grew in a longing to be ever closer to Jesus through regular worship at the altar. To this day he never misses the opportunity to attend Holy Mass, describing it as an energy that refreshes his spirit each day, and his faith in the Holy Eucharist remains a source of strength he expects to carry until his last breath.

As a young child growing up in a strong Catholic faith, John was always inspired by the stories of the Catholic saints. Each life story reminded him how bravely the saints faced adversity while remaining devoted to God, giving him hope in difficult times and stirring within him a deep desire to follow in their footsteps.

Young saints such as St. Dominic Savio, St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus and St. Maria Goretti were his role models in unconditional faith and love. Scholar saints such as St. Anthony, St. Augustine, St. Aquinas and St. Albert taught him how to live a life full of grace, while the witness of saints from St. Sebastian to St. Thomas More gave him strength and courage in his professional struggles, and the intercession of St. Jude brought him hope in his hardest hours. These saints have been like fireflies lighting John’s way through the darkness — constant sources of inspiration encouraging him to remain steadfast and faithful to Jesus.

During John’s childhood in India, his grandmother and other elders of the neighbourhood gathered each week at the community chapel for Legion of Mary prayer meetings and the recitation of the Holy Rosary. John was always in awe of their faith and devotion, and every Wednesday he eagerly looked forward to these gatherings after school.

The elders were, to him, a true example of Mary’s army of prayer warriors, kneeling with rosary beads in hand and praying with sincerity and love. Though only a child, John was deeply moved by their devotion. Inspired by their witness, he gathered a group of children and teenagers from his community and began a children’s version of the Legion of Mary, conducting weekly prayer meetings for several years. That experience, he reflects, planted the foundation of his own faith and devotion to the Holy Mother — a memory he continues to cherish.

John’s spiritual life as a teenager took a profound turn when he joined the Jesus Youth Ministry in his first year of college in Cochin, India. Through this Catholic youth ministry, he gained strength and confidence in actively living out his faith, deepening his understanding of the Church and its teachings while meeting many people who shared their own faith stories with him.

By participating in retreats, prayer vigils, social outreach and worship meetings, John drew closer to Jesus Christ and His Church, learning to carry the mission of the Church into everyday life and to share the Good News with others, especially those on the peripheries. He remains deeply grateful to the Jesus Youth Ministry for nurturing his spiritual life and helping him understand the importance of a lifelong commitment to Jesus and His Church.

When John was eighteen years old, he attended a Jesus Youth Ministry retreat at St. Louis Catholic Church in Mundamveli, India. Over four consecutive nights, from Monday to Thursday, he received four extraordinary dreams that would shape the rest of his life, though their full meaning would not be revealed until decades later.

Dream One — Divine Watchfulness: The Holy Mother stood in the blue sky above his college corridor, following him wherever he went, her radiant presence filling him with peace and joy.

Dream Two — The Path of Knowledge: John walked uphill toward a mountain, surrounded by tall buildings that seemed to transform into towering books of knowledge — a vision of the intellectual and spiritual journey awaiting him.

Dream Three — A Global Vision: Standing at the highest viewpoint of the mountain, John saw the entire world spread before him in a panorama of calm and liberation, revealing the global scope of what was to come.

Dream Four — The Mission Revealed: A newly married couple stood before a statue of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The Infant Jesus smiled, took the Rosary from His Mother’s hands, and gave it to the couple. When they raised it to the crowd behind them, the Rosary split into countless smaller rosaries that flew out into the gathered multitude.

On the final day of the retreat, during Eucharistic Adoration, the retreat director, Rev. Fr. Jose Uppani, made an announcement that left John in tears:

A boy named Jofin has been chosen by the Holy Mother to accomplish a greater mission for Her beloved Son Jesus.
— Rev. Fr. Jose Uppani · Retreat Director

John felt completely unworthy and afraid, considering himself too small for such a calling. In that hour of doubt, in prayerful meditation before the portrait of the Holy Mother, he felt enveloped by her love and protection, and a message came into his heart: “Miracles happen in life when you dare to dream the impossible.” Those words moved him deeply, filling him with a peace and joy he had never known and the resolve to embrace the mission with all his heart. Today, more than twenty years later, the dreams are no longer dreams. They are Santo Catholic Mission.

Simmy Jofin is John’s wife, the mother of their daughters, and the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of Santo Catholic Mission. She is also — quietly and without fanfare, and without any remuneration — a central reason this mission has survived.

When John felt the Lord asking him to resign from his career, mortgage their home, and pour their savings into a digital apostolate with no guarantee of return, it was Simmy who said yes — not because it was easy, and not because she did not feel the fear of it, but because she trusted that the Lord who had carried them this far would not abandon them.

Through years of financial strain, late nights, and the quiet anxiety of not knowing how the next month would be met, Simmy has been the steady hand at home. She has raised their daughters, kept the family rooted in prayer, and supported John through every storm. She works as a healthcare aide at a long-term care facility in Alberta, serving her patients as she would her own parents, working long hours and extra shifts to keep the family running and their personal loans paid while John focuses on the mission. Santo Catholic Mission has two founders: the world sees John; heaven sees Simmy too.

Without Simmy, there is no Santo Mission. She is the silent strength behind every prayer we have ever recorded. The Lord gave me the calling — but He gave me Simmy first, so that I could survive it.
— John Jofin · Founder, Santo Catholic Mission

What the world calls madness, the Lord calls faith. The sacrifices of John and Simmy Jofin for this mission are real, and they have not ended. In August 2021, John resigned from his career as a chartered accountant — walking away from a salary of more than CA$120,000 a year, with no other income, two daughters at home, and a mortgage on the family residence. To fund the mission, John and Simmy:

• Invested their entire personal savings into the mission;
• Re-mortgaged their family home to keep operations running;
• Took on personal loans they have carried for years;
• Were joined by other devout Catholic couples who raised personal loans and pooled their savings to help keep the work alive.

There have been months when they did not know how the next bill would be paid, and nights of tears, uncertainty, and the simple human ache of asking, “Lord, is this really what You’re asking?” And every time, the answer has been the same Rosary in John’s hand and the same Mother at his side.

I had nothing in my hand other than the Holy Rosary when I started my life. The Holy Mother gave me everything. So it is my calling to give it all back to Her. If I don’t do this — who else will?
— John Jofin · Founder, Santo Catholic Mission

John’s favourite saint — the one whose hand he reaches for in every difficulty — is St. Thérèse of Lisieux, the Little Flower, Doctor of the Church. Thérèse taught the world that holiness is not measured in grand gestures or famous works, but in little acts of love: a smile when one would rather frown, a kind word when one is exhausted, a Rosary offered for a soul one will never meet.

Like Thérèse, John began with something small — one Rosary, in one language, in one small home, with he and Simmy knowing almost nothing about digital media. Like Thérèse, he did not stop, but kept offering what little he had to his best friend Jesus, every day, with all the love he could find. And like Thérèse, he has watched the Lord multiply those little offerings into a harvest he could never have imagined. St. Thérèse is the Mission Guide and Co-Patron of Santo Catholic Mission — the Little Sister who walks with John in every hour of every day.

I will spend my heaven doing good on earth. I will let fall a shower of roses.
— St. Thérèse of Lisieux · Mission Guide of Santo Catholic Mission

In early 2020, when John first sensed the Lord asking him to begin a digital apostolate, he had no technical skills whatsoever. He could not edit a video, record audio, or upload anything to YouTube. He sat down before his computer with one image on his desktop — a photograph of a young Italian boy who had died at fifteen, dressed in jeans and a polo shirt, smiling — and prayed:

Boss — I want to start where you stopped. But I have absolutely no idea how to do this.
— John Jofin · prayer to St. Carlo Acutis, 2020

From that day, John has called St. Carlo Acutis — canonised by the Catholic Church in September 2025 — his “Boss.” Carlo, the teenage computer programmer who consecrated his extraordinary technical gifts entirely to the Eucharist before his early death, became John’s patron, guide, and daily companion in every line of code, every video edit, and every late-night upload. What John could not do alone, he believes Carlo helped him do, through countless tutorials and the quiet grace of intercession. St. Carlo Acutis is the Technology Patron of Santo Catholic Mission — the saint of the screens, the cables, and the servers that carry the Rosary to the ends of the earth.

The Eucharist is my highway to Heaven.
— St. Carlo Acutis · Technology Patron of Santo Catholic Mission

John’s life is built on two things, and only two things: the Holy Rosary and the Holy Eucharist. Everything else flows from them. Every single day begins the same way — with the Rosary in his hands and the Holy Mother in his heart. He has prayed it daily since childhood, in moments of joy and in moments of crushing weight, because, as he often says, holding the Holy Rosary makes him feel as though he is holding the hands of the Holy Mother herself.

From the Rosary he goes to the altar. Like his patron St. Carlo Acutis, John holds the Holy Eucharist as the absolute centre and summit of his life. He receives Holy Communion as frequently as possible, and it is from that altar that he draws the strength to work more than sixteen hours a day in service of the mission. Raised in India where daily Mass was never missed, he attends Holy Mass at his local parish each day, and when that is not possible, joins the televised Mass — but never misses it.

After the Eucharist comes the work — calls with team members in Kerala, the Philippines, Edmonton, and across continents and time zones; reviewing prayer content in twelve languages; building partnerships with dioceses; writing, recording, responding and planning. He works late into every night and early into every morning, without salary, without rest, and without complaint. Then he ends the day where he began: kneeling, Rosary in hand, before the Holy Mother. And he begins again.

Holding the Holy Rosary makes me feel like I am holding the hands of the Holy Mother herself. And receiving Our Lord in the Eucharist sends me out renewed to fulfil His mission.
— John Jofin · Founder, Santo Catholic Mission

From its very first day, John has understood one truth absolutely: this mission does not belong to him. It belongs to Christ, to His Mother, and to the whole Catholic Church. That conviction shapes every decision Santo Catholic Mission has ever made. The mission walks only with the Catholic Church — under the spiritual care of Catholic bishops, priests and religious; in full obedience to Catholic doctrine; in faithful adherence to Canon Law; and in living communion with the teachings of the Magisterium.

John’s deepest aspiration — the vision that drives every hour of every day — is even more humble than building a mission. It is to give it away.

This mission must outlive me. I want to build something so rooted in the Church, so filled with prayer in every language of the world, that one day it can be placed at the feet of the Holy Father and say: “This is Yours. Use it for the Church. Use it for souls. Use it forever.”
— John Jofin · Founder, Santo Catholic Mission

That is the ultimate horizon of Santo Catholic Mission: to build, to sacrifice, and then to surrender it entirely to the Holy See, so that the seeds planted today continue bearing fruit long after the founders have gone home to God.

John and Simmy Jofin are not media executives. They are two Catholic parents — a husband and wife from Kerala, living in Edmonton — who said yes to the Lord’s call and have been paying for that yes every single day, with everything they had.

Their vision is at once simple and vast: that no Catholic on earth should ever be without access to prayer in their own language; that every homebound elderly soul has the Holy Mass; that every child grows up knowing the Rosary; that every immigrant Catholic community has the faith in their mother tongue; and that every diocese has a local Catholic media team supporting authentic evangelization in its own community.

The mission is prayerfully seeking partnerships with:

• Catholic media networks and broadcasters — for content collaboration, joint production, and distribution partnerships;
• Catholic ministries, apostolates and mission organisations — to share resources, audiences and the Gospel;
• Dioceses and episcopal conferences — for faith formation, digital catechesis, and local media evangelization teams;
• Parishes and parish communities — to bring Santo’s resources directly to the faithful;
• Catholic content creators, translators and voice artists — in every language of the world;
• Catholic professionals in technology, design, app development and digital media;
• Generous Catholic families and individuals who wish to support the mission through monthly or annual offerings.

To discuss partnership, collaboration or support, please reach out to the mission:

Email: hello@santomission.com
WhatsApp: +1 (825) 526-6099

John Jofin shares his personal faith journey, reflections and testimonies at his personal testimony blog: holymotherandme.com

To spread the love of the Eucharist and the Holy Rosary to the entire world.

More fully, the mission of Santo Catholic Mission is to harness the power of digital media to bring the timeless treasures of the Catholic faith — the Rosary, the Eucharist, Sacred Scripture, and the lives of the saints — to every soul, in every language, on every continent. The mission partners with worldwide missions and ministries to preserve and pass the sacred flame of faith to everyone, in every language, across every nation under Heaven.

The vision of Santo Catholic Mission is a global Catholic community united in faith and mission — where every soul, regardless of language or geography, has access to the prayers, Scripture, catechism and sacred traditions of the Catholic Church.

Moved by the love of Christ, inspired by the Truth, and faithful to the Magisterium, Santo Catholic Mission envisions a world where digital technology serves as a humble instrument of the Gospel — bridging sacred tradition with creative innovation to proclaim the Good News to every soul on earth.

What started as a humble prayer channel has blossomed into a global Catholic apostolate:

• Over 20,000 Holy Rosary prayers shared across multiple platforms;
• More than 60 million views of the Holy Rosary and Catholic prayers worldwide;
• Over 15 million spiritual communions through the Holy Mass Mission;
• More than 10,000 homebound faithful served through Holy Mass every day;
• Active members in over 100 countries;
• Prayers in 10+ languages, with 50+ in development;
• A global team of 50+ mission workers from 30+ countries — and growing.

Yes. The mission maintains a multinational Intercession Team spanning every continent, who pray for the intentions of the Santo community worldwide. The entire team begins each day with the Holy Rosary and attends Holy Mass as frequently as possible.

The faithful are warmly invited to submit their personal prayer intentions through the website, where the mission’s dedicated intercessors will bring those needs before the Lord in their daily prayers.

Santo Catholic Mission is entrusted to the intercession of four principal heavenly patrons:

• Our Lady of Perpetual Help — Heart of Santo Mission · Our Founding Inspiration;
• St. Joseph — Spiritual Patron · Universal Patron of the Catholic Church;
• St. Thérèse of Lisieux — Mission Guide · Co-Patron · Doctor of the Church;
• St. Carlo Acutis — Technology Patron · First Millennial Saint · Canonized September 2025.

Our Lady of Perpetual Help is the founding inspiration of Santo Catholic Mission. It was before her image that John Jofin, as a seven-year-old child, made his sacred promise — the promise that became this mission.

She holds her Son with one hand and reaches out to humanity with the other — the constant refuge and the mother of every prayer this mission carries to the world. Every Rosary prayed, every prayer resource created, and every language launched is an act of gratitude for the grace she poured into that childhood promise.

John and Simmy grew up with a profound devotion to the Holy Family, calling St. Joseph and the Holy Mother their own “Appa” and “Amma” — Papa and Mama. When they began this holy mission to bring souls to the Holy Mother and the Infant Jesus, they naturally entrusted it to St. Joseph, the Universal Patron of the Catholic Church and the faithful guardian of what is most sacred.

Go to Joseph.
— Genesis 41:55

As the silent guardian who protected the Holy Family in its most vulnerable hours, St. Joseph guards this mission, its team, and every soul it serves.

St. Carlo Acutis — canonized in September 2025 as the first millennial saint — is the Technology Patron of Santo Catholic Mission. When John and Simmy began this digital mission with no technical expertise, they were deeply inspired by the story of young Carlo, who used his technological gifts to spread devotion to the Eucharist before his death at the age of fifteen.

Through his heavenly intercession, the founders overcame technological challenges and built a global digital ministry. Carlo proved that the digital world can lead souls to Heaven — and Santo Catholic Mission walks in his footsteps.

The Eucharist is my highway to Heaven.
— St. Carlo Acutis · Technology Patron of Santo Catholic Mission

The “Little Way” of St. Thérèse is not merely an inspiration for Santo Catholic Mission — it is its working method. Every decision, from the first Malayalam Rosary recorded in a small Edmonton home to a global library of prayer in more than ten languages, has been made in her spirit: do the small thing faithfully, offer it with love, and trust the Lord to multiply it.

Her influence is felt in how the mission measures success. Santo Catholic Mission does not count its fruit only in millions of views, but in the single homebound elder who hears the Holy Mass, the lone immigrant who finds the Rosary in their mother tongue, the one child who learns to pray. Each of these is a little flower offered through her hands.

She also guards the mission’s spirit against pride. As it has grown across continents, her Little Way continues to remind the team that this is not a media enterprise but a humble offering of love — that the smallest hidden act of service, faithfully done for Jesus through Mary, is the true greatness to which Santo Catholic Mission aspires.

Yes. Various aspects of the mission are entrusted to the intercession of different saints:

• St. Anthony — Content Patron;
• St. Jude — Patron of Marketing and Outreach;
• St. Dominic Savio — Patron of Santo Kids;
• St. Augustine — Patron of the Santo Catholic App development.

This tradition stems from John’s lifelong practice of entrusting his work to the intercession of the saints since childhood — a devotion now carried forward by the entire Santo team.

Yes. Santo Catholic Mission carries formal ecclesiastical recognition and episcopal blessing from Catholic bishops and Church bodies across three continents — India, Canada and the United States — with active engagements progressing in the Philippines and beyond.

All Santo content is reviewed for doctrinal fidelity by the mission’s Spiritual Director, Rev. Fr. Mathew Puthiyath, under the pastoral oversight of the Diocese of Cochin, Kerala, India. The mission maintains full communion with the Holy See and steadfast adherence to the teachings of the Magisterium.

The Diocese of Cochin is the founding base diocese of Santo Catholic Mission — the home diocese of John and Simmy Jofin in Kerala, India.

On 17 March 2026, a 25-Year Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Most Rev. Dr. Antony Kattiparambil, Bishop of Cochin, designating the Diocese as the founding base diocese of Santo’s India operations. Through this agreement, the Diocese of Cochin grants official episcopal recognition, authorizes collaboration throughout Kerala, India and globally, and commends the Santo Catholic App and Santo Kids to the faithful as a trustworthy source of Catholic prayer, catechesis and faith formation.

Santo Catholic Mission operates under the pastoral oversight of a panel of priests appointed by the Diocese of Cochin:

• Rev. Fr. Mathew Puthiyath — Spiritual Director;
• Rev. Fr. Arun Mathew Thyparambil — Program Mentor · Potter N Clay Ministries;
• Rev. Fr. Prince Jose Maliyakal — Media Mentor.

By the grace of God, Santo Catholic Mission has been granted ecclesiastical recognition and pastoral endorsement from Catholic bishops, dioceses and Church bodies across three continents — India, Canada and the United States — with recognition now extending into the Philippines and growing further still.

• Diocese of Cochin, India — Episcopal Recognition and 25-Year MOU (March 2026). The mission’s foundational episcopal recognition, signed on 17 March 2026, with Most Rev. Dr. Antony Kattiparambil serving as Chief Patron Bishop of India.
• Kerala Region Latin Catholic Bishops’ Council (KRLCBC) — Foundational Recognition (April 2025). Recognition extended across all twelve Latin dioceses of Kerala.
• Syro-Malabar Catholic Eparchy of Mississauga, Canada — Most Rev. Jose Kalluvelil (March 2025). Bishop Kalluvelil serves as Chief Patron Bishop for Canada.
• St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Diocese of Chicago, USA — Most Rev. Joy Alappatt (May 2025). Bishop Alappatt’s endorsement extends the mission’s pastoral reach to Syro-Malabar Catholics across the United States.
• Archdiocese of Edmonton, Canada — St. Maria Goretti Catholic Parish, Rev. Fr. Roy Antony CFIC (February 2026). Fr. Roy serves as Spiritual Director for Canada.
• Military Ordinariate of the Philippines — Most Rev. Oscar Jaime L. Florencio (April 2026). Bishop Florencio granted his full pastoral blessing to all seven proposed Santo–ETVN initiatives and became Santo’s first Patron Bishop in the Philippines.

The Santo Catholic App is a comprehensive Catholic prayer and spiritual resources platform — bringing together the full treasury of Catholic devotion in one place, in your language, on any device, anywhere on earth.

The app offers:

• Over 10,000 Catholic prayers in multiple languages;
• Virtual Holy Rosary — guided audio and mysteries;
• Holy Bible Scriptures and daily Scripture readings;
• Digital Prayer Books — novenas, litanies and chaplets;
• Special novenas and Marian devotions;
• Spiritual podcasts and faith testimonials;
• Daily Catholic prayers across 10+ languages.

The Santo Catholic App is free to download on both major platforms:

• iOS — search “Santo Catholic” on the Apple App Store;
• Android — search “Santo Catholic” on the Google Play Store;
• Direct link — santocatholicapp.com.

The Santo Catholic App is currently available in 10+ languages, with prayers in Malayalam, English, Spanish, Tagalog, French, Hindi, German, Italian, Tamil, Polish and more.

The mission is actively developing content in 50+ additional languages, with a vision to bring the faith to every soul in their mother tongue. If your language is not yet available, you are warmly invited to contact the mission about contributing as a translator or voice artist.

Santo Catholic Mission will always keep daily prayer within everyone’s reach — the Rosary, the Word, and the light of Christ should never be locked behind a paywall. But carrying this mission to 100+ countries in 10+ languages, building richer Catholic content, and improving the app every day requires real and continuing support.

Santo is not backed by celebrity advertising or large corporate funding. It is sustained entirely through a public offering — the generosity of the faithful who believe in this mission. This generosity directly helps the mission to:

• Grow in Faith — build richer Catholic content: more prayers, more languages, more devotionals, and deeper formation;
• Change Lives — strengthen global missions, sustaining evangelization where the Church needs it most;
• Spread Hope — improve and expand the app with better features, new tools, and a more prayerful experience across every device and country.

For technical support or app-related enquiries, please contact the mission at hello@santomission.com.

Santo Kids is a joyful, multilingual Catholic faith formation platform — where faith meets fun for the youngest members of the Church. Through interactive digital lessons, activities, stories of the saints, Bible narratives and games, children explore their Catholic heritage while growing closer to God in an engaging, age-appropriate way.

Santo Kids is currently in development and is coming soon. The mission is dedicating significant resources to ensure the platform meets the high standards expected by Catholic families, schools, and the Church.

To be notified when Santo Kids launches, please visit santomission.com and register your email. You will receive a personal notification the moment Santo Kids opens its doors for little saints everywhere.

You can make a one-time or monthly offering at santomission.com/give. The following offering tiers are available:

• $25 — Faith Seeder;
• $50 — Devotion Builder;
• $100 — Mission Patron (Most Popular);
• $250 — Faith Sponsor;
• $500 — Language Champion;
• $1,000 — Platform Builder.

Your support helps the mission build and grow. Contributions are voluntary and not tax-deductible.

There are many ways to walk with this mission:

• Download and share the Santo Catholic App;
• Subscribe to the YouTube channels and share the Rosary videos;
• Volunteer in translation, voice recording, video editing, or content writing;
• Partner with the mission as a parish, ministry, diocese or Catholic organisation;
• Pray for the mission in your daily Rosary and Holy Mass;
• Share the mission with your family, parish and prayer community.

To discuss volunteering or partnership, please contact the mission at hello@santomission.com.

Yes. Santo Catholic Mission welcomes Catholics from around the world to join in this global evangelization mission. The mission is building a growing team of content creators, catechists, animators, sacred musicians, broadcast producers, translators, voice artists, and software developers — particularly drawing from Kerala and across India, Canada and the Philippines.

Visit santomission.com or contact the mission at hello@santomission.com to explore how your God-given talents can serve the Kingdom.

You can reach the mission through the following channels:

Email: hello@santomission.com
Phone / WhatsApp: +1 (825) 526-6099
Main website: santomission.com
Santo Catholic App: santocatholicapp.com
Santo Kids: santokids.com
Founder’s Blog: holymotherandme.com
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