Our Team
Santo Catholic mission is dedicated to Catholic evangelization and promoting the sincere devotion to the Holy Mother and her Son Jesus that is rooted in catholic values. St. Joseph’s special patronage ensures we are able to spread a value-based faith education focusing on Jesus' message of "Love one another." We proudly strive to instill love, brotherhood, and understanding to all people from around the world, through thoughtful catholic media resources. Our committed team utilizes decades of media experience combined with the counsel of Catholic churches across the globe, to bring a sincere devotion of the Catholic faith closer to Catholics today.
Global Catholic Community
United by Faith
Santo Catholic mission began in Canada as a Catholic Family Prayer Mission, devoted to uniting Catholic creative partners and Spiritual leaders from across the globe to restore and enhance the Catholic faith and prayer habits worldwide.
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+ Creative Partners30+
+ Countries6+
ContinentsOur Spiritual Mentors
Rev. Fr. Robert Lee
CanadaRev. Fr. Shaji Thumpechirayil
IndiaRev. Fr. Jison Paul Vengasserry
IndiaRev. Fr. Antony Kanappilly
IndiaRev. Fr. Shimit Abraham
CanadaRev. Fr. Robinson Melkis
GhanaRev. Fr. Mathew Puthiyath
IndiaRev. Fr. Nixon Tholatt
New ZealandRev. Fr. Joseph Chirappilliyil
IndiaRev. Fr. James Punnakal
IndiaRev. Fr. Joy Vadakkan Paulose
CanadaRev. Fr. Sebastian (Bineesh) Poonoly
IndiaOur Operations Team
Simmy Jofin
CO-FOUNDER & COOVegreville, Canada
Nicole Irah Ponce
Operations ManagerThe Philippines
Rev. Fr. Robert Lee
Spiritual DirectorCanada
Rev. Fr. Mathew Puthiyath
Spiritual DirectorIndia
Dianne Lydom
Team MemberCanada
Ivan Yamson
Team MemberCanada
Melissa Davis
Team MemberCanada
Jonathan Hunt
Team MemberUSA
Jennifer Kellams
Team MemberUSA
Kimberly Anne Sarmiento
Team MemberThe Philippines
Nyssa Worth Gonzales Jumarang
Team MemberThe Philippines
Gina Mancilla
Team MemberVenezuela
Diana León
Team MemberVenezuela
Gudberto León
Team MemberVenezuela
Francesco Valeri
Team MemberItaly
Arianna Martinelli
Team MemberItaly
Maria Clara de Mari
Team MemberBrazil
Judith
Team MemberGermany
Jisma Joseph
Team MemberIndia
Manuel Josleey
Team MemberIndia
Ebin Thomas
Team MemberIndia
Jickson Peter
Team MemberIndia
Judeson Joseph
Team MemberIndia
Christian George
Team MemberIndia
Sonia De Juana Calvo
Team MemberSpain
Maximiliano Bergamo
Team MemberItaly
Andrzej Pinkowski
Team MemberPoland
Our Creative Partners
Jonathan Hunt
West Virginia, USAJonathan Popp
Illinois, USATravis Berg
Thousand Oaks, USAAndrew Goeller
Orlando, USAKen Micek
Detroit, USAJennifer Kellams
San Jose, USACJ Brown
Toronto, CanadaDianne Lydom
Vegreville, canadaIvan Yamson
Edmonton, CanadaMelissa Davis
Toronto, CanadaPatrick Carnevap
Montreal, CanadaKimberly Anne Sarmiento
Manila, The PhilippinesNicole Irah Ponce
Manila, The PhilippinesJoanna De Veyra
Makati, The PhilippinesNyssa Worth Gonzales Jumarang
Quezon City, The PhilippinesMorella Compio
Pampanga, The PhilippinesJisma Joseph
Cochin, IndiaManuel Josleey
Cochin, IndiaEbin Thomas
Cochin, IndiaJickson Peter
KOCHI, INDIAJudeson Joseph
Cochin, IndiaChristian George
Cochin, IndiaAnn Joshy
Chennai, IndiaNelson Joseph
Quilon, IndiaGina Mancilla
Mérida, VenezuelaDiana León
Mérida, VenezuelaGudberto León
Mérida, VenezuelaAndriana Antonia
Mexico City, MexicoBarb Romi
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMaria Clara de Mari
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIsa Dolt
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilYuri Feltrin
São Paulo, BrazilYuri Izar
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilMaximiliano Bergamo
Rome, ItalyFrancesco Valeri
Rome, ItalyArianna Martinelli
Rome, ItalySonia De Juana Calvo
Madrid, SpainAndrzej Pinkowski
Łódź, PolandDaria Chegaieva
Khmelnytskyi city, UkraineEva Linz
Vienna, AustriaHajo Mans
Berlin, GermanyWanda
Berlin, GermanyInka
Cologne, GermanyAlexander Heidepriem
Berlin, GermanyJudith
Leipzig, GermanyCorinne
London, EngalndPhilip Quintus
Osijek, CroatiaOur Spiritual Mentors
Rev. Fr. Shaji Thumpechirayil
IndiaRev. Fr. Jison Paul Vengasserry
IndiaRev. Fr. Antony Kanappilly
IndiaRev. Fr. Mathew Puthiyath
IndiaRev. Fr. Joseph Chirappilliyil
IndiaRev. Fr. James Punnakal
IndiaRev. Fr. Sebastian (Bineesh) Poonoly
IndiaOur Creative Partners
Kimberly Anne Sarmiento
Manila, The PhilippinesNicole Irah Ponce
Manila, The PhilippinesJoanna De Veyra
Makati, The PhilippinesNyssa Worth Gonzales Jumarang
Quezon City, The PhilippinesMorella Compio
Pampanga, The PhilippinesJisma Joseph
Cochin, IndiaManuel Josleey
Cochin, IndiaEbin Thomas
Cochin, IndiaJickson Peter
KOCHI, INDIAJudeson Joseph
Cochin, IndiaChristian George
Cochin, IndiaAnn Joshy
Chennai, IndiaNelson Joseph
Quilon, IndiaOur Spiritual Mentors
Rev. Fr. Robinson Melkis
GhanaOur Spiritual Mentors
Rev. Fr. Nixon Tholatt
New ZealandOur Creative Partners
Maximiliano Bergamo
Rome, ItalyFrancesco Valeri
Rome, ItalyArianna Martinelli
Rome, ItalySonia De Juana Calvo
Madrid, SpainAndrzej Pinkowski
Łódź, PolandDaria Chegaieva
Khmelnytskyi city, UkraineEva Linz
Vienna, AustriaHajo Mans
Berlin, GermanyWanda
Berlin, GermanyInka
Cologne, GermanyAlexander Heidepriem
Berlin, GermanyJudith
Leipzig, GermanyCorinne
London, EngalndPhilip Quintus
Osijek, CroatiaOur Spiritual Mentors
Rev. Fr. Robert Lee
CanadaRev. Fr. Shimit Abraham
CanadaRev. Fr. Joy Vadakkan Paulose
CanadaOur Creative Partners
Jonathan Hunt
West Virginia, USAJonathan Popp
Illinois, USATravis Berg
Thousand Oaks, USAAndrew Goeller
Orlando, USAKen Micek
Detroit, USAJennifer Kellams
San Jose, USACJ Brown
Toronto, CanadaDianne Lydom
Vegreville, canadaIvan Yamson
Edmonton, CanadaMelissa Davis
Toronto, CanadaPatrick Carnevap
Montreal, CanadaOur Creative Partners
Gina Mancilla
Mérida, VenezuelaDiana León
Mérida, VenezuelaGudberto León
Mérida, VenezuelaAndriana Antonia
Mexico City, MexicoBarb Romi
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMaria Clara de Mari
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilIsa Dolt
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilYuri Feltrin
São Paulo, BrazilYuri Izar
Rio de Janeiro, BrazilOur Global Media Partners
WOLF WILLOWSTUDIOS
canada
JONATHAN POPPRODUCTIONS
usa
PRODUCTIONSJONATHAN POP
canada
ARTENATASTUDIO
italy
CINEMACAPTURES
canada
QUEEN MARIADIGITAL MEDIA
india
LJVOICES
germany
Join Our Team
The Catholic Church has a beautiful tradition of evangelization through catechesis, sacramental preparation, and general proclamation. We now have the unique opportunity to reach out to our brothers and sisters in Christ through catholic media that can be used for generations to come. Our team is inviting all catholic communities and Church members to join hands with us in order to build a vast collection of catholic contents. We take great pride in taking up this mission of catholic evangelization and need your help so that together, we can create catholic media for use by our youth and future generations.
Rev. Fr. Robert Lee
Canada
Rev. Fr. Robert Lee has been an ordinated diocesean priest in the Archdioceses of Edmonton, Canada, since 2017. He currently serves as the Vicar at the St. Martin De Tours Catholic Church in Vegreville, Alberta, Canada.
Father Lee has been involved with Little Goodness Prayer Mission since its inception as the Vicar at the local parish of our Founders, John Jofin & Simmy Jofin. During the initial years of planning and developing the Little Goodness Prayer App, he has extensively supported and mentored our Founders. In addition, he has offered excellent spiritual guidance and prayer support during this beautiful spiritual journey.
Rev. Fr. Shaji Thumpechirayil
India
Rev. Fr. Shaji Thumpechirayil is a Catholic Priest belonging to the Archdiocese of Changanacherry, Kerala, India. He has composed and written lyrics to more than 2000 Devotional Catholic songs in Malayalam. As a renowned Christian music director, he is known for his lyrics and music’s freshness, simplicity and novelty. He is a great devotee of the Holy Mother and devoted his life to proclaiming the spiritual concept of ‘To Jesus through Mary.”
Father Shaji Thumpechirayil has greatly supported the idea of creating a World Class Catholic Prayer App for sharing Holy Rosaries in all possible languages of the World. We are associating with Father Shaji to create more devotional catholic music in Malayalam and other spiritual prayers and meditational contents in Malayalam. He has been a great supporter and spiritual guide throughout our Prayer App’s development stages. He has consoled us with his spiritual guidance and prayer support during our spiritual journey with Little Goodness.
Rev. Fr. Jison Paul Vengasserry
India
Rev. Fr. Jison Paul Vengasserry is a Catholic Priest belonging to the Archdiocese of Changanacherry, Kerala, India. Father Jison is a gifted speaker and an in-demand preacher worldwide, leading numerous Malayalam-language retreats for priests, religious, and lay faithful. He has offered speeches in various Malayalam Catholic retreat centres and media networks like Divine Retreat Centre, Shalom Media, and many more. His passion for helping the evangelization efforts of the Catholic Church through Digital Media is a special call.
Father Jison’s spiritual guidance and mentorship have proven essential support for john Jofin and Simmy Jofin during their struggling phases during the initial stages of our Mission. As a result, we have been associating with Father Jison on creating and licensing his inspirational speeches and adoration videos for our Prayer Mission since 2020. In addition, we are working towards creating more inspirational and meditative Catholic content that will likely help many people prosper in their spiritual life worldwide.
Rev. Fr. Antony Kanappilly
India
Rev. Fr. Antony Kanappilly OCD is a Catholic Priest belonging to the Order of Discalced Carmelite from Kerala, India. He has written hundreds of Catholic Devotional Songs in Malayalam since his ordination in 1975. He has been serving at Carmel Evangelization Centre (CEC) in Cochin, Kerala, India for several years.
Father Antony has been known to our Founder, John Jofin, since childhood in India and has been John’s spiritual guide and mentor for over 30 years. John Jofin and Simmy Jofin were blessed to have their marriage sacrament blessed by Father Antony in 2008 in their native parish, St. Thomas Apostles Church, Kerala, in India. Father Antony was one of the early supporters of Little Godoness by offering daily Holy Masses for its Mission since 2021. During various financial and technical turbulences faced in the initial stages of our Mission, Father Antony has been of great support through his spiritual guidance and constant blessings. Little Goodness Family is always grateful for his prayers and blessings towards our humble Mission.
Rev. Fr. Shimit Abraham
Canada
Rev. Fr. Shimit Abraham has been a diocesan priest serving in the Archdioceses of Edmonton, Canada, since 2013. He currently serves as the Vicar at Corpus Christy Catholic Church in Edmonton, Canada.
Father Shimit has been known to John Jofin and Simmy Jofin since early 2013. Since the initiation of the Little Goodness Prayer Mission, he has been excellent support for our Mission. In addition, he has given spiritual guidance and advice in coordinating content creators and contributors for our Prayer Mission. His spiritual guidance and prayer support proved helpful in our spiritual journey with Little Goodness Prayer Mission.
Rev. Fr. Robinson Melkis
Ghana
Rev. Fr. Robinson Melkis is a Catholic Priest belonging to the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin from Kerala, India. He has completed his academic and priesthood studies in England and Canada. He is currently a Mission Delegate on the Mary Queen of Angels Delegation, Ghana, West Africa and serves as a Parish Priest at St. Michael Church in Kpassa.
Father Robinson was the Assistant Vicar at St. Werburgh’s Church, Chester, in England, from 2008 to 2010, when John and Simmy were parish members of the same church. Hence, Father Robinson has been a personal spiritual mentor for our Founders for over a decade and has guided them throughout every stage of the Little Goodness Prayer Mission. In addition, his philanthropic Mission in Ghana has been an excellent inspiration for establishing our Charity Mission in the name “Little Goodness Catholic Mission,” which aims to provide financial aid to Catholic Evangelization Missions and delegations across the globe.
Rev. Fr. Mathew Puthiyath
India
Rev. Fr. Mathew Puthiyath has been an ordinated diocesean priest in the Dioceses of Cochin, Kerala, India, since 1999. He currently serves as the Secretary of the Kerala Region Latin Catholic Bishops Council (KRLCBC), in India. He also serves at the St. Joseph Pontifical Seminary in Aluva, Kerala, India.
Our Founders, John Jofin & Simmy Jofin have been known to Rev. Fr. Mathew Puthiyath for a couple of decades from their native parish at St. Thomas Apostles Church, Santhom, Kerala, India. He was our first point of contact at the Catholic Church in Cochin, Kerala, India when we started our Mission with Little Goodness in early 2020. He supported our Mission from day one, and we felt blessed to have his spiritual and theological guidance and support throughout the progress of our Catholic Prayer Mission through Little Goodness. He has also guided us to many other catholic priests in Cochin and surrounding areas to help us with our Mission. He has been actively involved in providing guidance and spiritual support for our Mission throughout all these years. Therefore, we regard him as one of the key representatives of our patron saint St. Joseph in accomplishing the Little Goodness Prayer Mission.
Rev. Fr. Nixon Tholatt
New Zealand
Rev. Fr. Nixon Tholatt is a Catholic Priest belonging to the Diocese of Cochin, Kerala, India. He was the former Director of the Department of Catechesis in the Catholic Dioceses of Cochin, Kerala, India. He currently serves as the Assistant Vicar at Holy Family Catholic Parish, Timaru, New Zealand.
Father Nixon has been involved in our Little Goodness Mission from the initial phases of our Mission. He has celebrated Daily Holy Masses for our Malayalam YouTube Channel from 2021 until his departure to New Zealand in September 2022. In addition, he is also one of the original spiritual mentors of the idea of developing the Catholic Catechism Module in our App to help the Catholic churches worldwide to impart the catholic catechism to the young catholic generation with the help of the most advanced digital modes of education. He has also supplied us with various reference materials to enhance our understanding of the curriculum of Catholic catechism followed in Kerala, approved by the Kerala Catholic Bishops’ Council, India. He has shown great interest and support during the development of our App and designing its features. And we have communicated the stage-by-stage progress of the App development process with Father Nixon and obtained his spiritual guidance for our Mission with Little Goodness Prayer World.
Rev. Fr. Joseph Chirappilliyil
India
Rev. Fr. Joseph Chirappilliyil is a Catholic Priest belonging to the Diocese of Cochin, Kerala, India. He currently serves as the Director of the Department of Family Apostolate in the Catholic Dioceses of Cochin, Kerala, India.
Father Joseph has celebrated daily Holy Mass for our Little Goodness Prayer Mission in Malayalam since 2021. He has also been tremendous spiritual support for our advancement in our Prayer Mission. His prayer support and encouragement were well remembered by our Founders, John Jofin and Simmy Jofin.
Rev. Fr. James Punnakal
India
Rev. Fr. James Punnakal OCD is a Catholic Priest belonging to the Order of Discalced Carmelite from Kerala, India. He currently serves as the Superior at Carmel Ashram Maravukad, Cochin, Kerala, India.
Our Little Goodness team is exceedingly thankful to him for remembering us during every Holy Mass he has offered for our Mission since 2021. During the struggling phases with our Mission, his encouraging words and prayer support boosted our morale to stay focused on our Mission.
Rev. Fr. Joy Vadakkan Paulose
Canada
Rev. Father Joy Vadakkan Paulose has been a diocesan priest serving in the Archdioceses of Edmonton, Canada, since 2018. He currently serves as the Vicar at Holy Name Catholic Church in Vermillion, Canada.
John Jofin and Simmy Jofin have known Father Simmy for several years. He is also a great supporter of our Mission through Little Goodness. And he guided us in our content creation, App design, and development stages with his advice and spiritual support.
Rev. Fr. Sebastian (Bineesh) Poonoly
India
Rev. Fr. Sebastian (Bineesh) Poonoly is a Catholic Priest belonging to the Archdioceses of Ernakulam-Angamaly, Kerala, India. He currently serves as the Vicar at St. Mary’s Assumption Church, Ezhikkara, Kerala, India.
Little Goodness has been associating with Father Sebastian for sharing the Daily Holy Mass in Malayalam through our App in the Syro-Malabar Rite. He also supports our Prayer Mission and evangelization efforts through Little Goodness Prayer World.