Starting on 1st Jan 2020, St. Anne's will have a new assistant parish priest in Fr. Antonius David Tristianto, O. Carm. Fr. David may already be a familiar face to many in St. Anne's as we see him occasionally celebrate Mass here.
Fr. David was born on 24th October 1976, in Surabaya-Indonesia and entered the Carmelite order in 2004, when he was 28 years old. He took his first vows on 15th July 2007 and was ordained a priest on 16th October 2014.Carmelite Order Indonesia sent him to Hong Kong for mission and he moved to Hong Kong in March 2015.For eight months he lived in Saint Anne's and then moved to the Shek O Retreat House. He practiced his Cantonese every Sunday at the Star of the Sea Parish for one year, after his Cantonese course. Fr. David enjoys gardening in his spare time.