We welcomed Father Jaismon Francis to Saint Leo’s staff as Associate Pastor in spring 2024. Father Francis is a Pallotine father born in Ponkunnam, Kerala, India. He arrived in the United States February 6, 2024, and had completed his seminary studies in India where he was ordained in Saint George Church, Koruthodu, Diocese of Kanjirapally, Kerala. Before assigned to Saint Leo’s, Father Francis worked in Zambia, Africa, in the Archdiocese of Lusaka as a Missionary Priest. He resides at St. Jude Shrine in Baltimore.