25th First Profession
Sister Anna Ha Pham
Birth name: Ha
Birthplace: Vietnam
Entrance: 1993
First profession: 1999
Final profession: 2006
Education: Certificate in Children’s Services, Southbank Institute of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2008
Service in the archdiocese: Local superior, St. Louis, 2022-present
Service outside the archdiocese:
Nhu Son parish choir: 2000-03
Serving Vietnamese community in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia: 2004-08
Serving at Foyer Phat Diem in Rome, Italy, 2008-15
Local superior, Cach Tam Convent, 2015-22
General manager of congregation, 2019-22
About Sister Anna Ha Pham: When I was a child, I enjoyed singing and playing the organ in church. Later, when I was about 15 years old, I talked with my parents about living at home and serving God by teaching catechism, singing and choir’s conductor in the Church. However, God’s plan for me was to enter Lovers of the Holy Cross Convent in Phat Diem. In the last 20 years, my vocation life was very arduous, because I was not allowed to live religious life, to become a sister or to stay at the Convent by the Government. Finally, I took my first vows in secret in 1999. After I took my first vows, I became very ill. I continued to pray that God would help me recover and promised to accept whatever plans he had for me. Since my recovery, I have continued to keep my promise, I am happy to live and dedicate my life to the commitment, love, charism and mission of the Lover of the Holy Cross Phat Diem.
